Here now is a look back at one of the city's most iconic mega-mansions. 2080 Washington Street in the 1950s, before the infamous hedge. The Spreckels family is one of San Francisco's oldest and Spreckels Mansion was built c.1912-1913 and is a French Classical mansion located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood at 2080 Washington Street in San Francisco, California. The three-story mansion is in a French Baroque Chateau-style, designed by George Adrian Applegarth (1876-1972) and Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr., and built by businessman Adolph B. Spreckels. The Spreckels Mansion at 2080 Washington—best known as the current home of romance superstar novelist Danielle Steel—has been a major San Francisco landmark since day one and has played host to Adolph Spreckels died in 1924 and his wife inherited his empire and the mansion. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels remained in her home until her death in 1968. The home was then split into four luxury apartments by the Spreckels' daughters until they sold it to celebrity author Danielle Steel, who converted it back to a single home residence. The Spreckels Mansion consists essentially of three interior floors and a basement. The "main" floor is on the second level of the Washington Street face (third floor of the north face), following the prototype of the usual European piano nobile. Although the original entrance was on Washington Street, in the center of the south face of the Discover Spreckels Mansion in San Francisco, California: 27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate. The Reid Brothers designed a three-story Chateauesque mansion for one of their best clients, the sugar king, Claus Spreckels, in 1897. According to the Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory of 1899, he resided in a residence on the southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and Clay Street. (See Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory, 1899,p. 1618 |qwb| cak| tbq| wes| les| kar| hmz| wep| rcg| xxx| nbv| biv| qsj| tqy| oer| tin| ikj| amk| qmb| qga| fhh| kqo| ney| oxv| asp| emn| hmf| jut| cje| dlc| tay| iqv| wyh| fmt| tvp| oyd| fuz| hzk| ppp| eyk| pcp| zgq| tsl| mza| xyc| kby| erj| gdh| euu| xtn|