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Residential Architectural Styles in San Francisco

San Francisco is renowned for its eclectic mix of various architectural styles including the so-called “Victorians”, “Edwardians” as

well as a wide array of modern styles. There are several reasons behind that including the city’s geography, topography and

tumultuous history.

In terms of time periods, San Francisco’s architectural styles can be generally divided as follows:

Victorian: 1825 - 1901

Edwardian: 1901 - 1918

Modern: 1920 - current

I have attempted to make a brief summary of the City’s key residential architectural styles which I prepared with an extensive use of

materials provided courtesy of San Francisco architect James Dixon (http://www.jdarchitect.com/Site/About.html). For an

enthusiastic beginner like myself, James’s explanatory and simple tables accompanied by many photos and further analysis were an

incredible find and source.

In my research, I have also utilized the following wonderful books by Mr. Rand Richards: “Historic San Francisco. A concise

history and guide.” as well as “Historic Walks in San Francisco. 18 Trails Through the City’s Past.”

In my opinion, the below links offer good guidance on San Francisco’s architectural walking tours:

http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/article/definitive-guide-architecture-san-francisco

http://www.sfcityguides.org/

http://www.cityhikes.com/

http://www.barbarycoasttrail.org/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.sfbykate.com/

http://www.jdarchitect.com/Site/About.html

http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/article/definitive-guide-architecture-san-francisco

http://www.sfcityguides.org/

http://www.cityhikes.com/

http://www.barbarycoasttrail.org/

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Time Period

Style

Distinctive Features

Comments

1825-1840s

Victorian

Greek Revival*

-

-

1840-1890s

Victorian

Gothic Revival & Carpenter Gothic

Gothic Revival:

Pointed Arches over doors and windows

Steeply pitched roofs

Leaded glass windows

Carpenter Gothic:

Modest, simple adornments

Usually with a balcony or porch in front

of the house

Fancy ones have gothic windows

In 1842 Andrew Jackson Downing published

Cottage Residences which reprinted plans from

an earlier pattern boo by A.J. Davis.

The style, due to Mr. Downing’s efforts, spread

rapidly in America. The residential version of

this style (Carpenter Gothic) used wood rather

than stone as well as stained glass. Most

residences fall into the Carpenter Gothic

category.

287 Union (1853)

1111 Oak (1850s)

228 Filbert (1882)

1840s-1895

Victorian

Romanesque Revival*

- -

1840s-1920s

Victorian

Renaissance Revival* - -

1850-1890s

Victorian

Italianate

Wood made to imitate stone

Slanted (as opposed to square) bay

windows

Flat or low-pitched roof, usually with

decorative brackets

Classical details

Porch portico

2 or 3 stories (rarely one story)

In 1850, Andrew Jackson Downing published

another pattern book called The Architecture of

Country Houses which popularized a new style:

Italianate, which fine examples include:

807 Franklin (1875)

1175 Webster (1875)

5 Cottage Row (1882)

1855-1890s

Victorian

Second Empire* - -



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1860s-1890

Victorian

Stick

(with Stick Eastlake variant staring from 1875)

Stick Style:

Houses have long, thin pieces of wood

(“sticks”), applied to the surface,

expressive of the underlying wood

structure (“telling the truth about the

materials)

Square bay windows

Flat or false gable roof

Porch or portico

Sense of verticality

Tall, narrow windows, usually square

tops

Stick Eastlake:

All of the above, but even more

decorative

More classical elements

San Francisco has the greatest concentration of

the houses of this style in the world due to the

vast local forests and money from the

Comstock Lode.

In the 1870s the decorative elements became

exceedingly numerous and were called “Stick

Eastlake” which in fact is a misnomer as

Charles Eastlake, from whom the name derives,

abhorred excessive ornamentation in in the

book he published in 1868 he criticized the

Gothic Revival style for its use of such

ornament.

151 Broderick (1900?)

2005 Pine (1900?)

1382 Hayes (1900?)

1875-1910

Victorian

Chateauesque* - -

1880s-1910

Victorian

Richardson Romanesque*

- -

1880s-1910

Victorian &

Edwardian

Queen Anne

Conical, corner tower

Multi-textured façade (shingles, Stick

elements, etc.)

Bands of ornament

Occasional use of stained glass

Cutaway bay windows used to avoid

flatness

Free composition

Two elements make it easy to identify this style

– plasticity and continuous gable roof that is

expressed at the street (no false front or false

roofs).

Queen Annes often combined elements of the

earlier Victorian styles (see 2016 Pine, for

instance).

Alamo Square Row (Painted Ladies, 1894-

95)

809-11 Pierce (1894)

2016 Pine (1870-93)

1777 Page (1890)



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1890-1910

Victorian &

Edwardian

Arts and Crafts

Rustic appearance (doorways and

windows dressed with local stone and

brick, open porch, etc.)

Flaunts its construction (overhanging

rafters, bare stone and brick, intricate

joinery)

Large elements such as leaded-glass

windows, square chimneys

Exaggerated historical quotations such as

Gothic ornaments and Tudor half-

timbering

Flared roof line

Asymmetrical plan

William Morris criticized Queen Anne style and

founded the Art and Crafts movement. It

started in England in 1860 (inspired by John

Ruskin and William Morris) with an influence

on American architecture around 1880.

The movement advocated the used of locally

sourced natural materials, pride in

craftsmanship, and emulation of Medieval

design.

1318 Masonic (1906)

1335 Masonic (1900)

2508 Green (1901)

1890-1910

Victorian &

Edwardian

Shingle

Shingles are wrapping the entire

structure

Asymmetrical façade and irregular,

steeply pitched roof

Casement or sash windows, often

grouped in twos or threes

Use of local materials

3198 Pacific (1892)

1430 Masonic (1900)

1526 Masonic (1910)

They minimize the decorative elements due to

the influence of the Arts & Crafts style and are

directly based on the East Coast informal rustic

weekend homes.

Many of the Bay Area great architects used this

style (Julia Morgan, Willis Polk, Bernard

Maybeck), this group was called First Bay Area

Style for its use of local materials (esp.

redwood) and its inspiration of CA rural

buildings and Missions.

1890-1920s

Victorian &

Edwardian

Tudor Revival

Steeply pitched roof that gives the

impression of verticality

Decorative half-timbering

Prominent cross-gables

Mix of brick or stone with wood

Grouped, leaded windows

Asymmetric

This style is based on the principles of the Arts

& Crafts movement, which advocated a return

to the Medieval building types and design.

943 Ashbury (1906)

30 Presidio Terrace (1930)



http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2508-Green-St-San-Francisco-CA-94123/15080653_zpid/

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1890-1920s

Victorian &

Edwardian

Beaux Arts*

-

-

1890-1920s

Victorian &

Edwardian

Mission Revival

Mission-shaped roof parapet

Wall surface usually stucco

Red roof tiling is common

Arched entry porch

This style is one of the easiest to identify – you

just need to look up and spot a Mission-shaped

parapet or window dormer. Although this style

began around 1890 it did not become popular

until the start of the Edwardian period (most are

built after 1901).

12 Jordan (1900)

880 Ashbury (1908)

1329 Grove (1907)

127 Central (1905

1900s-1920

Edwardian

Craftsman

Emphasis on the horizontal

Use of local materials

Bands of three or more windows

Open porch, sometimes with curved

shapes

Projecting eaves

Casement windows, often with art glass

70 Piedmont (1910)

117 Palm (1910)

3779 Clay (1907)

In 1901 Gustav Stickey started a magazine

called The Craftsman which (together with

pioneering works by Greene brothers) quickly

spread the style around the nation.

This style is influenced by English Arts &

Crafts movement and sometimes they are hard

to distinguish. Craftsman homes tend to

emphasize the horizontal more as well as use of

the local materials, some homes have elements

of Spanish influence and Mission Revival style



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1910-1940s

Edwardian

Spanish Eclectic / Mediterranean Revival

Low-pitched roof with little or no

overhang

Red roof tile

One or more arches over the door, most

prominent window, or beneath porch

roof

Stucco walls

Asymmetrical facade

1001 Ashbury (1928)

2960 Broadway (1918)

9 Presidio Terrace (1910)

These styles evolved after PPIE when the

wasteland used for it was reclaimed into the

residential tracts of the Marina District.

There are several sub-styles of Spanish

Eclectic: Spanish Revival (looks like Spain),

Spanish Colonial (looks like Spanish colony).

SF has Spanish Eclectic buildings that predate

1915 (they mix styles and also include Mission

Revival). Mediterranean revival is another

freely-mixed style that was popular in San

Francisco. Main building areas were in the

Marina and the Sunset.

1920-1940

[1929 – market

crash]

Art Deco

Geometric ornament (zigzags, sunbursts,

florals)

Details and ornament show the romance

of the machine and efficient machine

production

Vertical emphasis

Uses of exotic architectural references

(Mayan temples, ancient Egypt)

Repetitive step-back and parallel framing

devices

99 17th Street (1932)

16 25th Avenue (1936)

This style takes its name from International

Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial

Arts, held in Paris in 1925 (this style

intentionally rejected the past).

Art Deco is a democratic, frugal style which

uses futuristic geometric ornament (or exotic

ancient non-European styles).

Art Deco is a decorative style of applied

ornamentation.

1925s-present

International Style

No ornamentation

Ribbon windows, mostly metal frames

No trim on outdoors or windows

White walls

Horizontal emphasis

Flat roof

Simple cubic and cylindrical volumes

66 Calhoun Terrace (1939)

2725 Broadway (1983)

2056 Jefferson (1937)

Everything in this style is minimal and the

style remained the same regardless of the

location where it was used.

“Less is more”. In 1920 Australian architect

Adolf Loos published an article where he

advocated the suppression of ornament in

functional objects, which was misinterpreted as

a cry for elimination of all ornament (Loos

refuted that in another article but it was too

late).

Le Corbusier (influenced by Loos), published a

series of essays which had a big influence and

stated that “A house is a machine for living” (it

still has influence today).

The style name was coined in 1932 in NY

MoMA exhibition. “No beauty allowed”.



http://sf.curbed.com/tags/art-deco

https://www.flickr.com/photos/anomalous_a/6496012665

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1930-1950

Streamline Moderne

Repeated horizontal lines or grooves

Curved corners

Horizontal emphasis

Smooth uninterrupted walls

Glass block

Porthole windows

Nautical or aerodynamic flair

Not reliant on exotic historical styles or

excessive geometric ornament

With the Great Depression, a simpler style

stemmed from Art Deco. Both styles rejected

the past but while AD was a transport to

another time (future or non-European past) SM

transported to another place (travel by water,

air, land). Efficient travel meant streamlining –

rounded edges, smoothed surfaces. Buildings

became romantic ships and airplanes.

1360 Montomery (1936)

2944 Jackson (1939)

3944 21st Street (1941)

1966 Jefferson (1947)

1930s-1960

Bay Area Modernism:

Second Bay Area Style

Simply built of local materials

Influenced by CA rural buildings

Horizontal emphasis

Large glass areas

Japanese influence

Box window

It is believed that this style influenced more

homes in America than all other architectural

styles combined.

This style was founded by a California architect

William Wurster who combined the love for

California landscapes with minimalist Japanese

architecture. The goal was to build inexpensive

homes that allowed the outside in, with the use

of the local materials.

757 Bay (1939)

2475 Larkin (1951)

2870 Pacific (1937)



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1950-1980

Bay Area Modernism:

Third Bay Area Style

Based on simple wood-clad CA rural

buildings

Vertical emphasis

Vertical spatial complexity

Wood board siding, run vertically,

sometimes diagonally; wood shingles

3700 Washington (1951)

3074 Pacific (1952)

3085 Pacific (1949)

As the Second Bay Area Style matured,

architects started using playful pop culture and

Postmodernism. The main inspiration (rural

California building) remained unchanged but

they introduced verticality.

Two ideas of Postmodernism played by this

style were the “Decorated Shed” and “Building

as Billboard”.

1950-1970

Eichlers

Exposed post and beam construction

Floor-to-ceiling glass

Sliding glass doors

Interior atriums

Dedicated master bath (first time it was

used in tract homes)

Low-sloped gable roofs with glass to the

underside of the roof

Simple exterior and interior

1000 Duncan block (1962)

240 Twin Peaks (1958)

Joseph Eichler was a visionary developer who

believed that modern architecture would benefit

America’s middle class. Eichler hired some of

the best architects of his time (Frank Lloyd

Wright was his top choice but he was

unobtainable).

Core ideas were to break the box, bring the

outside in, floor-to-ceiling glass, simple natural

materials and open floor plan (“airy and

modern”). To save money and to somewhat

adhere to the International Style, Eichler homes

would eschew Wright’s use of integral

ornament for unadorned simplicity. The public

was slow to adopt his homes and they only

recently became popular.



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1960-2000

Postmodernism

Fake historical ornaments pasted to

boring boxes

Juxtapositions of different architectural

styles

Fetishized architecture (as if using a

child’s drawing verbatim)

Thin walls

Looks like a cartoon

Cheap materials

102 Laidley (1988)

2910 California (1989)

715 Florida (1981)

“Less is a bore”.

Venturi’s 1966 book “Complexity and

Contradiction in Architecture” rejected

International Style modernism and freed

architects to borrow across architectural styles

in sear of “contextualism” (to make buildings

fit in the local fabric and respect their

neighbors).

It is believed that concepts of the “Decorated

Box” and “Building as Billboard” did not lead

to great buildings and were often built of cheap

materials.

1980-present

New Modernism

Modern aesthetics but using tactile,

local, sustainable materials

Energy efficient, structurally expressive

Materials are displayed honestly, texture

and color are exploited

Nature incorporated and respected much

more than in past Modernist buildings

(plants, overhangs, etc.)

2916 Pacific (2002)

118 Cervantes (2009)

604 Rhode Island

Branches of New Modernism:

Deconstructivism (short-lived) which

developed intentionally bizarre forms that

would have little to do with building’s

structure, use or inhabitants (“breaking the

box”)

Postmodernists – mimicked Modernism but

updated them with new materials and

technology (also copied building forms of

the past, against the ideas of original

modernists)

Human Modernism – modern materials,

technology, computer modeling for energy

efficiency or structural daring (buildings

strive to be humane)

*Very few San Francisco homes of this style remain and were not covered



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San Francisco’s Victorian Architecture

710-722 Steiner Street

The so-called “Victorians” are likely San Francisco’s most distinctive architectural style deserving a special mention. Below

information was mostly derived from a book by Rand Richards: “Historic San Francisco. A concise history and guide” which as

previously noted I found very useful in my research of San Francisco’s history and architecture. For further analysis and photos of

the representative properties please refer to the excellent supporting materials provided courtesy of San Francisco architect James

Dixon (http://www.jdarchitect.com/Site/About.html) which he permitted me to post on my website.

The second half of the 19th

century produced what is now known as “Victorian” architecture. It was named after Queen Victoria of

England (1837-1901), the leading figure of an age when Britain dominated the world and set the trend in social behavior, fashion, and

architecture.

It was certainly not the style where less is more and was characterized by extensive ornamentation. It seemed that the bigger the

house, the more excessive the embellishments. Both the Gothic-style Mark Hopkins’ mansion and the Second Empire-style chateau of



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Charles Crocker on Nob Hill, before they burned down in 1906, were noted for their extravagantly detailed exteriors and even became

targets of ridicule. Local architect William Polk described Crocker house as being the product of “the delirium of a woodcarver”.

Mark Hopkins mansion, image provided courtesy of http://www.ronhenggeler.com/the_big_4/1-

26.htm

Charles Crocker mansion, image provided courtesy of

http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Crocker%27s_Spite_Fence

Victorian style of architecture became popular in many foreign countries as well as the United States. In some parts of the country,

Victorians were made primarily of brick and stone. In San Francisco, wood, particularly California redwood, which was abundant and

easily worked by hand or tools, was the material of choice.

San Francisco’s distinctive Victorian architecture was prompted by the greed of the real estate developers who divided large parcels of

raw land into lots just big enough to hold a house (typically 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep). This forced the architects to be more

creative with their designs. One early distinctive feature that emerged was the bay window which gave the building not only more

floor space but also increased the available light and ventilation as well as an additional room for exterior decoration.



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http://www.ronhenggeler.com/the_big_4/1-26.htm

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As early as 1880s San Francisco was gaining a reputation for its colorful, even eccentric, Victorian architecture. The New York

Times reporter described it as a “riotous run of architectural fancy” in 1883. Unfortunately, the 1906 catastrophe razed San

Francisco’s downtown and surrounding areas, destroying the grand Victorian mansions of Nob Hill and Van Ness Avenue as well

virtually all of the abundant commercial Victorian office buildings that once lined the streets of the Financial District (one of the few

remaining business buildings of this style are at the corner of Buchanan and North Point Streets in the Marina district).

The Victorian architecture that survived the 1906 disaster is located primarily west and south of downtown – residential areas which

were untouched by fire. These remaining Victorians were mainly single-family houses of flats that were mass-produced, affordable

($750-$7,000) workingmen’s homes. Today, some of the best specimens can be found in the Western Addition – the roughly

triangular area west of Van Ness Avenue to Divisadero Street and from California Street south to Market Street. Bush and Pine streets

also boast many beautiful residences. Haight Ashbury, the Mission District, and Noe Valley, among other neighborhoods, contain

good sections of Victorians as well.

It is estimated that currently only about one-half of San Francisco’s approximately fifteen thousand remaining Victorians are still

unaltered. The rest have been modified, sometimes beyond recognition. Many of the facades were remodeled in the first decades of

the 20th

century, some were modernized to be more congruent with the style of the day and others fells victim to the fire insurance

salesmen who were successful in convincing the owners to remove the elaborate ornamentation and cover it with fireproof materials to

reduce the fire insurance premiums.

The 1960s brought the newly-found appreciation of the “painted ladies”. Today, several organizations focus on the restoration and

preservation of San Francisco’s distinctive Victorian specimens. The below link provides a map of some of the oldest surviving

Victorians of San Francisco:

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/07/31/here_now_a_roundup_of_san_franciscos_oldest_victorians.php.

The Victorian homes of San Francisco can be roughly placed into one of the four below-referenced periods, each with its own

prevailing style, although some houses are difficult to categorize as builders frequently mixed elements of different periods. These

four styles are:

I. Cottage Style: 1850s-1860s

II. Italianate Style: 1870s

III. Stick Style: 1880s

IV. Queen Anne Style: 1890s



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I. Cottage Style: 1850s-1860s

31 Alta Street

1111 Oak Street

228 Filbert Street

a. This style was modest with just a few rooms and simple adornment, usually fronted with the balcony or a porch, some

of the more fancy ones have Gothic windows and rooftop finials

b. The best examples can be found on Telegraph Hill, the eastern slope of which was spared by 1906 fire (see 200 block

of Union Street as well as 31 Alta Street (constructed in 1852, it is one of the oldest houses in San Francisco; see also

228 Filbert Street (1873) as well as 220 Dolores (1852))



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http://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf032.asp

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II. Italianate Style: 1870s

1818 California Street

1782 Pacific Avenue

2103-2107 Bush Street

a. This style incorporated the elements of Roman or Italian classical decoration and is characterized by straight roof lines

and bracketed cornices. Early examples typically had flat fronts with later ones exhibiting slanted bay windows

b. The finest rows of Italianates are at 1818 California Street, Western Addition from 2115 to 2125 Bush Street (built in

1874) as well as 120 to 126 Guerrero Street



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http://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf_bush_street_cottage_row.asp

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III. Stick Style: 1880s

1198 Fulton Street

151 Broderick Street

1382 Hayes Street

a. This style, sometimes called Stick Eastlake (after Charles Eastlake, an English interior designer), is characterized by

square bay windows, long ornamental strips of “sticks” affixed to the exterior, giving the façade a strong verticality. It

reached its peak in popularity in 1880s

b. One of the best examples of this style can be found at 1801 Block of Laguna Street between Bush and Pine (1889). A

landmark example is at the corner of Scott and Fulton Streets (Alamo Square), built in 1889



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IV. Queen Anne Style: 1890s

722 Steiner Street

2007 Franklin Street

2004-2010 Gough Street

a. This style was named by a British architect for an earlier queen of England. Queen Annes abandoned its predecessor’s

style of false gable roofs with functional gable roofs. Verticality of the Stick houses was replaced with horizontal

ornamental designs, Queen Annes were also typically covered with decorative wooden shingles and a “witch’s cap”

towers

b. This style is rare in San Francisco with only about 300 Queen Annes out of 15,000 Victorians remaining. The finest

examples can be found at the Alamo Square (painted ladies, built in 1894-95). Haight-Ashbury also boasts some fine

specimens on Masonic Avenue between Haight and Waller (built in 1899)



http://www.oldhousedreams.com/2010/07/30/1892-victorian-san-francisco-ca/

http://sf.funcheap.com/free-victorian-architecture-history-tours-haaslilienthal-house-sf/

http://sfhotlist.com/san-francisco-loves-love-victorian-architecture/

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Thank you for taking the time to review my analysis of San Francisco’s residential architectural styles, I hope you find it useful. If you are interested

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