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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/
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Time Period
Style
Distinctive Features
Comments
1825-1840s
Victorian
Greek Revival*
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-
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)
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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”.
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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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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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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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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)
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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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I am a long-term resident of San Francisco’s Pacific Heights enamored by the City’s natural beauty, rich history and diverse culture. I enjoy and
participate in the local social and cultural scenes, am passionate about San Francisco’s history as well as its everyday life, frequently publishing in social
media on the issues relating to the City’s political, economic and social life. I will be looking forward to hearing from you.
With best wishes,
KATE STANTON, Associate Broker (CalBRE No: 01445813)