Victorian Storefront and Residence, the Heart of the NOPA, Bonnie Spindler, The Victorian Specialist

Описание: From 1775 to 1850, Yerba Buena evolved from a small Spanish military outpost to a Mexican independence stronghold in 1821, to a U.S. Army post in 1846. Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco in 1847. The population surged as silver and gold expeditions needed to be funded, provisions supplied, and horses and wagons sold for the trips north. Banks were established to hold the gold. In 1851, the city didn’t even include all of Nob Hill. Its western boundary was Larkin Street.
The booming city expanded 13 blocks west from Larkin St. to Divisadero St., and north of Market St., due to the Van Ness Ordinance ratified in 1855, which sought to settle gold rush land claims. The mapping, platting, and surveying took years before the lots could be sold, beginning in 1860.
The city incorporated the Outside Lands, sand dunes that would become parks and new neighborhoods. Alamo Hill, a 12.7-acre parcel of land, served as a watering hole and a stop between Mission Dolores and the Presidio, and was later transformed into Alamo Square Park in 1856. And the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park became the test grounds for a 1017-acre park to rival Central Park in New York City, opening to the public in 1870. The changes must have been exhilarating.
The wealthy and merchant classes poured into the new areas with fervor. Established families purchased lots and commissioned mansions from renowned architects, often situated near parks and newly established neighborhoods.
I often say that a Victorian or Edwardian person would feel completely at home and be able to navigate easily in the NOPA, Cole Valley, or the Haight because these areas weren’t destroyed during the 1906 earthquake and fire. Huge numbers of refugees left Nob Hill and the old sections of the city for the western addition, where all the houses still stood untouched post-quake.

560 Lyon St was built in the midst of this western expansion, in the height of the Queen Anne stylistic period. Wooden shipbuilding was giving way to iron ships, so the hundreds of carpenters who had been shipbuilders were at a loss until they started decorating San Francisco’s Victorians.

560 Lyon and 1575 Fulton look largely as they did in 1894 when they were built. It was common for merchants to have a store on street level and live above in a residential unit. The water records indicate that the original configuration consisted of two stores and two residences. Today, this sale includes a two-story residential unit and an original storefront.

The house is large and imposing and is the subject of books, art, and postcards. 560 Lyon has most of its original details: fireplaces, wood floors, beefy wood moldings, tall ceilings, imposing plaster crown moldings, and ceiling medallions. Interior designers own the house, so it is bedecked with lush wallpapers, saturated colors, and bespoke finishes. The kitchen has been designed around the golden triangle for comfort and ease of cooking. Luxury stainless steel appliances, including a wine cooler and pot filler, leathered granite countertops, and a separate eat-in space lead to doors to the decks. Rounding out the first floor (entertaining floor) there is a double parlour living room, a library, a media room or guest room, and a half bath. The second floor has a Moroccan-style primary bedroom with views of St. Ignasius, Lone Mountain, USF, UCSF, and Sutro Tower. The turret is also here, and a full bath with a side-by-side laundry.

Until recently, 1575 Fulton was an art gallery where an artist sold art from the space and slept in the loft.

There are two decks with views of the neighborhood and downtown. They are sheltered from west winds and ocean fog.

The parking is diagonal across the street, and an electric charger can be added for a fee. $300 a month for the spot and the. Seller pays the first year’s rent.