Houses

Contains 291 photos

2nd Ave & Cornwall
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2nd Ave & Cornwall

View northeast across 2nd to Municipal Railway B-line streetcar #153 with wings livery at terminus, on fan trip during last day of line service.

Richmond Inner
Cesar Chavez & Bryant
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Cesar Chavez & Bryant

View north across Cesar Chavez (then Army) to Municipal Railway 25-line #127 turning east. Stop-Shop Bakery and A&B Bakery and ice cream.

Peralta Heights
View from Pacific Heights
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View from Pacific Heights

View northeast from about Lyon & Broadway. Harbor View, future site of Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). House in foreground left, near Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect.

Pacific Heights
Mission near 20th
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Mission near 20th

View northwest across Mission to three horsecars, nearest marked "Oakland Ferries", plank sidewalk. [Drug Store NW corner 20th Mission St, S.F. Aug 19, 1886, taken with instrument held in hand hence the blur] [F810 STC-014] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Mission
Harrison & Essex
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Harrison & Essex

View northwest to Nob Hill mansions, Russian Hill, Grace Church with bell tower in distance. Palace and Grand Hotels, Crocker, Union Trust, original Hobart and Mills Buildings. Masonic Temple, California Hotel. [7652. View of S.F. Looking North from Harrison & Essex Sts., showing Palace Hotel, Crocker & Mills Buildings] [F810 V-040] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Rincon Hill
Powell & California
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Powell & California

View southeast down California Street from Powell. Grace Church, Marine Hospital and Selby Shot Tower in distance. Same image with different cropping wnp37.00790-R. [Looking SE from California - Powell Sts 1870] [F810 V-063] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Nob Hill
View W From Telegraph Hill
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View W From Telegraph Hill

View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (with landscaping completed April, 1869) towards Russian Hill. Columbus Avenue not yet cut through. Filbert St at lower right. Same image as wnp24.184a. [F810 V-095] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill]

Telegraph Hill
Gateview Court
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Gateview Court

View northeast from near the end of Gateview Court to Forest Knolls, Mount Sutro, Sutro Tower, and Twin Peaks in fog. Backs of houses on Quintara Street in foreground.

Golden Gate Heights
View N from Nob Hill
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View N from Nob Hill

View north to Russian Hill from Nob Hill near Jones & Washington. House at middle right with rising fence is 1032 Broadway, built in 1853 for Joseph H. Atkinson, extant 2020. Belvedere, Tiburon and Angel Island in background. [F810 V-120] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Nob Hill
Pine near Grant
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Pine near Grant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, elevated view southeast from Pine above Grant, of approaching fire after earthquake. Pacific States Telephone Building at left. In distance along Market St., Palace Hotel, Chronicle Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. Goldberg Bowen & Co., 230 Sutter, Shreve Building. Western turret of California Hotel and Theatre at far left, across from Pacific States Telephone Building.

Chinatown
View from Russian Hill
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View from Russian Hill

View northeast over North Beach to Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle atop. Original Ss. Peter & Paul Church at Filbert and Grant, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert, J.L. Williams & Co. Grocers to right of Square. [Bird's-Eye View of San Francisco - No. 8. From Russian Hill Looking Northeast New Series Plate 102, With S.F. News Letter July 11 1891, Britton & Rey Arto.(Artotype)]

Russian Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View north to North Beach, Meiggs' Wharf, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Joshua Hendy Machine Works at right. [Bird's-Eye Views of San Francisco--No. 10. North Point and Sea Wall from Telegraph Hill. New Series Plate 105, With S.F. News Letter Aug 1 1891, The Joshua Hendy Machine Works Britton & Rey Arto. (Artotype)]

Telegraph Hill
30th & Chenery
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30th & Chenery

View northeast across intersection to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 9-line streetcar #918. Southern Pacific trestle crossing 30th Street in the background. Bernal Heights in the distance. This branch of the 9 line did not begin service until 1939. (JT)

Fairmount
Castro near 26th
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Castro near 26th

View northeast across Castro to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro cable car #5 with Byllesby Shield logo, in use from late 1925 to 1938, near the terminal on Castro north of 26th Street [CC005-58-08 1933]

Noe Valley
Castro near 26th
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Castro near 26th

View southeast across Castro to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro Street cable car #6 near turntable at 26th St. [CC006-58-12 Castro Street 1938 (sic)]

Noe Valley