2507 Pacific Avenue
Located in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood, 2507 Pacific Avenue sits in the midst of historic residences dating back to California’s Gold Rush era. One such landmark, the Haas-Lilienthal House, typifies the Queen Anne style common to San Francisco residential architecture during the late nineteenth century. Built in 1886, the 11,500-square foot Victorian, which features a circular corner tower and wooden gables, is open regularly as a museum. Another notable residence, the Captain Leale House, is situated down the street from 2507 Pacific Avenue. Considered one of the city’s oldest homes, the Leale House was owned by a ferryboat skipper who plied the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Originally constructed as the main house of a dairy farm, the property later was remodeled to appear Italianate, a popular style during the 1800s.
Several others homes of historical significance surround 2507 Pacific Avenue. Constructed in 1913, the Spreckels Mansion, a white limestone chateau in the French Baroque style, contains 55 rooms, including a Louis XVI ballroom. A private residence, the mansion is owned by romance novelist Danielle Steele. Another notable landmark, the Whittier Mansion, located on Jackson Street only five blocks from 2507 Pacific Avenue, gained attention as one of the first homes in California built of sandstone on a steel framework. Also, the Bourn Mansion served as the former home to William Bowers Bourn II, a mining and utilities business leader considered the nation’s richest man at the time.
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