Description:
PROPERTY TYPE - INN/CHALET
YEAR BUILT - 1890 YEAR REMODELED - 1997
THIS LANDMARK VICTORIAN WAS BUILT IN 1890 AT 1890 PAGE
STREET JUST ONE BLOCK FROM THE NEWLY DEVELOPED GOLDEN
GATE PARK. IT HAS NOTEABLE ARCHITECHURAL FEATURES,
INCLUDING MASSIVE TURRETS AND SIX ORIGINAL FIREPLACES.
MOST ROOMS ARE DECORATED IN PERIOD FURNITURE, BUT ARE
DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO BE RELAXED AND COMFORTABLE. THE
INN KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM OVERLOOKS A LARGE SEVENTY
YEAR OLD AVOCADO TREE PLANTED BY A BOY WHO LIVED HERE
WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE1930S. WHEN YOU ARE HERE YOU MAY
WANT TO READ THIS STATELY VICTORIAN S HISTORY AND SEE ITS
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION, ALONG WITH ITS CENSUS RECORDS.
BUILT BY A FAMOUS ARCHITECH FOR A LOCAL PHYSICIAN, IT IS
QUITE LIKELY THAT FOR A FEW YEARS THIS WAS A PLACE FOR
UNWED MOTHERS AND OR THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTS. IN
ADDITION, A DAUGHTER OF THE FAMOUS FLOOD FAMILY FROM THE
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH LIVED HERE FROM 1892 TO 1895, AND IN
THE 1920S THE ESTATE BECAME THE SUBJECT OF A NOTORIOUS
LITIGATION, AND BOOK, BETWEEN THEIR, ALLEGED, CHILDREN.
Driving Directions
DIRECTIONS TO THE PROPERTY -
FROM NORTH - FROM SFO OR THE SOUTH TAKE 101N TO THE FELL
ST. EXIT, LEFT LANE. OR FROM BAY BRIDGE TAKE 101S ABOUT
ONE MILE TO FELL ST. EXIT. FOLLOW FELL ST. ABOUT TWO
MILES TO MASONIC, TURN LEFT. GO TWO BLOCKS TO PAGE, TURN
RIGHT, GO FOUR BLOCKS TO 1890. FROM THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE FOLLOW 19TH AVENUE PARK PRESIDIO AND FROM RIGHT
LANE CIRCLE AROUND TO GO LEFT ON GEARY, DRIVE ABOUT ONE
MILE TO STANYON, RIGHT. DRIVE ABOUT TWELVE BLOCKS TO
PAGE, LEFT, ONE BLOCK TO 1890. PULL INTO DRIVEWAY TO
RIGHT OF ENTRANCE AND RING BELL.
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