Whittier Mansion is a historic building at 2090 Jackson Street in San Francisco, California, US. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a San Francisco Designated Landmark.
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General information | |
Location | 2090 Jackson Street |
Town or city | San Francisco, California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37°47′36″N 122°25′46″W / 37.793415°N 122.429428°W |
Completed | 1896 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Edward Robinson Swain |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 30 |
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NRHP reference No. | 76000524[1] |
SFDL No. | 75 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1976 |
Designated SFDL | November 8, 1975 |
Designed by architect Edward Robinson Swain and built in 1896 by the family of financier William Franklin Whittier, it contains 30 rooms.[2][3] Construction included steel-reinforced brick walls and a facing of Arizona red sandstone.[2]
The building was a private residency, and it later served as the German Consulate for the German Reich in 1941, during the rise of Nazi Germany,[4] after World War II in 1950 the house was seized and sold at auction and returned to a private residency for many years,[2] followed by the house being occupied by the California Historical Society (1956–1991).[5][6] It is purported to be haunted.[7]