The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1901, Page 16

14 THE SUNDAY CALL. LA Faverre HHamMmone ... FRSAIONRRLE DISTRICTS TRRT RAVE FADED INTO CBSQURITY UPPOSE that all the new houses o could be knock- were toys of in their plac could be set up the homes of the people who have made history here on Then you would never dream for a mo- ment that you were in San Francisco, for rever did a nge by such swift magic as this The stinctive type he early day house was a rambling wood either cottage form squa confes above and below. ¢ the northern f the « homes of J. P. ¥ ell street, near Union (he w known “‘funny man” of the town & cisco's Pac p M. Wilsor s Green stre whos: his numerous esent leg on Lomba and Willlam r the of ¥ nable portio rth side of the town was beyo n that part of Stockton stree Green and § o ple 3 a vis now is . 4 visible sig s are on every hand, an 1 which follows in its tra is but too evident. Tdke, for example wr e handsome, imposing home of T rkin,gon t « side of t, between P: and Jackson. It was one -of the c most @egant residences spacious parlors was marrie Jarkin's o mpson Tams. Miss La joyed the distinction of being wkite child born of American parents in isco. It is now a Chinese lods- ing-house, with scarcely a whole window ructure. to be seen in the entire the opposite side of the street other homes stand a couple of them dwelt— fam- pied by United d his large fam- Mrs. McAl- 1 of hospital- r house was one of the most delightful in town to visit; the > and ents were legion. Next in oc- French Consul, M ly, who kept up the jon for brilliant festivi- il of the Consul by his he first French consulate rner of Jackson and Mason etrects. It was a square three-storied far below th pidated in appear- of wreck and ruin in on street can be seen 1855 as the Gwin of Jackson street, e of the most at and st regal sway, f the Demo- numerous satellites, It ere that Dr. Gwjn was e United States Senate. ‘ was the. mext occu- e Gwin h se, which was soon fter purchased apd improved by Dr. H. nd lived in by him and his le or more. The house headquarters of a Chinese f the Chinese have ab- s in its en 1y and the mes of the elder Dr. J. D. Whitney, Middletor pioneer auctioneer; 1 hn Sime, the banker, cup by that race, however, two exceptions in this ptain Roberts, street, and arly home of he pioneer tea h has seen many vicissi- ds on the southwest corner Jok streets. In it were f Grace Ej moved into the newer church edifice near by its interior was remodeled into # dwelling house and was for many years SO B. Haggin and family. 'm succeeded as joint oceupants the s of J. C. Duncan and Myers F. T d at present the lower portjon is used @s a grocery store. It was in a little house just round the corner on John strect w called the “nigger quarter”) that the Flood hefress, Miss Jennle, first saw the light of day. On the northwest corner of Powell and Jackson streets and djoining Grace Church was the pretty white cottage of Captain R. J. Vande- water. It has since been partly rebuilt and at the present time is used as a drug store Arnother house with a history in this vi- cinity was built in the early fifties by Fletcher M. Haight on the south side of Jackson street between Mason and Tay- lor. Sand hills abounded thereabouts at that period and each particular piece of lumber used in its construction was hauled to the spot by means of a rope attached to it at one end and to a horse at the other. It might well have been called building under difficulties. All of Mr. Haight's daughters were married under this parental roof, and then he sold the house to J. B. Haggin, who resided there with his family until the present hand- some abode was built on Taylor street The Haight hou: m its old 1lo standing on was d now, n moved fr: ‘Washington nearly back to 113 with its old site, is the home of Lawyer A. D. Splivalo and his family When F. A. Pioche, the French banker, bull (then the finest brick dwelling house in the city) on Stockton street near Clay it surely never entered his brain that ere vears it would be used as a hos- 1 and finally become the Chinese con- with the heathen “washmen” sur- rounding it on all sides. Pioche was a man who dearly loved a good dinner; his chef was a cordon bleu, his wines were re- nowned for their vintage and the large dining room on the lower floor of the three-storied buflding was weekly the scene of elaborate dinner parties. A queer looking little iron cottage on Stockton street mear Californis. was for many years iu the latter fifties the home of Henry B. Willis, the Pacific Mail steamship agent, and another odd looking ittle box of a place next Starr King's Church on Stockton street near Sacra- mento was the abode of E. V. Joice, the well-known notary. About 1857 Julia Dean Hayne, the actress, bought and lived in e small cottage perched on top of an almost inaccessible sand hill near the cor- ner of California and Powell streets, aft- erward the home of C. Temple Emmett, e lawyer. Of the two extremities of the town it is a question which it is the most sadder for an old timer to contemplate. The erst- while fashionable quarter at the north end of the eity has been absorbed by the Chi- sese, that on the south seems to have fallen into decay. What was always considered a -great piece of vandalism by the property owners on Rincon Hill was the cutting through of Becond street; so many pretty homes stood upon its lines which were ruined by the act and disappeared from sight, while those that re shadows of the past. The handsome house of General Henry W. Halleck, which stood part way up the hill above Folsom on the west side, was the first to go, its site being mow occupled by a brewery. his elegant new residen ERVVESTY =, ARNES .. ~‘arther up the Ril was the elegant res idence of Bishop Kip, which actually top- pled over and fell into the excavation One of the mosg noted residences in this vicinity was the home of Thomas H. Selby. Built above the grade on Ha son street (or, rather, the street was graded down from the, I was built ear! was gained b stairs, and as the Sel rd upon which it the fifties), access to it 1 s of long flights of entertained a great deal these stairs were always cano- pled and looked like a succession of tun- nels winding up the side of the hill. The hou itself was a two-storied double frame structure, to which some time about the middle sixties was added\a spa- cious ballroom—the only one that dmbel- lished a private dwelling in the ecity, which was the scene of many brilllant entertainments, such as the reception giv in honor of the Japanese Embassa- dor, Twakura; the weddings of Clara Sel- by and A. J. Ralston and of Cornelia Sel- by and Captain Kempf of. the navy, to ay nothing ®f the yearly grand ball and innumerable smzller receptions that Mrs, Selby gave each month during the sea- son. On the southwest corner of Harrison and Second streets stood a large frame house which was built in 1860 by Commo- dore R. C. Ogden for his family home, but upon the marriage of F. W. Ather- ton's daughter to Fred Macondray he was induced to sell it to Mr. Atherton, who made it a wedding gift to the bride, When the hill was cut through the lot upon which it stood partly crumbled away and the house was moved to South Park, where it was afterward for a time the abode of the Gwin family. There 1t still stands, but bears evidence of the de- day that one familiar with the early da life of that locality detects so readily. South Park was designed and laid out about 1853, after the plan of English cres- cents, by the late George Gordon, one of our best known early ploneers, and it was for many years the nucleus around which gathered a goodly portlon of the soctal system of that period. Within its limits were the dwellings of the founder, George Gordon; Commodore Watkins, Horace P, Janes, John H. Redington, Lloyd Tevi 5 Isaac Friedlander, Charles de Ro, Cap- tain Richard Whiting, Alexander Forbes, the steamship agent; Russian Consul Kcstrimetinoff; James Bell, founder of the house of Falkner, Bell & Co.; Dr. R. P. Ashe (father of Porter), George C, Johnson, Mrs. Martha Ritchie, James Otis, William M. Lent, etc. This colony— for it was one—far removed from the other parts of the city, was very soclable within its own cirele, and among others boasted three young ladies whom one of the wits of the day dubbed “‘the world, the flesh and the devil.” They were Miss Lottle Hall, Miss Rosa Gore and Miss Patsle Ritchle, who were the trio thus nicknamed. South Park still remains, but fashion has long since deserted it, Another of the residences of the South Side which saw many vicissitudes was the one which until lately stood on the north side of Bryant street, near Third. Originally the early day home of Colonel B. I. Washington, one of the Collectors af the Port of Sav Francisco, it came L AR E O CODEEF ROy ) into the possession of Louls McLane, who, purchasing the adjoining property, re- built and altered thie house and laid out the grounds in an extensive flower gar- den, vntil the place was regarded as one of the prettiest residences in the city. When the McLanes removed East the place was rented to Isaac Friedlander, who still further improved it. Within its doors hospitality reigned supreme, and elaborate entertainments were of fre- quent occurrence. Perhaps the grandest wedding that ever took place in our social world was celebrated in this house, when the eldest daughter, Lizzie, became the wife of Dr. A. J, Bowie's eldest son, A. J. Bowie Jr., the well-known present-day mining engineer. Upon the return of the McLanes, when the Nevada Bank was opened, they again took possession of their old home and they were again suc- ceeded by George T. Brander, who re- sided there until the death of Mrs. Bran- der, when the place became a private in- sane asylum under the charge of Dr. Whitwell. It has recently undergone many changes, and is now transformed into a block for business purposes, JORMMN EEOING Tong N