One Night on Vallejo Street by Fortune Whelan

Albert Farr’s firm, Farr and Ward, designed both. On the east side of the street at #6 is one of two Second Bay Area Tradition style houses on the Summit. In 1926, the Livermores deeded this street to the city as a public right of way.Ħ Russian Hill Place, “Stanley Hayman House,” Architects: Farr and Ward, 1936 Willis Polk built them for Norman Livermore. Their single-story Russian Hill Place (east) facades are smaller in scale and more individual, with entry gardens. From Jones Street (west elevations), they appear to be one four- story building. On the left are four not-quite-identical attached houses in the Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style. Russian Hill Placeġ, 3, 5, 7 Russian Hill Place, “Livermore-Polk Houses,” Architect: Willis Polk, 1916 At the top of the ramp, turn left and walk a short distance. Walk up the ramp to the continuation of Vallejo Street. We will visit them next on Russian Hill Place. Note the backs of four Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style houses. 1085 Vallejo, which has one side on Jones and its entrance on Vallejo, is in the same style. The Livermores developed the adjacent houses at 1740-42 in the Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1915.

1740-42 Jones, 1085 Vallejo, “Livermore-McCall Houses,” Architect: Charles W. The Livermores became a major force on the Summit beginning in1897, when they moved to what is now 40 Florence Street. Whittlesey, a Chicago architect, designed them in the rough stucco Pueblo/Mission Revival style for the Livermore family. On the right, near Broadway, observe the two houses at 1728-30 Jones. 1728-30 Jones, “Livermore-Whittlesey Houses,” Architect: Charles F.

The effect is reminiscent of walled Italian hill towns. The faces of these buildings create a wall-like effect on Jones Street, as if to separate the development behind them from the rest of the area. On both sides of the balustrade, you will see the houses built for the Livermore family between 19. The balustrade and ramparts provide a formal entrance to the Summit, reinforcing the sense of enclave. You will see them repeated later in the walk. Note the pedestals (square urns) in the Beaux-Arts balustrade. The Balustrade at Jones and Vallejo, Architect: Willis Polk, 1914-1915ĭesigned by Willis Polk and completed in 1915, this is your introduction to the Summit of Russian Hill. The Intersection Of Vallejo And Jones Streetīegin your walk at the intersection of Vallejo and Jones Streets, facing east, where a balustrade borders two ramps leading up to the crest. Russian Hill I Summit Walk (Vallejo Crest) – Walk Notes Russian Hill IV Green Street and Macondray Lane.The Alpheus Bull and Bertram Alanson Houses.Francisco Park formerly Russian Hill Park.

One Night on Vallejo Street by Fortune Whelan