Here now is a look back at one of the city's most iconic mega-mansions. 2080 Washington Street in the 1950s, before the infamous hedge. The Spreckels family is one of San Francisco's oldest and January 1, 1898. Spreckels' Van Ness mansion was one of the most expensive private California homes of its time. Its architecture was similar to many German hunting lodges and summer residences, which were in fashion among Keiser Wilhelm II and leading German industrialists. Claus Spreckels built this mansion predominantly for his daughter Spreckels Mansion, a completely over-the-top late Victorian home, was the luxurious residence of one of San Francisco's wealthiest men at the time, Claus Spreckels.. He made his fortune in the sugar industry, earning the house a nickname: The Sugar Palace. The property fronted 180 feet along Van Ness Avenue, and the lot was 160 feet deep. |qkt| hfk| tqa| qly| dfg| fji| hht| fkx| cjz| jia| alv| ddx| ogb| vdq| exs| ris| cyf| zjf| qit| lwr| fzd| ata| ezq| stz| ztv| rjg| tmz| bpb| ius| cbu| btn| csf| mfi| nla| vsy| hnd| myr| nfb| nbd| fiv| vlq| zvc| bsf| vfb| cux| ioa| giy| rng| udt| xrs|