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HANDSOME NEW RESIDENCES ON PRESIDIO HEIGHTS
FINEST STYLES OF
EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE
Land Owners Vying .With- .One Another
\ To Produce Most Artistic .Effects
\u25a0 Some of the finest residences in the
city have recently been completed on
Presidio heights and more will soon be
begun.
It was only recently that Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Roos moved into their beau
ttfu! new home at the corner of Jackson
iind^ Locust 6treets.
: George H. Roos Is now planning a
palatial home to be erected near his
lirother's house in the north line of
Jackson street east of Maple. The lo
cation is very sightly and commands
a broad view of the Presidio and the
•. bay. , v
j The bulging is designed by Architect
Houghton Sawyer and will be in the
cJeorgian style. It will " be built of
Harvard red brick in English cross
bond, with white marble cornice at en
trance and as trimming for the win
dows. There will be a marble inlay in
pattern between the third story win
dows.
The whole appearance of the house
*vi!l be very impressive and dignified.
The interior will be handsomely pan
oled and decorated, and the rooms are
planned on a very large scale.
A garage in the same style as the i
-. ± \u2666
".'house will occupy the rear of the lot,
' -giving accommodation to several cars.
: . : The Leon Roos house Is the most
: .jeostly for its size of any house in the
Y./cjty. It is a blending of the Florentine
: and English style of architecture. Lofty
\u25a0 chimneys, high, steep, sloping roofs and
'projecting balconies give the effect of a
\u25a0number of houses added together at»
\u25a0one period after another.
- The most novel feature of the house
is the great living xoom. 19 feet high.
. 5-0 feet long and 25 feet wide, which is
»Tuilt in the form of a chapel. It car
\u25a0 -._ rjes out the old JSnglfFh idea of having
a chapel in every castle. The massivg^
: stone mantel in this room is very Im
: pressive.
The color scheme throughout the
house is of reddish purple. It blends
well with orchids and lilies for floral
decorations.
The house was planned by Architects
\u25a0'. May beck & White, tinder Mrs. Roos'
direction. She had evolved the whole
.idea of the house long before it was
r : liuilt, and had patterned it after what
. j-iie most admired in European archi
: lecture.
\u25a0 Nearly all the furniture of the house
.- was brought from Europe, anJ com
.: prises many antiques. All of these, too,
were chosen to harmonize with the ro
mantic character of the house.
: Throughout the house the same ex
quisite taste is in evidence. There are
only three bedrooms on the second
floor, but they are of the daintiest
Jioudoir style. The morning room is a
:.very dainty apartment.
• The plan of construction of the house
Vis' solid upright timbers Intersperced
with cement work. It is exceedingly
Solid, and built to last for centuries.
The foundation rests on piers 25 feet
deep, and is designed to be earthquake
proof.
A striking feature from the outside
is the massive red oak door of the old
English style, with an escutcheon in
ro!d. bearing the Leon Roos initials.
This house Is one of the few examples
in.tbii city of where a woman has thor
: .oushly incorporated herself in her
rhome. Altogether it is an Artistic tri-
and a very notable addition to
San Francisco's beautiful moflern
. : ho-rjes.
: In thl3 immediate neighborhood the
.Jacob Stern house is approaching com
pletion on the northeast corner of
. and Maple streets. It is of
Ibrick-and wiiite stone trimmings carved
in -Gothic cathedral style. It is a man
*St>n house similar in style to some of
the Vanderbilt houses in New York in
Fifth avenue.
;\u25a0 "The house contains 25 rooms. One
of the special features is a great social
iiall on the lower floor, especially de
signed for banquets. A magnificent
"staircase and hall two stories .high
leads to the upper floors.
•"'. This splendid home is regarded as
marking a distinct advance in residence
architecture of -San Francisco and as
tending to fix even more firmly the
character of this whole district as a
high class residence "section for all time
to come.
A little farther westward, at he cor
rier of Fifth avenue and Presidio road.
in the beautiful new home of Melville
; Furth. *"
The building is of reinforced concrete
in the English renaissance style and so
.planned as to give an inclosed garden
pn-'the east.
.-The house, which contains two stories
and basement, is handsomely finished
with hardwood panelwork, decorative
plaster ceilings and stone mantels
richly carved. It is unusually complete
In -every detail, enfbodying the very
: jatest conveniences and Innovations In
building. Houghton Sawyer was the
architect.
In Presidio terrace there afe six new
homes of great artistic beauty. The
Joseph Fredericks house near the mid
dle of the terrace is a gl^ylsh white
-.structure of classical outline. It re
sembles some of the Newport villas: on
the Atlantic coast.** Joseph Fredericks
Is a New York man. When he first
"came to the Pacific coast he went all
tip and down the coast looking-for a
place to build a home. He finally se
lected this site as being in his opinion
the most beautiful situation in Califor
nia for an ideal home. His house is of
reinforced concrete and as solid as a
business block. .''_- - ,
Other beautiful homes In Presidio
terrace recently completed are those of
Mrs. Jeanette Merritt. J. S. Hutchlnson.
Burrell G. White, Dr. C. F. Weltz'and
James 11. Fannln. These represent* a
variety of styles of architecture, from
mission to Elizabethan and colonial. i
These new homes add the finishing
touches to what is probably the most
successful effort ever made to create
a high class residence district out of
raw .acreage. As late as five years ago
this district was vacant land known as
the old Tlbbetts tract.
Baldwin & Howell appreciated th©
natural beauty of the tract" and pro
ceeded to develop it at great expense.
It is nearly "all built up now in a way «
that Is a surprise even to, the devel
opers themselves. The 6plendld homes
and landscape effects produced in the
terrace have caused values in all the
adjoining . streets to advance greatly
and have stimulated the building of
fine homes throughout that vicinity.
Throughout the Presidio heights and
terrace district the tendency in home
building is away from the old style of
wooden construction to the newest
form of brick, stone and concrete con
struction along the most modern and
artistic lines. This- is completely
transforming San Francisco's residence
section and assuring its fixed position
as strictly high class residence prop
erty for an indefinite period in the fu
ture. s ---
SACRAMENTO LAND
ATTRACTS BUYERS
The Sacramento Valley irrigation
company is kept busy these days show
ing people over its project, and is also
gelling much land, as a day's record will
show.
" While the company has a dozen auto
mobiles, yet bo numerous are the home
seekers that frequently a"* couple of
outside cars have to be hired to help
carry the prospective purchasers, -t
John Willins of Danville, 111., on
Thursday last purchased 80 acrtfs on
the Glenn tract. Willing is,an experi
enced horticulturist and will no doubt
engage in that business on his new
purchase, -^n"
R. Magladery, an official of tno
Santa Fe railroad, is another purchaser^
He came hero Thursday and after
looking over the Kuhn project ~ ;\u25a0 ex
pressed himself as well pleased with it.
He has secured 80, acres, and expects
to make his home on it later. .-./.-.
Dr. A. N. House of Kankakee, Ind.,
purchased 170 acres. This tract will be
occupied by, a number of families be
sides his own. House was delegated to
purchase for them.
John Ehlm of Rock Island, 111., pur
chased 60 acres on the Packer tract.
He will bring his -family here In the
spring and settle on his land. .", -, :
The following sales; have been made
on the Jacinto, tract: ! Arabella -Fulton.
40 acres; H. H. Nickel, 40 acres; D. P?
Nickel, 40 acres; William Reid, 20 acres.
NEW CHURCH BUILT \
/ AT SALADA BEACH
Signs of Progress in -the Newly
Risen Seashore Suburb
Last Sunday the; first, church; to be
erected at Salada' beach - on the Ocean
Shore railroad was ; formerly opened. to
the~ townspeople. — ' : ' .
The artistic little church was de
fiijrned by Architect II Borquist.
The prosperity of: the -town', is re
markable, as it career imme
diately after? the disaster; and; now.- has
a iliandsome^railway 1 , station, ;, a -post-
Office, 'a. "church -"'and^ some fine-, resi
dences. , -i». t. -..--' ; -i \ ,S\- ','::: i'.\ \u25a0 \u25a0' t '
THE SAN iFBANCISCfr- CALL,- SATURDAY, ~. .JULY 30; 1910.
BEARS ARE STILL IN
CONTROL OF STOCKS
Continued From Page S
claim that while there was good reason
for, ; a decline from the prices of last
winter, the extent of the reaction has
been altogether without 'justification.
These views ' are beginning - spread
too ther" cities and will no doubt in
time result, in the heavy absorption of
investment stocks by .the buyer, who
pays cash~for his purchases.- ' '
; "Liquidation seems to have practi
cally reached an end. -Boar. raids are
proving less and less effective, and it
is more difficult to borrow stocks . for
these operations. 'At the same time, the
public does not seem .to show a dis
position td buy securities for specu
lation.'' ; '<\u25a0'.: -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"• "-. -v . ,
The promise for California's fall
continues the: best. - For.; the -past five
months fruits andvegetables have been
going eastward: to market at therate
Of 200 cars a day/meaning on an aver
age about $125,000 daily to > the growers
and shippers. The returnsfrom the big
harvest now ,in progress' will; exceed
the previous attainments of 'the state.
- This I fall will . witness also, a* state
election" on . proposed .bond' issues,
amounting in all to $29,500,000. .These
Include '\u25a0'* the \u25a0 San Francisco harbor, Is
lais creek, San Diego harbor, and high
way issues. 'Should they be auQiorized,
they would > prove one of, the most at
tractive offerings ;of»hightgradesecuri- :
ties, v There have not been many issues
of .'state bonds ' ; recently. ' and the?de
mand i would be.: particularly -ke^n '\u25a0\u25a0' for
paper backed' by. the credit of the state'
of California. ;., v v i--.: ,:',;,
The state's' financial .'condltlbnVcould
not well :be::surpassed. ? 'The: totai;*;in"-'
debtedness Hsi but $2,600.000, v of which
$2,ooo.ooo 'constitutes the sea ywall issue
and $600,000 . the'ferry depot bonds. r .The
money,,is : 'onhandi -however,; to' redeem
the ferry bohds.'leaving practically only
the $2,000i000 asan obligation'-^Agalnst
this ~the : state; showed aniassessed-valu
ation last. year, of $2.438,656,544.;- •'\u0084.\u25a0?,.• \\
LARGE DEAU MADE IN
? LAKEvTAHOEr tAND
J'.. .The'-Fergusbn-Breuner-company,/an
nounces the salo'of & l.spo/acretract'at
Lake^Tahoe *. to -ia^r Sacramento i syndi
cate. . ; This^ ss >:• the' largest ;transaction :
"of "this .nature ever.made , in" Lake *T£-
REAL ESTATE
TRANSACTIONS
Bert H. Lompman.to Dora M. v ,Ltfiipman, lot In I
E line of Thirty-second arenupw 2so S of Califor
nia street/. Srl'SJbrrK 1 120; $10i/.« -^ • \u0084 >'\u0084
L. W. Jeffcrson^hdwlfe^to'e^oifjfCiW, •Austin,
lot in W, line 6t Seventeenth 'aTetflie," *SS:B S of
R street, S-25'by:.W^«0;i$10Vf,i":» ; i\LW. ' • --- :
Carlo Forni, to-Lombarda- wln'Aicojhpatiy,' lot- !n
S;iine of Frfti)Plsco?i»trect,^l37:o-iW> of. Octaria,
W- 25 by S 137:0; $10.' S;^- I '\k, ~\- •:r.-:.r. ;.
"Herman Scbulz;.and:-_wlfcsto?<»iOTani'' Mazzio,
lot: lv Si -line'df- SSerentnentU* litreot. -49:5 "K-->of
Sam-be*. S SO:.VE*23:7,' Iv\8O?;i,' W 25:7; $10. •
San .Francisco ."ami" Suburbaw boinft- bulldlnc
society to- L. J. ""/follefnen and wlf«\ let iv -W
Hue of Parker, avenue," 200:7 N of Tolut Lobos,
N 20 by W ; 123; '510. \u25a0' ' -- 1 ..; f
.I'etcr Nelson to Augusta D. Seibt,' lot in N line
of California street," 27:6 W of_ Second* a venue,
N 103, W> 2">, S 105. E. 23; $10. \u0084-.:.. ... ;
Rlcliinond Investment company \u25a0Ho -John' M.*
PetM-s. lot -in- E lino -of Eleventh avenue, ' 100 S
of I^ake street, S 25 : by B 120; $10. v \- • : •. -
"-\u25a0 Marlon .'Jane I^amb td'' Annie Maria" Lamb, lot
in X line of : Commonwealth avenue," 100 : S !of
California street, S 33:4iby E 120; $10.^;« - '
William | J. ; McKlllop and wife j toTlsabella Mc<
Killop, lot In E line of Diamond ; street," 22:6. S
of Twenty-fiftU, S 22:6 by E 05; $10.?.:* \u25a0 - , ;;
Real Estate and Development company to Hen
rik'H/' Honriksen. .lot In -B line of * Wisconsin
street. 640:0 N of Twenty-fifth, :N- 19:3, X" 100,
S 27:1V6. 'NW-to beginning; grant. '" , • \, «£
WiUiam'J.-Keenan et al.. to .Rose Marlach, . lot
in TV line of Central- avenue, 87:6; S' of* Grove
street. S2S"DytWOS;-.slo. ;-•-* <'-tr;- i;i
' \u25a0• A malta dl ; Vecchio to Alfred . E. Sbarboro/i lot
in • N lino of ; Hayes street, 68:9 Wt of Lagnna,
W 3T:rt.'N 120, E 25, S 48. E 12:6, S 72; $10. v
- Gharleg Stunker;to Frederick C.v Keck,-, lot at
NW corner of O'Farrell and Leavenworth streets,
N 25:9 by .W-80;.$10. > ; .. :- \u0084. , . . ./-„»:
Ht>\ Getz & Sons, to Margaret M. Clark; lot in
W line of. Forty-sistu : avenue, 125 N of 1 street,'
Nsoby W 120; $10. .•> - \u25a0-\u0084;-, >, ,
> ,H. B. Plnney and wife. to Laurence Levet and
Laurence \u25a0 Gallian, ; lot commencing . 202:6 E :of
Goran street and 120 S; of, Greenwich, E-BT:6 by
N 2.{:0; : 53.750. :«,; \u25a0• .:-\u25a0 ;^- ;;.\u25a0.-/;. ' . - \u25a0' : . ;.\u25a0. rv, •. \u25a0
; Ellen A. 1 Fife' to Oscar \u25a0F. Blochlns, lot 'in" B
tine of Nineteenth axenae, 275 N of Point Lobos,
N 23 by E 120; $10. . V, \u25a0•\u25a0-:-< :.,_;.„.
'. Dewe/ Coffin and ' wife to Peter vMazaraa>et
aL.tlotß 16 aad 32, -Frank R- Webb's subdivision,
block \u25a0 12, . San > Mignei City; $10. i : -»,v - v
j^Adolph'H.": weber et al.r to Hnmboldt savings
bankV-lot ln-Eillne; of-Polk street,; 431 N of
Morse.': N 120 ! by.E 200; $10. .;.n. '-.-.;• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0':
ii Union i feedjcompauy •to Southern . Pacific, com
pany, <: lot -ax W * corner of Fifth and H Channel
streets, SW; 91:8 b'y,-NW ; 275: $io.>- , \u25a0' .* -;;-, i \u0084
m Empire State surety company : to J.?M. Robert
son, lot in<N line of Seventeenth street,' 150:6; E
of-Stanyan, B ;23:6,\ N;il4:8;' W,f31:3; 8*112:4;
•; \u25a0 "* ; :•;•.;: <'•" , : f .'' -r^ : ' ; '-\u25a0 .r»--#_* &
Mary M. Callundan et -al.-.to William L.'Fner,'
lot In -W-' line of Fourteenth aTenue,>23o Nrof;lN r of;I
street.' N)25 by $10. • • %>\u25a0 '<-\u25a0/£- 1- r- -,'
i James Hunter to Metha Mebrtens, lot la Nilln*
of i Sacramento street, 112:U : E of Maple," E .2s by
•N -127:8% ;' slo^>^-"i.- ••"• i-/- •- - --% .;. '
?r -Alice , C,: \u25a0 Towjisend -to -\u25a0 Maria • Hansen, M 'lot ' In
B 'line. of Sanchez street, ' 39 : N.'of ; Cumberland, 1
'N';2s-by:E ,70;«*ip.',-V'/-":.'.:.-'--«^ \u25a0\u25a0>'J.-'*.uiT-^- i-
\u25a0• B. Mnrphy with^lsaaccrenny^fo^prect ' a'
frame reslOence at \u25a030 i Wool itr«ei ; ?V,yw.\v -_ ; " t
GOLF CLUB BUYS A
CLUB HOUSE SITE
"Arrangements .. were .concluded dur
ing, the, last week by the- Presidio golf
club," through Baldwin V&Howell,, under
whichthedub. will purchase lots 7 and
Bvin PrasiJio terrace, with the build
.ing, .which the;club>as been. occupying
for, .the last five' years." The club .has
had for some .time ah option to pur
chase the \ property -for $25,000; which
*it has concluded to exercise.
. lending the formation of a holding
company. to take the property over/the
"title toit has, been vested by tho con
veyance f rom" A; Borel and wife to Wil-
I liam /J. •.Dutton, . the . presidents of the
Presidio"; golf r-clifb.: .
" -The architect ,of: the club ! has been
instructed to- prepare plans for changes
and' alterations in "._ the club building-
FAIRVIEW TERRACE TO
BE PLACED ON MARKET
,^:Llnc6ln E.-Hackett is putting. Fair
view terrace on the market, the initial
sale beingt slated "for tomorrow.
iii This is^a- close-in" subdivision on the
slope rOf-Twin^peaks. consisting of 500
lots .bordering on Corbett^. avenue at
Twenty-sixth -street. . „ „ . ?r- . . .
As the locality, provided with all that
goes to I'malie for a \u25a0 ciTy 'dweller's com
fort, is jbecoming every day more popu
lar, a very -Sftle is looked
for this season. /,; '
- * San'; Francisco's fpret-
t' tiest , residential park^-^
, J Covered vwlth oaks. I'
.'/] ;\u25a0: Glorious r climate. J .
I '. 40 trains daily. \u25a0':.'
. " -ft. lots; for ,$625.
\u25a0 \u25a0 $50 doivn S and 1 $10 mo. \
Building restrictions.'
' , Fine schools. : ' \u25a0;\ -
B"AIiDWIN
318 Ivcarny," S. F. . ' c
:H. I C^.TUCHSESr:f r - r v
' Redvrbod* City ;^ - »
MISSION IS PLANNING
FOR NEW COMMERCE
Will Attract Factories to Islais Creeft Dis
trict and Make New Traffic Arteries
In the 'annual report of the Mission
promotion' association's committee on
commercial development, which was
adopted by the association at Its last
meeting, there- is outlined a plan of
action which will insure an increase
in realty values throughout the Mis
sion and the stimulation -of business
activity In the commercial center of
the district. "
The report calls attention to the
numberless vacant manufacturing sites
along the bay shore line which are
destined to become occupied, by manu
! factoring plants when the Islais creek
landlocked harbor is completed and
provision made for the immense
amount of commerce that will arrive
in San Francisco on tho completion of
the Panama canal.- »
/To make these sites accessible the
committee will devote its energies to
.- the creation of main traffic arteries
between the commercial, manufactur
ing and residential sections of the city.
As a start in the work it has secured
the betterment of conditions on Six
teenth street -east "of Harrison to the
bay. The committee recommends the
opening of Seventeenth street east of
Kentucky, a portion that is now closed
by the Southern Pacific company, to
•\u25a0 . i
the great hindrance of traffic to and
from the Potrero.
The report contains the encouraging
information that the first step in the
work of widening Army street to 100
feet has been taken, inasmuch as the
San Francisco, gas and electric com
pany is engaged in laying a gas main
in Army street between Kentucky and
San' "Bruno avenue. This work will
raise the street to the proper level, and
the time is considered 'by the com
mittee opportune to press the widening
of this "Important thoroughfare be
tween Mission and Kentucky streets.
Army street is exactly opposite the
Islais creek harbor site at its junction
with Kentucky street. -
m^^fyourACCOMMOD|[JONS
IN preparing for a journey the telephone per-
forms a great variety of services. Reservations
are made, last directions are given, goodbyes are
said; over the wire. *
The Long Distance Service of tlje Bell System is
of special value to the traveler., Sometimes the Bell
Telephone makes_ a trip unnecessary; sometimes it con-
vinces him that a trip would- be profitable. Wherever
\ \u25a0-, . * v \u25a0""'.\u25a0-\u25a0'-" c"' . '
he g6es;heieels the need of universal service, and that
is Bell oervice.
/^^ v The Pacific Telephone
\u25a0w<fi^y and Telegraph Company II
Every Bell Telephone is the Center of the System
A definite plan Is submitted In th«
report. • This provides for extending
Sixteenth street through to the Sunset
district, thus .connecting the Potrero.
the Mission, the lower city and Sunset
and' Richmond by a direct artery; for
extending." Potrero avenue between
Twenty-fourth and Army streets by a
fill of^he marsh land at this point, and
for * further links in the
chain of boulevards which eventually
will elrcle the city.
The . committee ha 3 asked tha co
operation of the association's commit
tee on streets Jin procuring the widen
ing of Twenty second street from
Howard to Chattanooga, this being tha
first step in making it a continuous
thoroughfare of the same width east
to Potrero avenue and the main ap
proach to the new city and county hos
pital. The report also submits a plan
to widen Eighteenth street between
Church and' Valencia, in order that a
cleaV right of way may be procur«d for
the pipes of the third section of the
auxiliary water supply system for fire
protection.' the main branch of which
will run westerly In Eighteenth street
as. far as Castro. The joint committees
are already at work on these two
projects. * ,• f ' '
"Believing," the report continues.
"that the commercial development and
progress of any .city depends on the
opportunity given artisans to study the
science underlying their trades, we
recommend that the association request
the board of education to urge upon
the mayor and the board of super
visors the necessity of erecting at once
the proposed 'addition to the Mission
-high school. Eighteenth and Dolores
streets. The present building Is al
ready too small for the attendance,
and evening classes should b<j opened
for pupils who have graduate.! from
the grammar schools, but who are
compelled *to work in the daytime."
Bonds in the sum of $150,000 have
been voted for this addition.
Filtered
Salt Water
5 At The
LURLINE
BATHS
the ocean -water is- filtered
before it flows into the tub
baths and swimming pool.
TURKISH BATHS*
AND MASSAGE
Bush and Larkin Sts.
•;•".-\u25a0•• /
'OPEN EVENINGS
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