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The James C. Flood Mansion is a historic mansion at 1000 California Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California, USA. Now home of the Pacific-Union Club , it was built in 1886 as the townhouse for James C. Flood , a 19th-century silver baron.
The reconstruction and expansion of the original mansion into the clubhouse was designed by Willis Polk. It is considered the first brownstone constructed west of the Mississippi River. [citation needed] Along with the Fairmont Hotel across the street, it was the only structure in the area to survive the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.
San Francisco Through Earthquake And Fire. San Francisco: Paul Elder And Company; London, Jack. "The Story of An Eyewitness". London's report from the scene. Originally published in Collier's Magazine, May 5, 1906. Morris, Charles (1906). The San Francisco Calamity By Earthquake And Fire. J. C. Winston Company. ISBN 9780806509846
The James C. Flood Mansion at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California. Built in 1886 as a townhouse for James C. Flood, it is the only Nob Hill mansion to structurally survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire (its stone walls survived but the interior was gutted). It is owned by the Pacific-Union Club.
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire severely damaged the building’s interior, but the structure was redesigned by John Bakewell and Arthur J. Brown and rebuilt with the rotunda.
Built in 1886 for William and Bertha Haas, it survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire. The Victorian era house is a San Francisco Designated Landmark and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was converted into a museum with period furniture and artifacts, which as of 2016 received over 6,500 ...
Designed by Albert Pissis, it opened in 1904 as San Francisco's largest building. [3] In 1906, it was one of the few major buildings to survive the San Francisco earthquake and the fire that followed; [3] full restoration of the interior took two years. [6] By World War II, the building had become medical and dental offices. [6]
Destroyed by fire following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake [4] [5] David B Colton Mansion 1872 Neo-classical: S. C. Bugbee & Son: San Francisco: Later bought by Collis Potter Huntington. Was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: Leland Stanford Mansion 1876 Italianate: S. C. Bugbee & Son: San Francisco: Was destroyed in the 1906 ...