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District 9 · Block 4266, Lot 020C · ZIP 94110

House of Latin Rock

2880 25th Street · Mission

  • 1 story
  • 1,250 ft2
  • 1,746 ft2 lot area
  • 5 rooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Not a historic resource
  • City landmark #336
Land$24,693
Improvements$41,087
Total assessed$65,780
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  1. 1936

    Built as a semi-attached, one-story-over-basement single-family house: wood frame clad in stucco, with a front gable and pent and shed roofs in red clay tile, two arched ground-floor openings and a boxed oriel bay facing York Street.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  2. November 30, 2010

    The South Mission Historic Resource Survey found the property ineligible for the California Register; the mural had not yet been painted.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  3. 2017

    The "Casa Bandido" mural, also called "Take It From the Top: Latin Rock," was painted in acrylic over every exterior surface of the house by lead artists Max Marttila and Fred Alvarado with youth artists of the Precita Eyes Urban Youth Arts Program, assisted by Margaret White and Marina Perez-Wong, funded by a grant distributed through Precita Eyes.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  4. 2017

    The finished mural depicts more than eighty-seven Latin rock musicians and bands of the Mission District, among them Carlos Santana, Malo (formerly the Malibus) and salsa singer Maria Medina, set among Aztec and Chicano motifs, a jukebox version of Mission Dolores and an altar to musicians who have died.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  5. March 3, 2026

    The Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 120-26 initiating landmark designation of the house; the Mayor signed it on March 6, 2026.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  6. May 20, 2026

    The Historic Preservation Commission recommended landmark designation (Resolution No. 1565).

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  7. July 28, 2026

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 336, House of Latin Rock and the "Casa Bandido" mural.

    SF Planning, landmark designation

The mural is dated both 2017 and 2015.

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