Spreckels Mansion

1. 1911

   Assessor’s “built” date.

2. 1912

   Adolph B. Spreckels — a vice-president and later president of the Spreckels Sugar Company his father founded — built the mansion.

   SF Tourism Tips, "Where Famous People Lived in San Francisco"
3. 1912–1913

   Built to designs by Kenneth MacDonald and George Adrian Applegarth — who went on to design the Palace of the Legion of Honor for the same clients — in reinforced concrete faced in Utah limestone: a French Baroque house with two-storey columns, iron balconies and a roof balustrade, on a large assembled site along the Pacific Heights ridge, popularly called the Sugar Palace.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. 1913

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. December 1915

   Photographed at a Christmas gathering in the house, with Alma de Bretteville Spreckels among those pictured.

   San Francisco Portrait Photograph Collection (SFP 136), San Francisco Public Library
6. 1936

   The marble entrance stairs on Washington Street were removed, and the main entrance moved to a paved motor court on the east; the house was later divided into apartments.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. 1963

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
8. 1990

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 197, Spreckels Mansion.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
9. Oct 1990

   Permit 9022121 $$$ $600,000

   Remodel the kitchen and two baths, with miscellaneous electrical, plumbing and cabinetry.

10. Oct 1990

    Permit 9022425 $$$ $2,000

    Remove non-structural partitions only.

11. Nov 1990

    Permit 9023908 $$$ $5,000

    Re-install the iron gate at the front entrance driveway.

One is a sidewalk permit at a nominal valuation. The record centres on a 1990 kitchen-and-bath remodel and post-1989-earthquake parapet bracing. 2 expired permits are not shown. This building's context statement dates the work 1912; the assessor's roll records the parcel as built 1911. Class-B (non-combustible) construction. The assessor records year built as 1911; the prompting article gives 1912. No sale recorded on the current roll. The residence guide cited below also names a present-day occupant of this house; that claim is left out, because these pages do not name current residents. One published account gives San Francisco Landmark No. 197, designated 9 June 1990. The city's per-parcel historic dataset confirms Article 10 individual-landmark status but does not carry the landmark number or designation date.

One published account gives San Francisco Landmark No. 197, designated 9 June 1990. The city's per-parcel historic dataset confirms the Article 10 individual-landmark status and the Category A / A* rating, but carries neither the landmark number nor the designation date, so those two figures remain unverified against the landmark ordinance itself.