Western Addition

A large central district west of Van Ness that largely survived the 1906 fire, mixing Victorian flats with 20th-century apartment buildings.

The Painted Ladies at Alamo Square, San Francisco
Photo: The Painted Ladies at Alamo Square, San Francisco by Jessica Bryant, Pexels License, via Pexels; cropped to 3:2 and resized.

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164 documented buildings7 parks and public spacesBoundary: Analysis Neighborhoods (Western Addition), DataSF, retrieved 2026-10-23.

Named buildings and landmarks

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    37.7810, −122.4379
    Old St. Patrick's Church 1820 Eddy Street · City landmark #6
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    37.7780, −122.4309
    Old Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church 864 Fulton Street · City landmark #28
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    Photo of Stadtmuller House
    Stadtmuller House 819 Eddy Street · City landmark #35
  4. 4
    37.7850, −122.4234
    First Unitarian Church 1187 Franklin Street · City landmark #40
  5. 5
    37.7842, −122.4235
    St. Mark's Lutheran Church 1135 O'Farrell Street · City landmark #41
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    Photo of Trinity Episcopal Church
    Trinity Episcopal Church 1668 Bush Street · City landmark #65
  7. 7
    37.7854, −122.4222
    Goodman Building (Emeric Building) 1109–1121 Geary Boulevard · City landmark #71
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    Photo of Rothschild House
    Rothschild House 964 Eddy Street · City landmark #112
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    Photo of Westerfeld House
    Westerfeld House 1196–1198 Fulton Street · City landmark #135
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    Photo of Archbishop's Mansion
    Archbishop's Mansion 1000 Fulton Street · City landmark #151
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    37.7840, −122.4217
    Earle C. Anthony auto showroom 901 Van Ness Avenue · City landmark #153
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    Photo of Chateau Tivoli
    Chateau Tivoli 1057 Steiner Street

Also here: Margaret Hayward Playground Building, Grabhorn Press Building, Empress Apartments, Public Utilities Commission State Office Building, Laguna Eichler Apartments, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Friendship Village, Friendship Village, Buchanan Park Apartments, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Headquarters, Sunhouse Complex, Divisadero Heights housing development, Opera Plaza, Ella Hill Hutch Community Center.

Streets documented so far

Parks and public spaces

Historic districts here

Adjacent neighborhoods

Japantown is cut out of these blocks around Post and Buchanan Streets. Pacific Heights rises north beyond Geary Boulevard, Lone Mountain / USF lies west past Masonic Avenue, Hayes Valley south, and the Tenderloin and Nob Hill east across Van Ness Avenue.