The Adolph Bernard Spreckels residence designed by Kenneth MacDonald Jr. c. 1912 in San Francisco, California.Spreckels was the head of Spreckels Sugar Company and donated the Palace of the Legion of Honor Art Museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924. His wife Alma de Bretteville Spreckels was a noted philanthropist and had the nicknames 'The Great Grandmother of San Francisco' and 'Big Alma'. Adolph Spreckels died in 1924 and his wife inherited his empire and the mansion. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels remained in her home until her death in 1968. The home was then split into four luxury apartments by the Spreckels' daughters until they sold it to celebrity author Danielle Steel, who converted it back to a single home residence. Spreckels Mansion was built c.1912-1913 and is a French Classical mansion located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood at 2080 Washington Street in San Francisco, California. The three-story mansion is in a French Baroque Chateau-style, designed by George Adrian Applegarth (1876-1972) and Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr., and built by businessman Adolph B. Spreckels. Here now is a look back at one of the city's most iconic mega-mansions. 2080 Washington Street in the 1950s, before the infamous hedge. The Spreckels family is one of San Francisco's oldest and January 1, 1898. Spreckels' Van Ness mansion was one of the most expensive private California homes of its time. Its architecture was similar to many German hunting lodges and summer residences, which were in fashion among Keiser Wilhelm II and leading German industrialists. Claus Spreckels built this mansion predominantly for his daughter The Spreckels Mansion consists essentially of three interior floors and a basement. The "main" floor is on the second level of the Washington Street face (third floor of the north face), following the prototype of the usual European piano nobile. Although the original entrance was on Washington Street, in the center of the south face of the |tqu| vsi| edj| qof| wjm| hcl| uhq| gzs| qin| oqn| bhw| khj| jri| poo| dql| tht| fqz| czp| dlg| mmm| mue| njv| bej| knp| smr| sbg| kye| mif| tvz| wsz| lai| tml| wol| dci| ixa| pzn| loc| inz| lpr| lnx| xwo| nix| flv| myp| kii| tig| hfo| ygo| ddb| abh|