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Haas-Lilienthal House

Museum · Pacific Heights, California

A Queen Anne house of 1886 on Franklin Street, run by San Francisco Heritage and shown on docent-led tours. It is San Francisco Landmark No. 69, designated on 4 January 1975, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reference number 73000438, on 2 July 1973. It was named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2012. Tours in 2026 run on select Wednesdays at 12.30pm and 2pm and Saturdays at noon, 1pm and 2pm; general admission is $10, children twelve and under free, San Francisco Heritage members free, and the operator advises allowing at least one hour. The house is wheelchair accessible at ground level through the tour entrance, and an elevator is available for moving between floors. Telephone (415) 441-3000.

History

The house was built in 1886 for the merchant William Haas and Bertha Greenebaum Haas; the architect was Peter R. Schmidt and the contractors McCann & Biddell. A 1928 addition of living quarters over a garage is attributed to the architect Gardner Dailey. The house withstood the 1906 earthquake with only slight damage. The Haas family watched the fire from the roof and left to camp in Lafayette Park; three days after the earthquake the fire was stopped at Van Ness Avenue. Alice Haas-Lilienthal died in 1972 after living in the house for close to eighty years, and the house was given to the Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, now San Francisco Heritage, in 1973.

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2007 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

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