- Grand Mansions in Pacific Heights - SF Tour - Alta Plaza to Lafayette Park -

Meet outside Gino's Grocery at Jackson St & Fillmore. Diagonally across the street from Blue Bottle Coffee. Photo above is the Casebolt Mansion, oldest mansion in Pacific Hts, from 1865.
There is available free parking around the neighborhood and no restriction on weekends, but curb wheels and check for exceptions. Don't park at a meter. There is more parking around Alta Plaza Park between Steiner & Pierce, on Jackson St. There is always parking on the very steep streets.
My go to place if I can't find closer parking is on Pierce St. between Jackson St. and Pacific Ave. It's a very steep hill. But the parking is at ninety degrees.

About midway through the tour we'll stop for a break atop Lafayette Park. See included photos for some history about the park. Restrooms and views and describe the surrounding houses.

Pacific Heights is best known for being one of the most affluent neighborhoods in San Francisco. This tour highlights the architecture, and the people who built, occupied and maintained these grandest of properties. About 30 of which will be on our tour with a few sentences of information about each property. This a little longer tour then the usual two hours, but a lot to see.

The walking tour is 2.5-3.5 miles, with some steep one block at a time climbs.

Described as the most magnificent residence in the country, the Flood Mansion at 2222 Broadway. See why in this video.

To check for a possible, for sale/open house tour, click this link.

If you would like a scholarly and detailed explanation with photos, click. For most of the architectural styles seen in San Francisco. Provided by the SF Planning Dept.