St. Francis Wood, San Francisco-Architectural Tour

Mason-McDuffie realtors, started the planning for St.Francis Wood in 1912. By 1925 400 families were living in the development. One of the earliest on the western side of the City. Berkeley architect Henry Gutterson was hired to layout the development based on classical Beaux-Arts tradition.

About three miles of walking, fairly level. Wear sturdy footwear.

Look for parking along Ulloa Ave. West Portal Station is about two blocks away, Muni bus #43 or #48. Check me on this though?

Meet on the Ulloa Ave. side at the bottom of the pedestrian overpass, that goes over Portola Ave. (West side of Portola I think.)

Take a look at the photos from the 1910s showing the building of the Twin Peaks Tunnel extending the electric trolleys to the western side, the outside lands of San Francisco, allowing development of St. Francis Wood and Forest Hill among others. The West Portal neighborhood was developed by Fernando Nelson and sons.

This is the first time for this tour so a little more exciting on this occasion. I have local historic locations (see the attached photos) and heritage architecture sites (addresses). We'll find these with an excellent map with a good pre-planned route to follow. So join, me in exploring this San Francisco neighborhood on a new tour.

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