National Register of Historic Places

House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Listed
January 31, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
79000532

About this property

The house at 1254–1256 Montgomery Street is a historic house located in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. Construction commenced in the early 1860s [partial first floor] and sits on a secondary summit of the hill, which was also the site of a windmill that burned in 1861. The house's Italianate architecture design features large windows on the front corner, double-hung sash windows decorated with pilasters and cornices, and a bracketed cornice along the roofline. While the house originally had only one story, its second story was part of its original plan and constructed by the 1890s. The house is one of the few buildings on Telegraph Hill which survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1979.

Location

1254--1256 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
37.80094, -122.40383

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street listed on the National Register?

House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1979.

What type of historic resource is House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street?

House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street is recorded as the pre_contact era.

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