A reader asks:
There is a house at 1842 18th Ave. that stands out from the neighborhood. I’ve been told there is a lot of history surrounding the home, but I am finding it difficult to get any information. Do you or your readers happen to know why this home is custom on a double wide lot when most of the neighborhood is more typical of Sunset?
Curbed SF posed the same question to its readers and so far, the most complete explanation has been:
House was originally located in the Presidio and was moved to that location in the teens or twenties, maybe. The house itself is probably from around the turn of the century. That’s what I was told at the estate sale about 2 years ago. I forget what else they said… The place was a disaster inside, but pretty cool. I think it sold for around $1.2 shortly after the estate sale.
Can we come together and help our beloved reader with a little more information?
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1842 18th Ave. [mls]
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September 17, 2008 at 10:12 am
thefrontsteps
I got the same email! When I have two seconds I’ll post it too.
January 23, 2009 at 8:56 pm
John Zanardi
My grandparents bought the house in 1955, and lived there until my grandmother passed in 2006. As far as the history of the house, it was moved there as one of the first homes in the area.THe rumor was that General “Blackjack” Pershing had once lived in the house. It had to be moved around Golden Gate Park because the curator of the park wouldn’t allow it through, so it was moved via ocean beachon the great highway past the cliff house and up to 17th ave where it was placet on top of a sand hill. The house is actually sitting sideways with the front porch facing the park. The interior consisted of a large entry hall with vaulted cielings. to the left of the entry was a bedroom with a sitting room / nursery another large bedrroom was behind that with attached servants quarters. the main bath was across a small hallway from the nursery. The back porch was enclosed at some point and there was laundry and a very small WC. The kitchen and breakfast room were ajacent to the back porch and a formal dining room with fifreplace faced 18th ave, with a living room to the right of the entry hall. The garage on the street level was originally a carriage house, and my grandfather used it at first to restore and work on cars and after he retired converted it partially into a machine shop.
January 26, 2009 at 8:28 am
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