Chambord Apartments
Chambord Apartments | |
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  Location within San Francisco County | |
| Location | 1298 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′33″N 122°24′51″W / 37.792504°N 122.414124°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1921 |
| Architect | James Francis Dunn |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001184 |
| CHISL No. | N1314 |
| SFDL No. | 106 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1984[1] |
| Designated CHISL | September 20, 1984[2] |
| Designated SFDL | April 23, 1979[3] |
Chambord Apartments is a historic apartment building, built in 1921 in the Nob Hill neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984; listed as a California Historical Landmark since 1984;[2] and listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since 1979.[3]
History
Chambord Apartments is a five-story apartment building located near the crest of San Francisco's Nob Hill.[4][5] It designed by architect James Francis Dunn in a Beaux-Arts style.[4][6] The developer was James Witt Dougherty, the grandson of local politician James Witt Dougherty (1813–1879).[4] It contains nine apartments with a lobby.[4] It has been nicknamed, the "Wedding Cake Building", due to its ornate decoration.[4][6] It is sometimes referred to as "Parisian-style" due to the building's bulging balconies with extravagant ornamental ironwork and bay windows.[7]
Renovations and restorations
The fifth floor penthouse was originally a single unit with an open octagon-shaped garden room in the center of the unit, however the floor plan for this unit was modified in 1926.[4] In the 1950s the construction of new wall partitions and new bathrooms further altered the original floor plan.[4] Additionally in the 1950s the exterior decorations were stripped from the building.[6] The building was threatened with demolition in the 1970s because of its state of disrepair.[6]
The Chambord Apartments was restored in 1982–1983, which included the removal of the 1950s additions, restoration of the exterior, and the reinstatement of the original one-unit floor plan for the penthouse.[4][6]
See also
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- 1 2 "Chambord Apartments". Office of Historic Preservation (OHP).
- 1 2 "National Register #84001184: Chambord Apartments in San Francisco, California". NoeHill.com. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chambord Apartments". National Park Service. September 20, 1984. Retrieved April 11, 2026. With accompanying pictures
- ↑ Weinstein, Dave (May 14, 2005). "French Connection / S.F. architect's designs recall the boulevard buildings of the City of Light". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rich, Nathaniel (March 31, 2005). San Francisco Noir: The City in Film Noir from 1940 to the Present. New York Review of Books. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-892145-30-7 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Gibbs Smith. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4 – via Google Books.
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