{{Short description|1876 historic house in San Francisco}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Building at 1735–1737 Webster Street | nrhp_type = | image = Vollmer House.JPG | caption = | location = 1735–1737 Webster Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. | coordinates = {{Coord|37.786899363905775|-122.43190975433838|region:US_type:landmark|name=Building at 1735--1737 Webster Street|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = United States San Francisco County#California#USA | built = 1876 | architecture = Stick/Eastlake | added = March 8, 1973 | area = {{convert|0.1|acre|ha}} | refnum = 73000444<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = California | designated_other1_number = N206 | designated_other1_date = March 8, 1973<ref name=CHL>{{cite ohp|N206|Building at 1735-1737 Webster Street|2022-12-01}}</ref> | architect = Newsom Brothers }}
The '''Vollmer House''' is a historic house built between 1876 and 1885, and located in the Japantown area in San Francisco, California. The house is known for its outstanding decorative details on the exterior.
It was listed as a California Historical Landmark since March 8, 1973;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Building at 1735–1737 Webster Street |url=https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/N206 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=CA State Parks |language=en}}</ref> and on the National Register of Historic Places as "'''Building at 1735–1737 Webster Street'''" on March 8, 1973.<ref name=nris/><ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=73000444}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Building at 1735--1737 Webster Street |publisher=National Park Service|author=Enid T. Sales |author2=Susan Bragstad |date=January 9, 1973 |access-date=December 2, 2022}} With {{NRHP url|id=73000444|photos=y|title=accompanying photo from 1972}}</ref> This building is near the Bush Street–Cottage Row Historic District.
== History == The Vollmer House was built between 1876 and 1885, at 773 Turk Street near Franklin Street in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |date=2021-02-24 |title=From a school to a casino, a brief history of epic building moves in S.F. |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/article/From-a-school-to-a-casino-a-brief-history-of-15970830.php |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> The exact date of the house is unknown and it is possible it was as early as 1876,<ref name="nrhpdoc" /> as the San Francisco Water Department records show this building was connected to the water system that year. The house was designed by the Newsom Brothers (Samuel Newsom and Joseph Newsom) in a Stick/Eastlake-style, and was built for F. Vollerni.<ref name="nrhpdoc" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Richards |first=Rand |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SMuQi_WnKyQC |title=Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past |date=2002 |publisher=Heritage House Publishers |isbn=978-1-879367-03-6 |pages=198 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=National Register #73000444: Vollmer House in San Francisco, California |url=https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat1973000444.asp |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=noehill.com}}</ref> The second owner was German-born John J. Vollmer and his family, which had previously lived up the block.<ref name="nrhpdoc" /><ref name=":0" /> Vollmer ran a corner grocery store at Turk Street and Franklin Street.<ref name=":0" /> The house escaped damages during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires.<ref name=":1" />
The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency purchased the property in 1967; and by 1974 they relocated the property from Western Addition (due to re-zoning) to its current address at 1735–1737 Webster Street, between Sutter and Bush Streets.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goupil |first=Helene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXAsU1sQG1AC |title=San Francisco: The Unknown City |last2=Krist |first2=Josh |date=2005 |publisher=Arsenal Pulp Press/Josh Krist |isbn=978-1-55152-188-6 |pages=39 |language=en}}</ref> {{Gallery | title = Vollmer House | align = center | footer = | style = | state = | height = | width = | captionstyle = | File:Vollmer House June 2021 webster street san francisco.jpg | Vollmer House, June 2021, Webster Street, San Francisco | alt1= | File:June 2020 vollmer house facade woodwork detail webster street san francisco.jpg | Vollmer House facade woodwork detail in June 2020 | File:Vollmer House moving to new location on Webster Street, San Francisco, CA.jpg | Vollmer House moving to new location on Webster Street | File:Vollmer House moving to new location, facing north on Webster Street, San Francisco, CA.jpg | Vollmer House moving to new location, facing north on Webster Street, San Francisco, CA }}
== See also == * National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco * California Historical Landmarks in San Francisco
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{{National Register of Historic Places in California}} {{National Register of Historic Places}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1885 establishments in California Category:Western Addition, San Francisco Category:Stick–Eastlake architecture in California Category:Houses completed in 1885 Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco Category:California Historical Landmarks
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