Sylvester House
Sylvester House is a historic house built c. 1870 in the Bayview–Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
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| Location | 1556 Revere Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94124, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37.731523°N 122.389136°W |
| Built | between 1865 and 1870 |
| Built for | Daniel Sylvester, Maria Sylvester |
| Architect | Stephen L. Piper |
| Architectural style(s) | Italianete |
| Designated | April 5, 1974[1] |
| Reference no. | 61 |
  Location of Sylvester House in San Francisco County  Sylvester House (California) | |
The Sylvester House has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since April 5, 1974.[2][1]
History
The two-story house, located at located at 1556 Revere Avenue, San Francisco, was built between 1865 and 1870, by local carpenter Stephen L. Piper.[3][4] It was designed in the Italianate style, with a symmetrical, flat front façade and features a full width front porch.[5][6] The Sylvester House was originally located on Quesada Avenue (then called Sumatra Street), and it was moved in 1913 to its present location on Revere Avenue.[4][6] When this home was built, the surrounding area was rural land, and it was considered part of South San Francisco.
The home was built for Maria (née) Donnelly and Daniel Sylvester (a native of Hesse, Germany), and the Sylvester family's eight children.[7][8] It was occupied from 1884 to 1900 by their children, Daniel and John Sylvester, who were wholesale meat butchers and cattle dealers in what was then known as Butchertown (now Bayview–Hunters Point).[4][9]
References
- "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks" (PDF). City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- McGrew, Patrick (1991). Landmarks of San Francisco. H.N. Abrams. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-8109-3557-0.
- "San Francisco Landmark #61: Sylvester House". noehill.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- "Guides: 61. Sylvester House". The San Francisco Examiner. 1974-12-22. p. 187. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- Bevk, Alex (2016-04-20). "A mapped introduction to San Francisco's varieties of Victorians". Curbed SF. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Gibbs Smith. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4.
- O'Brien, Tricia (2005). San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point. Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7385-3007-9.
- "Sylvester Obituary". The San Francisco Call. 1897-12-02. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- "Death of John Sylvester". The San Francisco Examiner. 1881-11-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-11-24.