From silver tycoon Richard Chambers’ single-family mansion in 1887 to two restored and renovated “single-familyesque” condos in 2002, the eastern half of this registered City Landmark (2220 Sacramento) is no longer coming soon. It’s officially here.
By the numbers: one elegant entrance; two car garage; three stories (plus finished lower level); four fireplaces; five bedrooms; six and one-half baths; and asking $4,250,000.
∙ Listing: 2220 Sacramento (5/6.5) – $4,250,000 [sfproperties.com] [MLS]
I can’t conceive of why anyone would pay 14M for the “penthouse” at ORH when you could have this for 4M.
Gorgeous!
Was this the former “Mansion Hotel” bed and breakfast hotel? For those that don’t know, this was at one time one of the most unusual places in the city. The entire interior was decorated like an Edwardian Haunted House, and there were nightly magic shows, seances, and a restaurant where strange ghostly noises were heard while having dinner.
The team did an amazing job turning this back into a beautiful home.
[Editor’s Note: That’s the one.]
Not a fan at all… First, who would want to live in half a house? It looks like they split a gorgeous mansion right down the center and trashed any remaining period details to create a bland, early 00s, cookie-cutter remodel. Why did the city let them condo what would’ve been a lovely historical mansion – one of the few left on that part of Sacramento St.
Also, buyer beware! This house is one of SF’s more famous haunted houses. The ghost of Claudia Chambers, who supposedly died under mysterious circumstances in the house, still walks the halls! Lol…
She actually hounts the other half, don’t listen to sleepiguy.
I think I’m with sleepiguy,
First, the cabinetry in the kitchen would have to go. Also, why would you want to put the range right next to the bar? The bar would be practically unusable if someone were cooking, as no one wants to be splattered by hot oil, or sit right next to range hood at full blast.
Is it me, or does the same cabinetry reappear in the bathroom too?
I presume this was fast-tracked through the lottery into condos so you don’t have to deal with TIC stuff, but still, who wants half a period house for $4.25 mil when that will get you a nice, entire house of your own just about anywhere in the city? With this, you have to figure out how you are going to share responsibility for the garden and all exterior maintenance, and, if they didn’t carefully do the renovation, could have to hear your neighbors now and again.
I once looked at a 2 million dollar TIC in a 3-unit building. The fit and finish were great, and it was about 2750 square feet. But 2 million dollars to deal with all of the TIC/condo crap?
This place is pretty sweet. Should have listed this on 10/31.
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History:
The Mansion Hotel, 222 Sacramento St.
The edifice at 2220 Sacramento Street was once the home of silver tycoon Richard Chambers. Now fully restored, it is a hotel that is said to be haunted by Chambers’ niece Claudia, who died in a “bizzare” accident involving knives. Some say she was stabbed to death, others, that she was sawed in half. A young woman, perhaps Claudia, has been seen around the halls. A TV has turned itself on, and a toilet has flushed by itself. In the Presidential Suite, a book entitiled The Wind Bloweth, by Donn Byrne, once flew across the room. Once, during a seance, a plant started to move (there was no wind around) and a sheltered glass shattered by itself. A photograph may have captured a ghost during that seance.
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More Googling —
Mansions Hotel
When you check into the Mansions Hotel at 2220 Sacramento Street, be sure to tell the desk clerk if you want a Non-Haunting Room. The hotel consists of two magnificent mansions. The newer one is free of ghosts. The older one is haunted.
The hotel documents its uncanny history in a display that includes affidavits of witnesses, transcripts of seances, and photographs. For years, guests have complained about strange noises, cold shadows moving about, and even toilet seats flying across the room. Last year, a ghost materialized in front of several witnesses during a seance in a third floor suite. The ghost’s photograph is now part of the hotel’s haunted gallery.
In July 1992, a scientific study conducted by parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach discovered powerful forces in the old section. “The magnetometer went crazy,” said Auerbach, “The whole building is active.” The results confirmed the impressions of psychic Sylvia Brown, who sensed numerous spirits in the hotel.
In August, a man and his wife checked into a room in the old mansion. Ten minutes later, the man returned to the front desk in a state of shock. His face was ashen. His whole body was shaking. Something had frightened him badly, but he refused to talk about it. Since he had already checked in, the clerk was forced to charge him. “I don’t care,” the man said, “I just can’t be here anymore!” “The man just didn’t know there were ghosts in the hotel,” quipped owner Bob Pritikin. “Not long ago,” he continued, “another guy, a famous movie actor, saw several ghosts here. We get all kinds of weird things happening in this place.”
Are the ghosts rent controlled? Is that why the owner can’t evict them??
I’ll be very surprised if it isn’t in contract by the end of the month. Great location and great space.
“You ungrateful little brat! Just look at everything you have. When I was your age, we… lived in a duplex! We didn’t even have our own house!”
Tipster, I think this will be in contract sooner than the end of the month.
“The bar would be practically unusable if someone were cooking, as no one wants to be splattered by hot oil, or sit right next to range hood at full blast.”
And here is where you can apply the MoD Inverse Law of Kitchen Utility. The MILK-U states that the odds of a kitchen being used to prepare meals is inversely proportional to its construction costs.
For example an Ikea/Sears $20K remodel is going to crank out breakfast and dinner every day. At the other end of the specetrum a $150K top-o-the-line remodel with exotic $300/square granite counters and appliances imported from Uranus won’t be used to cook anything once that last sheet of open house cookies cools down. Why bother cooking when Quince is sooo cheap ?
So in short, there’s little risk of someone getting burned by splattering oil while mixing a mojito.
We have a similar kitchen arrangement (not so posh or ostentatious) in my house. there is a peninsula with the stove, and seating just opposite.
I cook almost every day. someone sits in the chairs right there at least 3-4x per week. we’ve never ever gotten burned or anything even close.
the splatters usually travel less than 1 foot in diameter. even with really splattery foods like bacon and tempura.
for me a bigger problem would likely be the work triangle. I can’t tell how big that kitchen is, but if it’s big it would be a pain having the sink/stove/fridge so far away from each other. but maybe that’s just an artifact of the photograph and they’re not really that far apart. that said, at least they didn’t do the hugest faux pas that I often see, where there is a kitchen island that separates the sink/stove/fridge.
This is actually my preferred layout for a kitchen: the range on a peninsula or island that faces out to the dining area or family room – – as oppose to the stove facing a wall. I like to be able to see or talk to people when I have company while cooking. I wish more kitchens were designed that way…
I live in this neighborhood. And, often walk down this street. I cannot visualize this home well and there is a reason I cannot visualize it well. On this block, there is a 1960s high-rise (Laguna & Sacramento) that overpowers it. Then, there is CPMC hospital on the corner of the very next block (Buchanan & Sacramento), which also overpowers it. Yes, the location is Pac Heights. Yes, it is close to many of the typical Pac Heights amenities…but, I am just not in love with this block.
The listing for 2220 Sacramento has been withdrawn from the MLS.
2220 Sacramento is back on the MLS with a new listing. Now asking $3,950,000 (a reduction of 7.1%).
Listed as Pending.
Property Shark says it sold for 3.566, about 15% off original list.
Fifty years ago, I lived at 2220 Sacramento Street from July, 1959 to sometime in late 1960. I rented a room from the owners, who at that time occupied the second floor. They rented rooms on the third floor. My room was on the first floor in the back of the property off the original kitchen, with a separate outside entrance. In the floor plan of the listing it would be where the family room now is.
I would love to know who owned the property in 1959. I do not recall their names, but he was a voice instructor. He used to teach opera stars. On Saturday, when I was not working, I would listen to the wonderful music coming from the second floor. The woman who maintained the property and handled the rentals was a woman in her 50s at the time by the name of Ruth James. If anyone knows who the owners were at that time, I would love to know. I left San Francisco in the spring of 1961, and lost track of what happened to it, and was not aware until recently that it had been converted to the Mansion Hotel. I was shocked to find out it had been split down the middle and made into two townhomes. The renovation done in 2000 completely transformed the interior from what it was when I lived there.
There was no discussion or talk at that time about the house being haunted. The huge condos were not at the corner of Laguna at that time, nor was the hospital. It was a lovely quiet street. I used to walk down to Fillmore to shop.