Built in 1892 as the “honeymoon cottage” for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Winthrop Bridge, a cottage at which to spend summers and weekends away from the hustle and bustle of San Francisco, the Belvedere Island estate dubbed “Landfall” has since been remodeled and expanded to a little over 5,000 square feet of living space for year-round use.
And having been on the market for a few weeks asking $12.998 million, the property at 296 Beach Road has now been officially listed without a reduction in price.
Purchased for $5.8 million in 2001, the sellers estimate that they have invested an additional $2.5 million (plus) in property since, including the budget for the new kitchen.
The then master bedroom which was remodeled to replicate a ship’s cabin around 1932, the year the estate was was purchased by Miss Marion Huntington, the woman who dubbed it Landfall, remains in place.
From remote cottage to one of many homes on the island. Any historians out there? How long would it have taken for a wealthy young couple to get from SF to this honeymoon cottage in 1892? I don’t think there was ferry service or a bridge yet. A private yacht? What would be the equivalent today to find remoteness, as transportation is faster and empty spaces get populated? Bodega Bay? Big Sur?
I think your private yacht guess is correct. Either that or hire a boat. Probably a 45 minute trip. An equivalent remote getaway from SF would be … the Outer Sunset.
I am the listing agent. I am trying to find an article I saw that described the ferry from Tiburon to below this house and then on to Sausalito for the big Northwestern Pacific ferry to the Ferry Building. I believe it was more into the 1920’s to 1940’s. But at the turn of that century it was by private boat or a horse to Sausalito I believe. More later. There is an article from the Marin Independent Journal from [1961] on the website LandfallBelvedere.com
UPDATE: The list price for ‘Landfall’ has just been reduced by $1,203,000 (9 percent), now asking $11,795,000.
UPDATE: The listing for Landfall has been withdrawn from the market without a reported sale.
UPDATE: Another Seven-Figure Reduction for Belvedere’s Landfall Estate
Ferry service from Berkeley to SF began in the late 1920’s. I know because my grandfather used to take this ferry daily. So it’s possible there was also a ferry from SF to Marin County at that time.