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A Landmark Bourn Mansion Moving Day (And End Of An Era)

A Landmark Bourn Mansion Moving Day (And End Of An Era)

A plugged-in tipster reports from in front of the Bourn Mansion at 2550 Webster Street in Pacific Heights: The end of an era? The start of a new chapter? Either way, 2 moving trucks and a few movers seem to be taking out the old. Looking forward to the new!... Read More »

Landmark Bourn Mansion (2550 Webster) Bankruptcy Sale Approved

Landmark Bourn Mansion (2550 Webster) Bankruptcy Sale Approved

As we reported with respect to the landmark Bourn Mansion (2550 Webster) via a plugged-in tipster a week ago: “… had to find a trustee for Chapter 11 so all previous bids were thrown out. Now the trustee has ratified an offer and an overbid schedule has been made,... Read More »

The Bourn Foreclosure Bankruptcy And Bidding Scoop

The Bourn Foreclosure Bankruptcy And Bidding Scoop

A plugged-in tipster provides the inside scoop with respect to the pending bankruptcy sale of the landmark Bourn Mansion (2550 Webster): “… had to find a trustee for Chapter 11 so all previous bids were thrown out. Now the trustee has ratified an offer and an overbid schedule has... Read More »

The “Plugged-In(side) Scoop” And Candid Peek Inside: 2550 Webster

The “Plugged-In(side) Scoop” And Candid Peek Inside: 2550 Webster

The listing photos for 2550 Webster do a nice job of highlighting some of its original detail, but a plugged-in tipster provides a more candid peek inside: Now that I’ve returned from seeing this property, I am amazed and aghast at the same time. I’m not in the construction... Read More »

The Trap Door, Secret Passageways, And Dungeon Of 2550 Webster

The lines that couldn’t help but catch our attention from the sworn affidavit of Samuel Howard Sloan with respect to the Bourn Mansion at 2550 Webster: “I am well aware of everything in the house, including the trap door, the secret passageways, the dumb waiter, the elevator, the crawl... Read More »

Landmark Bourn Mansion (2550 Webster) Listed And Your Peek Inside

Landmark Bourn Mansion (2550 Webster) Listed And Your Peek Inside

As a plugged-in reader reported a week ago, “ is finally being emptied and mountains of trash removed.” And with bankruptcy heading off its courthouse sale, the landmark 2550 Webster has hit the MLS with an asking price of $2,900,000. The bad news, the past three decades... Read More »

On The Steps Of The San Francisco Courthouse 399 Leland Sells

On The Steps Of The San Francisco Courthouse 399 Leland Sells

While 2550 Webster Street’s date with the courthouse steps was postponed once again (along with two dozen or so other San Francisco properties), and a half-dozen or so properties failed to generate an opening bid, a Visitacion Valley property sold at auction yesterday. Purchased for $720,000 in September 2005,... Read More »

The Eccentric Arden Van Upp Might Be Feeling A Bit Antsy These Days

The Eccentric Arden Van Upp Might Be Feeling A Bit Antsy These Days

With an unpaid loan balance of $1.23M, the landmark Bourn Mansion at 2550 Webster Street was initially set to hit the courthouse steps on July 13. Pushed back a couple of times so far, August 10 is the latest date. As a plugged-in reader reports: night around 10:00... Read More »

The Bourn Foreclosure (2550 Webster)

The Bourn Foreclosure (2550 Webster)

Two months ago we profiled the Bourn Mansion at 2550 Webster, an unofficial San Francisco landmark with a rich history and a rather eccentric owner. And as a plugged-in reader reports today, “our fabled friend is on the foreclosure block. Set for public sale on 7/13 at 2:00 PM.... Read More »

Bourn To Run Party: A San Francisco Mansion Of Ex-Glory And Dreams

Bourn To Run Party: A San Francisco Mansion Of Ex-Glory And Dreams

The listing of 2525 Webster sparked a discussion about 2550 Webster (a.k.a. The Bourn Mansion). And while we could have sworn we had previously profiled the San Francisco landmark clinker brick property, alas we had not. Designed by Willis Polk (think the landmark Hallidie Building, 2820 Pacific, and Filoli... Read More »