Nine years after completing a reported $10 million (plus) renovation, the San Francisco Landmark Ellinwood Mansion at 2799 Pacific was foreclosed upon in 2009 with $11,363,000 owed and no bidders at $10,000,000 in cash on the courthouse steps. It wasn’t until 2011, however, that the bank forcibly removed the... Read More »

A plugged-in reader delivers the behind the scenes history for the Ellinwood Mansion at 2799 Pacific, the namesake Ellinwoods, a ghost, and a gift from Queen Victoria: Anne Ellinwood died this year, it was she that saved this house from being torn down in the 70’s and the property... Read More »

With $11,363,000 owed and no bidders at $10,000,000 on the courthouse steps, Chevy Chase Bank foreclosed upon 2799 Pacific back in 2009. It wasn’t until 2011, however, that the bank forcibly removed the ex-owners and changed the locks on the Pacific Heights mansion with a large level side yard... Read More »

As we wrote about the mansion at the corner of Pacific and Divisadero back in June 2009: Commissioned by Dr. C. N. Ellinwood in 1893, 2799 Pacific was designed by Eugene Freeman and its 28 rooms, 14 fireplaces and glass domed center hallway were finished in 1894. And the... Read More »

Commissioned by Dr. C. N. Ellinwood in 1893, 2799 Pacific was designed by Eugene Freeman and its 28 rooms, 14 fireplaces and glass domed center hallway were finished in 1894. And the Ellinwood residence is San Francisco Landmark #207. As a number of plugged-in people noted last month, 2799... Read More »