Atherton House

The Atherton House stands as a prominent Victorian landmark at the corner of California and Octavia Streets. Built in eighteen eighty-one for the wealthy widow Dominga de Goñi Atherton, it serves as a physical record of the lives of early California pioneers. The architecture blends the Queen Anne and Stick-Eastlake styles, featuring a signature round corner tower topped with a conical roof that observers often describe as a witch hat.