Burr Mansion

The Burr Mansion, standing at seventeen seventy-two Vallejo Street, was commissioned in eighteen seventy-five by Ephraim Willard Burr as a wedding gift for his son. Ephraim Burr served as the eighth mayor of San Francisco and was a notable figure who helped establish one of California's first savings and loan banks. The architect, Edmund M. Wharff, designed the home as a grand Italianate Victorian, distinguished by its unique Second French Empire mansard roof. The mansion occupies a notably large parcel of land, a rare feature in such a dense urban environment, and it has remained remarkably preserved since its construction. The house stayed within the Burr family for nearly a century, housing Edmond Burr and his bride, Anna Barnard, along with their descendants. During the nineteen oh six earthquake, the mansion famously slipped off its foundation, requiring ninety-three industrial jacks to lift it back into place. Today, it stands as a testament to the Gilded Age, officially recognized as San Francisco Landmark number thirty-one.