{"nrhp_refnum":"80000847","name":"Payne, Theodore F., House","other_names":["Evans Pacific building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1409 Sutter St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.78986319400008,"lon":-122.42368144799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame Victorian residence with attic and basement at 1409 Sutter Street, San Francisco, built in 1881 to designs by architect William F. Curlett for Theodore F. Payne and his wife Pauline.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a landmark of transitional Victorian architecture, blending Stick and Eastlake features with early Queen Anne elements. It is one of the few nearly unchanged pre-1906 homes of San Francisco's wealthy class. It is also tied to the Payne family and to architect William Curlett, and it illustrates 1880s domestic technology such as integrated bathrooms and central heating.","narrative":"Built in 1881 at 1409 Sutter Street in San Francisco, this two-story wood frame house with attic and basement was designed by architect William F. Curlett for Theodore F. Payne and his wife Pauline, whose uncle was a Comstock silver millionaire. An octagonal turret, many projecting bays and gables, redwood clapboard and fishscale shingles give it a distinctive profile. Its design is transitional, mixing the vertical proportions and horizontal banding of Stick and Eastlake styles with the asymmetry and corner tower that point toward Queen Anne. The house also shows period technology, including integrated bathrooms with running hot and cold water and central heating. It is the last of several large homes once lining this stretch of Sutter Street and is one of few nearly unchanged pre-1906 mansions of the city's wealthy. About 90 to 95 percent of its original fabric remains, despite later uses as a restaurant, a YMCA branch and an antique gallery.","period_of_significance":"1881","architect_builder":"William F. Curlett","architectural_style":"Transitional Stick/Eastlake to Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as about 90-95% original, with the porte-cochere and chimney tops removed; it was vacated in November 1978 awaiting new use as commercial offices, and roofing work was underway in 1979.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.262386-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000847.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000847/0f19337182-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000847/0f19337182-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Payne_House_(San_Francisco).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Payne_House_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861246","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_F._Payne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60743116"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/payne-theodore-f-house-80000847/"}