{"nrhp_refnum":"87002288","name":"Russian Hill-Paris Block Architectural District","other_names":["See Also:Feusier Octagon House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly 1017--1067 Green St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.79847833500003,"lon":-122.41611779899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of eleven houses and apartment buildings facing each other on one flat block of Green Street (roughly 1017-1067 Green Street) atop Russian Hill in San Francisco, built between about 1859 and 1925.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its architecture: eleven buildings in eleven different styles or mixtures of styles, most of high quality and many by prominent architects. The block survived the 1906 fire in part, and post-fire buildings on the north side were all built 1912-1913. It is described as a highly unusual encapsulation of San Francisco's nineteenth- and early twentieth-century styles.","narrative":"Eleven residences face one another across a single flat block of Green Street on Russian Hill in San Francisco, each in a different architectural style. They include an Octagon house with a later Second Empire-style Mansard roof, two Italianate buildings, a Craftsman-influenced shingled house, a Beaux Arts house, Colonial Revival and Classical Revival buildings, and Mission and Pueblo Revival designs. Construction dates run from about 1859 to 1925. The 1906 fire destroyed development on the north side, but several houses on the south side survived, and four new buildings on the north side were built in 1912-1913. Notable architects include Lewis P. Hobart, who designed the five-story Bos Apartments that likely inspired the nickname \"Paris Block,\" as well as Julia Morgan, L.B. Dutton and Oscar Haupt. The block is considered significant because its high-quality, varied architecture sits in a small, harmonious setting, and most buildings retain their original character.","period_of_significance":"c. 1880-1925","architect_builder":"Multiple, including Ernest H. Hildebrand, Harvey E. Harris Jr., Oscar Haupt, S. & J.C. Newsom, L.B. Dutton Company, Lewis P. Hobart; several designers unknown","architectural_style":"Eleven different styles, including Octagon/Second Empire, Italianate, Craftsman, Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Mission Revival and Pueblo Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is described as good or better, with few alterations since the period of significance; the buildings are occupied private residences, and one detached garage is non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.312782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/87002288.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002288/b737c2fabf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002288/b737c2fabf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1050_%26_1060_Green_St.,_Russian_Hill-Paris_Block_Architectural_District,_San_Francisco,_CA_9-3-2012_2-18-43_PM.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:1050_%26_1060_Green_St.,_Russian_Hill-Paris_Block_Architectural_District,_San_Francisco,_CA_9-3-2012_2-18-43_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861273","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Hill-Paris_Block_Architectural_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49555031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/russian-hill-paris-block-architectural-district-87002288/"}