House at 1249-1251 Scott Street

This two-story wood-frame house, built around 1868 and first standing at 770 Turk Street in San Francisco's Western Addition, is an Italianate residence that suggests spaciousness despite modest dimensions on a narrow lot. Its most distinctive feature is the fenestration: round-arched, double-hung windows set in striated mouldings, with fleur-de-lis ornaments above the upper windows. A deep porch with paired fluted Doric columns, a dentillated cornice and a lunette over the door give the entrance a strong presence. Water Department records date its connection to 1868, and the first owner was John K. Wood, a steamship company accountant. It survived the 1906 earthquake and fire, passed through six owners, and served as a rooming house. Because of redevelopment zoning it was moved to Scott Street at Ellis Street to join a row of relocated Victorians. The city's Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board counted it among the six most important Victorian structures in the area.