A magnificent set of victorian houses

A fine ensemble of Victorian houses, in San Francisco

San Francisco keeps superb ensembles of Victorian houses, jewels of American residential architecture. The San Francisco audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these refined residences, witnesses of the golden age of the city.

The jewels of the golden age

San Francisco has one of the finest collections of Victorian houses of the United States, inherited from the prosperity of the city at the end of the nineteenth century, at the time of the gold rush and the rise of the railway. These wooden residences, in Italianate, Stick or Queen Anne styles, compete in worked details: turrets, pediments, balconies, stained-glass windows and sculpted ornaments. Restored and carefully maintained, they compose superb ensembles that testify to the refinement and the opulence of the golden age of the city.

What to see

You admire the superb wooden Victorian residences, in Italianate, Stick or Queen Anne styles, adorned with turrets, pediments, balconies and stained-glass windows, witnesses of the golden age of San Francisco. These ensembles are among the finest of the United States. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The fine ensembles of Victorian houses are discovered along the streets of the residential districts of San Francisco, reachable on foot. They are private residences that you admire from the street. You discover them during a walk in the historic districts.

When were the Victorian houses of San Francisco built?

At the end of the nineteenth century, at the time of the gold rush and the rise of the railway, in the Italianate, Stick or Queen Anne styles.

Where to see fine ensembles of Victorian houses in San Francisco?

Along the streets of the historic residential districts of San Francisco, in California.