In Sunnyside there are not many of the famous ‘painted ladies’ that San Francisco is renown for, yet all houses have stories to tell. Many of the stories here are of working class immigrant families who lived lives far outside of the spotlight of the society pages. I find the often faint traces these families have left to be all the more compelling—tragedies and triumphs that might otherwise remain invisible.
Posts about houses and housing:
- ‘Bulkley-Built’: Midcentury Modern on Monterey
- Strothoff in Sunnyside (midcentury architect)
- Gilbert Plov, Little-Box Builder
- Density on the Boulevard: The Apartment Buildings of Monterey
- Index page for ‘Midcentury Stories Out of Sunnyside Houses’
Stories of houses and the families who lived in them below.
- 309 Baden Street
- 1 Congo Street (now gone)
- 143 Congo Street
- 511 Congo Street
- 730 Congo Street
- 401 Detroit Street
- 503 Edna Street
- 10 Flood Avenue (meeting hall 1899-1906, building now gone)
- 143 Flood Avenue (was 143). The old Schoolhouse. Also here.
- 250 Flood Avenue (was 236 Flood Ave)
- 346 Flood Avenue
- 300 Gennessee Street
- 418 Gennessee Street (now 440)
- 201 Hearst Avenue
- 217 Hearst Avenue (cows)
- 327 Hearst Avenue (now 343)
- 400 Hearst Avenue
- 227 Joost Avenue
- 257 Joost Avenue
- 350 Joost Avenue
- 400 Joost Avenue and also here
- 412 Joost Avenue
- 535 Monterey Blvd
- 570 Monterey Blvd
- 10 Spreckels Avenue (now 30 Staples Ave)
- 18 Spreckels Avenue (now 46 Staples Ave)
- 379 Staples Avenue
- 466 Staples: The Italian Craftsman Who Signed His Cabinets