Gilded Age San Francisco Estate Built for Timber Baron Lists for $27 Million

A Gilded Age mansion originally built for one of San Francisco’s timber barons has come to market in Pacific Heights for $27 million.Known as the Doe House, the residence at 2120 Washington Street was built in 1908 for Frank P. Doe, president of the wholesale lumber firm that bore his name. The home was completed just two years after the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed much of the city. In those years, the city’s wealthiest families were rebuilding, and the industries supplying materials, like the Frank P. Doe Lumber Company, did well.Loading...High ceilings and Neoclassical details define the home's first floor interiors.Realtor.comLoading...A living room space on the first floor.Realtor.comLoading...A private study just off the great room.Realtor.comMore than a century later, the house is still one of the more substantial private homes in the neighborhood, with Stacey Caen of Sotheby's International Realty holding the listing.The historic estate borders Lafayette Park on one of Pacific Heights’ most storied blocks. Just next door is the former home of James D. Phelan, the onetime San Francisco mayor and U.S. senator. The Adolph Spreckels Mansion is down the street. According t...