The Painted Ladies and Victorian Homes of Alamo Square Tour
Highlights
Alamo Square Park is one of the best-known parks in San Francisco, with views of the city skyline, the Painted Ladies of Postcard Row, the University of San Francisco, and more.
This walking tour brings together the historic with the modern in one of the most recognizable places in the world.
You’ll learn about the role Alamo Hill played during the 1906 fires, its status as a watering hole before that, and the implications of the Van Ness Ordinance.
As we walk around the park, you’ll hear about what makes City Hall so special and get a sense of the different housing styles in this neighborhood that boasts the second-highest concentration of 10,000-square-foot homes in SF.
We’ll also explore the William Westerfeld House and the Archbishop’s Mansion.
We’ll even get the opportunity to step inside the Historic Chateau Tivoli, one of the grand Victorian homes in Alamo Square. We ended up in the Fillmore District, after visiting Third Baptist Church, the first Black church in the city.
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Alamo Square
1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeYou’ll see the Painted Ladies (AKA Postcard Row), Sutro Tower, the SF skyline, and morePainted Ladies(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details. This particular set was made famous in the opening scene of Full HouseWilliam Westerfeld House(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeOnce home to John Mahony, various Russian czars and Anton LaVeyThird Baptist Church of San Francisco(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeSan Francisco’s first Black churchSan Francisco City Hall(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeBeaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917
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