The Adolph B. Spreckels Residence

 The Adolph Bernard Spreckels residence designed by Kenneth MacDonald Jr. c. 1912 in San Francisco, California.  Spreckels was the head of Spreckels Sugar Company and donated the Palace of the Legion of Honor Art Museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924.  His wife Alma de Bretteville Spreckels was a noted philanthropist and had the nicknames 'The Great Grandmother of San Francisco' and 'Big Alma'.  Click HERE for more on the Spreckels residence and HERE to see it on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1914.

The Palace Hotel

 The Palace Hotel designed by Trowbridge & Livingston c. 1909 at 2 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California.  The hotel replaced the c. 1875 Palace Hotel which was demolished after the 1906 earthquake.  In 1954 it was sold to Sheraton Hotels and until 1989 operated as the Sheraton-Palace Hotel.  They have since dropped the Sheraton brand and it is once again the Palace Hotel.  Click HERE to see the Palace Hotel on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Review, 1913.

'Uplands'

'Uplands', the C. Templeton Crocker estate designed by Willis Polk between 1911-1917 in Hillsborough, California. Crocker was the grandson of Charles Crocker, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad. He built the house upon his marriage to California and Hawaiian Sugar Company heiress Helene Irwin at a cost of $1.6 million. Crocker sold the house in 1942 only to have his family reacquire it in 1956. They then sold the house and 10 acres to Crystal Springs School which made it their permanent home. Click HERE for a detailed history of the house with current photographs and floor plans. Click HERE to see 'Uplands' on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1917.