Atherton House, Historical residence in Nob Hill, San Francisco, US.

Atherton House is a residence in Nob Hill that blends Queen Anne and Stick-Eastlake architectural styles. It features horizontal lines, a clipped gable, and a small tower at the corner of California Street.

The house was built in 1881-1882 by Dominga de Goñi Atherton and changed owners several times over the decades. In 1923, architect Charles J. Rousseau converted it into 13 apartment units.

The house is said to be haunted by up to four ghosts, including Carrie Rousseau, the architect's widow who lived here with fifty cats until her death in 1974. The most cited story is of George H. B. Atherton, who died at sea in the South Pacific in 1887 and was shipped back to San Francisco in a rum barrel, though the barrel was delivered at the docks, not at the house.

The building operates as a residence with multiple apartment units and can be viewed from the street. To arrange detailed visits for architectural or historical documentation, contact in advance.

Gertrude Atherton was the daughter-in-law of Dominga de Goñi Atherton, not a bride marrying into the household's founding line, and she wrote about the house in her memoirs. Another overlooked story: the house is said to be haunted by up to four ghosts, including Carrie Rousseau, who lived there with fifty cats until her death in 1974.