Chambers Mansion, Historic residence in Pacific Heights, San Francisco, US
Chambers Mansion is a residence featuring Queen Anne Victorian style with Gothic and Tuscan design elements visible on its exterior. The building sits between Laguna and Buchanan streets and exemplifies the grand residences constructed in this neighborhood during the 1880s.
Richard Craig Chambers, a silver mining executive from Utah, commissioned architect Julius Case Mathews to build this residence in 1887. Following his death in 1901, inheritance disputes within the family led to the property being divided into separate units.
The property operates as a hotel today and attracts visitors with nightly magic shows and unusual decorative choices throughout the interior. This transformation reflects how grand Victorian homes adapt to serve the community in contemporary ways.
The building operates as a functioning hotel with public areas accessible to guests. Visitors should note that certain rooms and sections may only be accessible to hotel guests or during organized tours.
For many years the building hosted nightly magic shows that entertained guests with illusions performed in its ornate rooms. This unusual entertainment tradition set the property apart from other grand Victorian homes in the neighborhood.
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