Doe House Offered With Neighborhood Résumé

The asking price is $27,000,000; the surrounding addresses have supplied references.

The Doe House at 2120 Washington is for sale. The listing introduces it through San Francisco’s Gilded Age, timber baron Frank P. Doe and the neighbors. Built in 1908, the seven bedroom, 8,175-square-foot mansion occupies a flat double lot. There are front and side courtyards and a rear terraced garden. The grounds receive less introduction than the block.

The Classical Revival Edwardian residence borders Lafayette Park. The James D. Phelan estate is next door. The Adolph Spreckels Mansion is down the street. Together, the homes constitute what the listing calls “a connoisseur's collection of San Francisco trophy residences.” This is a house purchase presented as admission to a collection. The neighboring properties are doing considerable work in the prospectus.

In 2011, Butler Armsden Architects carried out what the listing calls a “sensitive renovation,” preserving architectural bones while improving flow and function. The account closes by announcing “the first sale of these five properties in almost thirty years.” Which five properties, and what that sale history covers, remain unstated. The asking price as supplied is $27,0000,00. The square footage is 8,175. Those particulars require no introduction to the neighbors.