The Nightingale House is a
Victorian era
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Queen Anne and
Eastlake
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Places
;Australia
* Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, formerly called Eastlake
** Eastlake Football Club, an amateur Australian Rules Football Club named after that location
;United States
* Eastlake, Lake County, C ...
style house, located at 201 Buchanan Street in
San Francisco
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,
California
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, United States.
History
The 4400 square foot home was designed by architect John Marquis and built in 1882. The name comes from its original owner, John Nightingale (1823–1912).
The structure was designated as a San Francisco
landmark
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in October 1972.
Notably the last resident of this house was
San Francisco Arts Commission
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er and San Francisco artist
Jo Hanson
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Biography
Jo Hanson was born on August 1, 1918, in Carbondale, Illi ...
, who died March 13, 2007.
Women Environmental Artists Directory - Jo Hanson in memoriam
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See also
* List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks
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* Lower Haight neighborhood
References
Houses in San Francisco
San Francisco Designated Landmarks
Western Addition, San Francisco
Bliss and Faville buildings
Queen Anne architecture in California
Stick-Eastlake architecture in California
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