The Russian Hill–Macondray Lane District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

Russian Hill Russian Hill is a Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California, neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It is named after one of List of San Francisco, California Hills, San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". Location ...

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, that was listed on the

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on January 7, 1988, for the architecture.

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The area is roughly bound by 900–982 Green Street, 1918–1960 Jones Street, 15–84 Macondray Lane, and 1801–1809 Taylor Street, in San Francisco, California. The listing included 12

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and one contributing site,

Macondray Lane The lane Farther east along the lane Macondray Lane is a small pedestrian lane on the southeastern side of Russian Hill in San Francisco, California. It forms a wooded enclave that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as ...

. and Only four of the houses in this historic district had survived the

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and fire. The oldest surviving house in the district is 982 Green Street, built in 1878. Most of the early residents had middle class careers, with the exception of three homes on Green Street at the top of the hill. The district had residents working in the arts, as well as

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, some of which originated from

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. Notable former residents of this neighborhood include Giuseppe Cadenasso, Ina Coolbrith, Charles Caldwell Dobie,

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, A. G. McAdie, Charles S. Ross, Curtis Redfern, Charles Bovone, Edward Rowland, Batista DeVincenzi, Edward Huber Jr., Eleanor Ross, and W. H. B. Fowler. Other historic districts in Russian Hill include the Russian Hill-Vallejo Street Crest District and the

Russian Hill-Paris Block Architectural District The Russian Hill-Paris Block Architectural District is a historic district located in the Russian Hill area of San Francisco, California, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1988, for architecture. With The a ...

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