San Francisco: The Painted Ladies

About 48,000 houses in the Victorian and Edwardian styles were built in San Francisco between 1849 and 1915 (with the change from Victorian to Edwardian occurring on the death of Queen Victoria in 1901), and many were painted in bright colors. As one newspaper critic noted in 1885, ...red, yellow, chocolate, orange, everything that is loud is in fashion...if the upper stories are not of red or blue... they are painted up into uncouth panels of yellow and brown...[5] While many of the mansions of Nob Hill were destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, thousands of the mass-produced, more modest houses survived in the western and southern neighborhoods of the city.

[@quincee3376]

Painted Ladies by Ian Thomas was an amazing song in the 70's.

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

So agree with you

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Love the Pained Ladies!

[@cheeseburgerplays8265]

school forced me to watch this

[@Jsjeuducjejwjsif]

full house my mans

[@andreapatane4204]

The Painted Ladies are so beautiful, LOL. They look like my mom’s 🍪 jars. In fact, we have a picture of these elegant Victorian 🏘that are all lined up in a row in our garage.

[@jesserodriguez8197]

Can anybody get me the name of the jazz song please?

[@missemotional8710]

That IS SO EXPENSIVE

[@tammys701]

Who else saw the white westy terrier in the window 😂

[@KenJohnsonMusic]

So sad that the trees no longer look like this. Tha have grown up to hide the view of half the house(s).

[@TravelAndDiscover]

Thanks for your comment, John!🙏

[@kimberlysegre5484]

does anyone live in any of these houses....please reply thanks .

[@TravelAndDiscover]

Honestly now I do not know how to say it to him

[@californiamade5608]

Yes

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[@johnanthonyp]

Doesn't have the beauty or original red brick that cost a fucking fortune of the original in the UK. Brickwork. Wow. Not Italian cathedral but so skilled. Sash windows.Let's do wood and sell it as amazing. I hated San Fran apart from the tramps who carried some semblance of humour before they tried to mug me. Important or not important-only the tourists are different.

[@williamzavlaris4054]

You are an ignorant Cretin and know nothing about architecture so your opinion is essentially worthless.