Haas–Lilienthal House
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The Haas–Lilienthal House is a historic building located at 2007 Franklin Street in San Francisco, California, United States, within the Pacific Heights neighborhood.
Built in 1886 for William and Bertha Haas, it survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire.
The house is a San Francisco Designated Landmark and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
It is the city's only intact Victorian era home that is open regularly as a museum, complete with period furniture and artifacts.
As of 2016, it received over 6,500 visitors annually.
Portrait of merchant William Haas The House was built for merchant William Haas (brother of Abraham Haas), his wife Bertha Greenebaum, and their children Florine, Charles Williams and Alice.
William Haas (1849–1916) was born in Reckendorf, Bavaria from a Jewish family and came to San Francisco in October 1868, rapidly establishing himself as a successful businessman.
In 1880 he married Bertha Greenebaum (1861–1927), whose father Herman, owner of a prosperous mercantile company in California, was also from Bavaria.
Well integrated within the affluent local Bavarian Jewish community, the couple lived in a number of different residences after their marriage before finally building a grand mansion for themselves and their children.
Haas entrusted Bavarian architect Peter R. Schmidt and contractors McCann & Biddell to build his home in 1886.
The house withstood the 1906 earthquake with only slight damage.
However, the home was threatened by the ...
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