Victorian Homes 1

HISTORY OF THE ARTIST: Debbie Patrick started drawing Bay Area Victorians in 1975, selling her hand water colored lithographs from a street-artist booth on Jefferson Street in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. In 1978, she and her husband, Jim, opened a small retail store in a new San Francisco waterfront shopping complex, Pier 39, and she began displaying needlepoint and cross-stitch Victorians the following year to compliment her lithographs. She has done over a hundred different Victorian designs, and this is her first cross-stitch book in a continuing series which will include Wineries of Northern California, Bed & Breakfast Victorians, Victorian Interiors and Gold Country Victorians. DESIGN NO. 11 - Alameda Victorian HISTORY: The architect for this fantasy Victorian, built around 1871, was Charles Shaner. This Queen Anne Tower house uses a beguiling mixture of turrets and cuppolas, porticos and pediments, to create a truly unique Victorian. Another example of Charles Shaner's imaginative architecture can be seen across the street at 2103 San Jose Avenue. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 96 W x 96 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 13" x 13" 14 count: 11" x 11" 18 count: 9-1/2" x 9-1/2" DESIGN NO. 10 - Hayes Street HISTORY: This splendid Queen Anne Tower house was built in 1891 for Martin Von Mohrdieck by architects Matens & Coffey at a cost of $8240.00. They also build the adjoining Victorian at 1015 Hayes for Mohrdieck to use as an income property. Mohrdieck came to San Francisco from Germany when he was fourteen and his descendants still live in the city. The current owner believes that at one time the address was 1009 Hayes. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 84 W x 120 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 12" x 15" 14 count: 10" x 12-1/2" 18 count: 9" x 11" DESIGN NO. 8 - Hass-Lilienthal Home HISTORY: This unique Queen Anne was designed by Peter R. Schmidt in 1886 for William Haas. Haas was a prosperous San Franciscan engaged in the wholesale grocery business. He was born in Bavaria in 1849, immigrated to America in the 1860's, tried his hand at mining, and then settled in expanding San Francisco in 1869. He married Bertha Greenbaum in 1880, and they built their house at 2007 Franklin Street in 1886. When Haas's daughter died in 1972, her heirs, aware that the house was a San Francisco landmark in an exceptionally unchanged state, donated the house to the Foundation for San Francisco Architectural Heritage to hold in trust for the enjoyment of future generations of San Franciscans. The house is currently open for tours several days a week. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 100 W x 135 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 11" x 14-3/4" 14 count: 9-3/4" x 13" 18 count: 6-3/4" x 9" DESIGN NO. 12 - 819 Eddy Street HISTORY: This Victorian was built in the early 1880's for wine merchant Frederick Stadmuller. Note the classic Italianate features including slanted bay windows with elaborate window hoods, fluted columns topped by corinthian caps, and a portico and portico balustrade. It is presently being used as law offices. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 98 W x 108 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 13" x 14" 14 count: 11" x 12" 18 count: 9-1/2" x 10"