Charles Dietle House
- Architect
- Henry Geilfuss
- Year
- 1878
- Style
- Eastlake
- City
- San Francisco, CA
Henry Geilfuss designed this Hayes Valley house in 1878 for Charles Dietle, a German-born custom boot maker. It has been a San Francisco Designated Landmark since 1972 and remains a private residence.
the building
Period interior. The 6,950-square-foot house retains a winding main staircase, ornate fireplace mantles, built-in hutches, a dumbwaiter, and a basement ballroom, along with five bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms.
the style
The house combines Eastlake Movement and Stick style ornament, the layered wood detailing typical of San Francisco's Victorian houses.
More on Eastlakesignificance
The house came through the 1906 earthquake and fire in relatively good condition and was sold to John DeMartini, a fruit and vegetable commission merchant and a director of the Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America. It was used as office space before returning to residential use around 2013.
nearby
- San Francisco Mint building
- War Memorial Opera House
- Painted Ladies
- San Francisco Armory
- San Francisco City Hall
- San Francisco Public Library