3312 Clay Street

San Francisco, Historic Resource Evaluation [HRE], 2020

This three-story, single-family residence at 3312 Clay Street in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights neighborhood was completed in 1910 and designed by the architecture firm of Stone and Smith in a primarily Classical Revival style of architecture. This style is exhibited on the home by the Ionic Order columns which flank the entrance, the wood frame, multi-pane windows, as well as the decorative wood corbels and dentil molding found along the belt course and cornice line. Other architectural elements, such as the base and stairs clad in intentionally rusticated “clinker” brick, also lend an Arts and Crafts style. This property is a contributor to the Presidio Heights Historic District, which is comprised of a concentration of formal residences constructed between 1890 to 1930 in a variety of Revival styles, and was previously determined eligible for listing in California Register of Historical Resources by the San Francisco Planning Department. As the exterior of the home was to be altered with the insertion of a new garage within the clinker brick base, among other changes to cladding and fenestration, Brewster Historic Preservation was hired by the homeowners to prepare the HRE report to assist the San Francisco Planning Department in determining the home’s individual historic significance and confirm its status as a contributor to the Presidio Heights Historic District. After extensive historical research and site visits, Brewster Historic Preservation recommended that the home did not meet the criteria for individual listing in the CRHR, but would continue to be a contributor to the historic district. Work on the HRE was begun in April 2020 and was completed by June 2020.