The unique church building was renovated into a residential home in Dolores Heights, San Francisco. This unique home is now on the market priced at $6.149 million.
This house is part of a close-knit Dolore Heights community of Victorian-style houses. It is measured at 5,075 square feet with three levels, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an open chef’s kitchen, a den, and a media room. The property has a 2-car garage and a zen garden that features a vegetable garden, custom-designed sculptures, brick paving, and birdhouses.
The gorgeous converted church building is listed by Marcus Miller and John Woodruff of Hill & Co. Real Estate.
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- This is the foyer with a dark hardwood flooring that contrasts the white ceiling. There is also a wooden console table on the side topped with a table lamp. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the view of the foyer from the vantage of the wooden stairs going down. Here you can see the dark wooden tones of the main door that match with the hardwood flooring and banisters of the stairs. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the great room that houses the kitchen, living room and dining area with enough space for a large walkway in the middle. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is another look at the great room from the vantage of the living room corner. This view lets you appreciate the tall arched white ceiling adorned by the intricate patterns of the wall panels. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is a view of the living room featuring its large gray couch paired with a glass-top coffee table on an animal fur area rug. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the area across from the couch. It has a large leaning mirror, a round table and a couple of tufted ottomans that pair well with the flooring tiles. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the corner of the large great room with a simple living room with armchairs that match the coffee table. This view also shows the tall soaring ceiling. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the kitchen dominated by modern stainless steel appliances that pair well with the large kitchen island with wheels. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is a close look at the dining area of the great room. It has a large wooden bench that look like a pew from the church. This pairs well with the wooden dining table. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the primary bedroom of the house. It has a large bed with a cushioned headboard. It also has large metal beam structures that serve as dividers for the bedroom, home office and sitting area by the window. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This other bedroom has tall red brick walls that set a contrast background for the bright beige bed and armchairs on the side. You can also see here the large area rug that covers most of the dark hardwood flooring. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the bathroom with a glass-enclosed shower area just beside the wooden door. The shower area is across from the vanity with a dark countertop. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- The walk -in closet has modern cabinetry and exposed metal beams that match well with the red brick wall. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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- This is the laundry room with a folding area that has a table paired with stools adorned by a large wall-mounted artwork. The addition of wall-mounted tall mirrors gives this room a sense of being bigger than it actually is. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.
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The repurposing of church buildings into unique living spaces is becoming more common as inner-city churches lose their membership to the suburbs, and attractive for home seekers looking for historical significance, character and locations close to city amenities. Now on the market, completely reworked in 2016, is a 100-year-old San Francisco church in the heart of the Dolores Heights community across from Dolores Park.
Formerly the Second Church of Christ Scientist, the repurposing was developed and designed by seismic engineer Siamak Akhavan, who took on the project in order to live in the penthouse and oversee the pristine maintenance and upkeep of the building. In total, there are four units with the penthouse occupied by the developer, one unit that sold for $6.495 million in April and another for $6.1 million in August. The last unit has been rented at $28,000 per month and is now offered for sale.
The building was designed in 1915 by architect William H. Crim as a neoclassical building with arched entry porticos and Tuscan columns. It was sold to its current owner in 2011, who spent four years designing, restoring and upgrading the old building into four distinctive spaces.
The three-level, 5,075-square-foot unit for sale has a private entry, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an open chef’s kitchen, a den and a media room. The interior features polished cement floors, exposed brick, steel beams, original and repurposed woodwork, soaring 30-foot ceilings and 75-foot width that’s the same length as the whole building.
There is also a garage that can house two small cars – a rarity in San Francisco. Views from the unit are over Cumberland Street and the building’s private Zen garden, featuring seating benches, organic vegetable garden, custom-designed sculptures, brick paving (recycled from building), birdhouses (made from recycled vent piping found in the building), and new landscaping.
The Dolores Heights community is a close knit, affluent and quiet neighborhood with a mixture of Victorian homes, apartment buildings and detached houses at a high elevation. It is blocked from incoming weather by Twin Peaks with warm, sunny and fog-free days for much of the year.
Elegant, spacious church conversion condo in San Francisco’s Dolores Heights, listed by Marcus Miller and John Woodruff of Hill & Co. Real Estate, is priced at $6.149 million.
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