Octagon House

Okay, it's not in the Sunset, but I thought that you would like to know that we have an octagon house here in the Outsidelands, up at Land's End in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Officially known as the Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station, the building is owned by the National Parks. It was built as part of system started in the Gold Rush that reported on ships entering the Golden Gate.

If you've ever hiked out there, you may have looked up above the trees and seen the pole. The family of the last lookout was allowed to live in the home after it was decommissioned. Last time I took a walk up to Fort Miley I noticed that the road to the building was no longer blocked off, so I went up to take a look.

I took some photos and when I got home checked the Western Neighborhoods Project for info about the building's fate. Be sure to read John Martini's great article about the building and the Marine Exchange. Did you know how Telegraph Hill got its name?

Cousins in the Richmond

I finally stopped to take pictures of three buildings on outer Fulton. They have the same detail as some buildings on Judah.









I often wonder if houses in the Richmond and Sunset with similar details were built by the same companies, or if the builders just shopped at the same decoration supplier.

Here is the post about the 31st & Judah versions.


I like the place where these two meet.













And this one is a different layout, but it has the same detail across the top.

More Named Apartments

Check out these additional named apartments from reader tips.

First, the Anita apartments at 6th & Lincoln. Thanks, Cormac.

Next, go to "trogdor"'s Flickr page and see the Sunset Apartments, including the rock garden in the entry. Nice details.

And finally, from the Richmond District, The other Parkview Apartments.

Hard to tell from the awful photo I took through the dirty windshield of a moving vehicle, but you've probably seen them. Right on the corner of 25th and Lincoln Fulton.