The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08

most prerenrous private dwernng house IN
the city. In it was given the first private
ball of any ma gnitude and in later years
It was the scene of the debut and wedding
of several of Mrs. Parrott's daughters.
Mrs. Parrot sold the property a decade
or so ago to the Wieland family, who af-
terward made it their home.
Adjoining the Parrott residence on the
west is a house which in it's time has seen
as many vicissitudes as any in the city
and has come to be regarded as most
unlucky piece of property to it's owners.
1t was originally the modest little cottage
the midst of pretty flower garden. At
his death it became the property of the
man known as "Ophir'' Woodworth he
having made large fortune in the stock
of that mine. Moving the cottage to the
rear of the grounds, he built in front of
it a very pretentious mansion as a home
for himself and family and while living
there the marriage of his daughter took
place. She was then quite an heiress She
married DIR. W. H. Bruner. Time in it's
fight brought failure and ruin to Mr.
Woodworth, who sold the property to Mil
ton S. Latham. then in the zenith of his
wealth and fame, who still further i'm
proved It, adding the large library. which
was the great feature of the house.
Here Mr.. Latham entertained in lavish
style; here occurred the death of his first
wife, Sophie, daughter of DR.. Louis A.
Birdsall, and a remarkably brilliant wo-
man, and here also was held the marriage
reception after his second bridal to Miss
Mollie McMullin. one of San F'rancisco's
bellies in the sixties Evil. days also be-
fell Mr.. Latham, and upon his failure the
house was bought by Senator William
Sharon as wedding present to his daugll-
ter, Mrs. Frank Newlands. But when she
died two years later the place ceased to
be looked upon as a desirable residence,
especially as fashion had commenced to
seek other localities, SO, after passing
through various hands, it is now a Iodg-
ing house.
Some Of the smaller streets, such as Te-
hama, Minna and Natoma, were in early
days considered among the fashionable To-
calities and had as residents the families
of Eugene Casserly, Morton Cheeseman,
T. j. Poulterer and others. The cottage
wherein William F. Babcock and his fam
lily for so many years made their home
on Essex street once stood In the midst
of a beautiful flower garden. but, alas,
weeds are now rampant, the fence has fall
en- into decay and the house itself has a
dilapidated appearance. Another house in
this locality which retains but few traces
of its pristine glory is the old-time resi-
dence of l.. A. Garnett on Essex street.
Quite in contrast is the handsome dwell
ing opposite belonging to the Miller es-
tate 1t was originally built by j. w.
Tucker, the pioneer jeweler and was al
ways regarded as beautiful house. even
in early times, but of late years it has
been greatly enlarged and improved. The
large house on First street above Harri-
son, which was built by Hall McAllister.
next door to his brother Cutler, afforded
plenty of space for him and his wife to
follow their hospitable bent to. the utmost
and while living there they entertained on
a lavish scale. The house passed into the
hands of Judge H. A. Lyons in 1871 and