The San Francisco call., 1909-10-09
Undesirable Features Barred in an Effort tt
Attract Better Class of Residents

The problem of making san Francisco
so attractive as a place of residence
thas men of means will find it desirable
TO come here from other places TO make
their homes has been discussed exten-
siveIy. There are certain tracts in San
Francisco which have been made exclu-
sive of business and devoted entirely
TO residential uses by restrictions in
cluded in deeds and by wise regulations
of various sorts. Possibly in crea-
ton of such exclusively residential
communities the answer to a leading
question lies
The first of such settlements was es-
tahlished in what is now known as
Presidio terrace. which was laid out as
a private residence park in San Fran
cisco III June 1905. Prior. to 1906 very
few residences We're constructed in the
terrace AT the present time number
of handsome structures exist there
Consequently the experiment IN this
case has been tried out almost entirely
since 1906 Baldwin & Howell We're
largely instrumental in making the
terrace success. The first residence
in the terrace was built in the fall of
1905 by c. ". Clarke. This was fol-
lowed by the residence constructed by
Mrs. j. f. Merritt These were the
only residences built up to the time of
the fire but within the last three
wears other handsome residences have
been constructed and the terrace rs
now taking on the appearance of A
private residence park. as il was orig
inalIy intended that it should. The
residences recently completed and In
course of construction were erected by
Winfield s. Davis, DR.. Hartland Law.
A. A. Brown, Paul r. Carroll, Mrs.
W w Van Arsdale, Burrell G. White,
DR.. Cullen F. Welty. Major Francis V.
Keesling Lester Scheeline. Edward f.
Young. Walter G. Sachs. Marshall Hale,
Fernando Nelson. Hermann Schussler
and Joseph Fredericks of New York.
EXCLUSIVE FOR RESIDENCES
How tegconstruct residence park
may be gathered from regulations
which control the creation of the Pre-
sidio terrace. OF the plan J. r. Howell
says:
preside terrace is designed exclu-
sively for residences Tf Ii were sub
divided into building lots of 25 feet
frontage tthe size prevailing in San
Franciscol there would he about l50
lots in the tract. Instead of following
this much to be deplored custom a
plan of subdivision into lots of more
generous proportions was adopted and
the terrace has been made to contain
only 40 lots. varying in frontage from
45 TO 130 feet.
The lots front on an avenue varying
in width from ~ to 100 feet, which is
bordered with wide strips of grass
shrubs and flowers, in the center OF
which and about % feet apart are
planted English. hawthornes. The park
plots are filed with palms, bamboo
plants and a variety of shrubs and
flowers. Stone gates constructed al
the entrance, ornamented with bronze
and electric light globes and hand
some iron fence along the First ave-
nue. frontage give an immediate inn
preston of refinement and security.
'In addition to the gate lights there
are II excellent and highly en1bellished
gas and electric light poles in the ter
race. Preside terrace is provided with
a perfect sewer system, with side sew
ers connected to the line of each lot
Gas and water mains are laid and
service pipes run to all the lots There
will be no unsightly poles in the ter
| race. as underground conduits have
been constructed in which are wires for
electric lighting and telephone
The avenue in Presidio terrace upon
which the lots face is private street
lit is owned by the Presidio Terrace as
osciation, which keeps the bituminous