Chambers Mansion
The Chambers Mansion is a historic house that was built in 1887, and is located at 2220 Sacramento Street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. In 2010, CBS News declared the Chambers Mansion one of the "scariest haunted houses" in the United States, based on stories of its dark history.
The house is listed as one of the San Francisco Designated Landmark, since October 5, 1980.
History
The architect for the house was Julius Case Mathews and the firm J. C. Mathews & Son. The architectural style is Queen Anne Victorian with Gothic and Tuscan details.The Chambers Mansion was built in 1877 for R. C. Chambers ; and for his wife Eudora T.. Chambers was a Utah mining tycoon, banker, and politician. Eudora Tolles Chambers died in 1897 at the age 48/49, following suicide attempts. After Chamber's death in 1901 and with no direct heirs, his house in San Francisco was inherited. There are conflicting stories about who inherited the house; some stories say his younger sister Ada Chambers; and other stories say it was either his two nieces.
In 1917, an addition was added to the house by architect Houghton Sawyer.
In 1977, Bob Pritikin opened the "Mansion Hotel", a bed and breakfast at the Chambers Mansion. The decor as a hotel was eclectic and featured nightly magic shows. In 2000, he sold the hotel, by then it was designated a city landmark, and was converted into two private townhouses.