Painted Ladies

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Painted Ladies are a famous row of colorful Victorian and Edwardian houses in San Francisco, often photographed with the city skyline in the background.

Aliases (4)
  • Painted Ladies (San Francisco) ×49
  • Painted Ladies: San Francisco’s Resplendent Victorians ×1
  • Postcard Row ×1
  • The Painted Ladies of San Francisco ×1

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark
row of houses
tourist attraction
builtBetween 1892
1896
constructionPeriod late 19th century
faces Alamo Square Park
facesDirection east
featuredIn TV show Fuller House
numerous postcards of San Francisco
opening credits of the TV show Full House
hasArchitecturalStyle Edwardian architecture
Victorian architecture
hasBuildingType residential houses
hasColorScheme multicolored facades
hasMaterial wood
hasNotableFeature bay windows
brightly painted facades
decorative woodwork
ornate trim
steeply pitched roofs
hasViewOf Downtown San Francisco
San Francisco City Hall dome
Transamerica Pyramid
isAccessibleFrom Steiner Street
isAlsoKnownAs Postcard Row
Seven Sisters
isExampleOf Victorian row houses in San Francisco
isMaintainedAs private residences
isPartOf Alamo Square Historic District
isSubjectOf tourist postcards
travel guides about San Francisco
locatedIn California
San Francisco
United States
locatedInNeighborhood Alamo Square
near Fulton Street
numberOfHouses 7
overlooks San Francisco skyline
popularSince 1960s
streetAddress 710–720 Steiner Street
survivedEvent 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco fire
termCoinedBy Elizabeth Pomada
Michael Larsen
termCoinedIn 1978
termCoinedInWork book Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians
touristActivity photography
sightseeing

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Alamo Square
San Francisco
hasLandmark
Michael Larsen
coinedTerm
Victorian architecture ("The Painted Ladies of San Francisco")
hasNotableExample
Steiner Street
hasView
Painted Ladies (San Francisco) ("Postcard Row")
isAlsoKnownAs
Elizabeth Pomada ("Painted Ladies: San Francisco’s Resplendent Victorians")
notableWork
Fulton Street (San Francisco)
offersViewOf

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