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Boardman neighborhood, Traverse City, Michigan.

Period revival architecture of the Sunset District: "French provincial"
▪ built 1940
San Francisco

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"Rousseau Boulevard Tract"
Period revival architecture of 36th Avenue seen from the Sunset Boulevard strip
the Sunset District ,San Francisco

▪ entire row built 1932

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facing Sunset Boulevard
Sunset District, San Francisco

✶ Built 1932
✶ half timbering, facade also embedded with stone
✶ tract of 93 homes designed and built by Arthur and Oliver Rousseau
✶ facing Sunset Boulevard and its open space (opened 1931), width of this strip and drop in elevation gave these homes a view of the Pacific Ocean
✶briefly home of Arthur Rousseau

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facing Sunset Boulevard
Sunset District, San Francisco

✶ Built 1932
✶ textured stucco, balconette or false balcony supported by decorative brackets, recessed garage door with 'tradesman's entrance'
✶ tract of 93 homes designed and built by Arthur and Oliver Rousseau
✶ facing Sunset Boulevard and its open space (opened 1931), width of this strip and drop in elevation gave these homes a view of the Pacific Ocean


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facing Sunset Boulevard
Sunset District, San Francisco

✶ Built 1932
✶ seen here: clay tile roof on left; stone inset into chimney (rustication) on right
✶ houses in the tract mainly entered by an exterior stairway shielded by gateways or archways, as seen here
✶ tract designed and built by Arthur and Oliver Rousseau
elements of proposed Sunset Picturesque Period Revival Tracts Historic District and proposed Rousseau Boulevard Tract Historic District


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№ 1534 36th Avenue, Sunset District, San Francisco
☆ built 1932
☆ medieval inspired round tower with turret
☆ garage door recessed into facade and flanked by a 'tradesmen's door'
☆ entire 93 home tract built out 1932-1933 by brothers Oliver and Arthur Rousseau. They inherited and architectural practice from their father, Belgian born architect Charles Rousseau, and branched out into property owning and then developing tracts such as this one.


20231113_162553 № 1534 36th Avenue

№ 1542 36th Avenue, Sunset District, San Francisco
☆ built 1932 by Rousseau and Rousseau / Marian Realty, developers as one of 93 homes in their “Boulevard Tract” development
☆ these two blocks included in two proposed historic districts:the Sunset Picturesque Period Revival Tracts Historic District, and theRousseau Boulevard Tract Historic District
☆ this house has decorative mintuns between the windows and a deeply recessed garage enry; lacks the gated semi enclosed 'alcove' found in many others in this tract; an example is seen in the adjoining house

20231113_162531 № 1542 36th Avenue

Sunset District, San Francisco
☆ built 1932 by Rousseau and Rousseau / Marian Realty, developers as one of 93 homes in their “Boulevard Tract” development
☆ Oliver Rousseau and others, architects. a Rousseau innovation was an interior patio on the second floor of all these homes, It provided outdoor space with privacy and also served to separate the bedrooms in the back from the living- dining areas up front.

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№ 1560 36th Avenue facing Sunset Boulevard
"Rousseau Boulevard Tract"
Sunset District, San Francisco
▪ built 1932 by Rousseau brothers d/b/a/ Marion Realty
▪ round tower houses gateway to staircase alcove
▪ false balcony with 'supporting' brackets
▪ recessed garage
▪ decorations inset in the stucco
▪ mullioned window

"Drawing from a range of Period Revival styles, the Rousseaus designed highly stylized and individualized facades that are unified by materials, setback, massing, and form" - historic district report
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№ 1564 36th Avenue facing Sunset Boulevard
"Tousseau Boulevard Tract"
Sunset District, San Francisco
▪ built 1932 by Rousseau brothers d/b/a/ Marion Realty
▪ half timbering in decorative bands
▪ false balcony with 'supporting' brackets

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№ 1572 36th Avenue, Sunset District, San Francisco
☆ built 1932 by Rousseau and Rousseau / Marian Realty, developers as one of 93 homes in their “Boulevard Tract” development
☆ intended for middle class buyers.
☆ integration of the garage into the home (due to San Francisco lot sizes) was a bit of a novelty at the time and is a contrast to contemporaneous homes built in the East Bay.
☆ a Rousseau innovation was an interior patio on the second floor of all these homes, It provided outdoor space with privacy and also served to separate the bedrooms in the back from the living- dining areas up front.
☆ Oliver Rousseau (and others?, architects)
☆ "The first of the tract’s houses, constructed on 36th Avenue, were dubbed “Boulevard Homes” due to their location along the newly constructed 300’ wide Sunset Boulevard and greenway. The new boulevard provided much- needed north-south access through the vast sand dunes that characterized much of the Sunset District at that time. It officially opened to the public on October 18, 1931 and Rousseaus' adjacent tract buildings on 36th Avenue were constructed soon thereafter."

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(facing Sunset Boulevard)
▪ houses facing the brand new boulevard guaranteed a view of the ocean die to the slope of the land and the presence of this green space
▪ two full blocks developed by the Rousseau Brothers in the early 1930s
▪ Tudor revival,
▪ stairway alcove behind gateway
▪ included in proposed Sunset Picturesque Period Revival Tracts Historic District, and proposed Rousseau Boulevard Tract Historic District

Sunset District, San Francisco

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№ 1584 36th Avenue, Sunset District, San Francisco
☆ built 1932 by Rousseau and Rousseau / Marian Realty, developers as one of 93 homes in their “Boulevard Tract” development
☆ Oliver Rousseau and others, architects
☆ Spanish colonial revival style
☆ tall chimney
☆ exterior staircase accessed by a gate in the front wall
☆ balconette outside picture window
☆ mullioned window
☆ tile roof

20231113_162314 № 1584 36th Avenue

№ 1580 36th Avenue, Sunset District, San Francisco
☆ built 1932 by Rousseau and Rousseau / Marian Realty, developers as one of 93 homes in their “Boulevard Tract” development
☆ Oliver Rousseau and others, architects
☆ Spanish colonial revival style
☆ balconette outside picture window
☆ exterior staircase accessed by a gate in the front wall
☆ tile roof
☆ "Spanish" chimney

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1598 36th Avenue
Rousseau Boulevard Tract (once a proposed historic district)
San Francisco

★ walled patio, several balconies, rounded tower, rounded part of building for main door, chimney
★ home of the tract's developer, Oliver Rousseau and his wife Elsie Rousseau for a couple years
★ the homes on 36th Avenue with their views across the parkway to the ocean were the first built in the tract. Sunset Boulevard had just been installed by the city.
★ built 1932
★ three story house with ten rooms, five bedrooms
★ Spanish colonial revival style

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№ 1600 Noriega Street at 23rd Avenue
Sunset District, San Francisco
▪ Spanish colonial revival / storybook style
▪ a block of storybook style homes on Noriega Street converted to businesses or healthcare offices and the like
▪ balcony and cantilevered bay window on the 'side'
▪ built 1935

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№ 1600 Noriega Street at 23rd Avenue
Sunset District, San Francisco
▪ Spanish colonial revival / storybook style
▪ a block of storybook style homes on Noriega Street converted to businesses or healthcare offices and the like
▪ balcony and cantilevered bay window on the 'side'
▪ built 1935

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▪ chateauesque or French provincial
▪ a block of storybook style homes on Noriega Street converted to businesses or healthcare offices and the like, here a coffee house

1618 Noriega Street
Sunset District, San Francisco

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▪ Spanish colonial revival with round tower
▪ a block of storybook style homes on Noriega Street converted to businesses or healthcare offices and the like, here a dance academy

1600 block of Noriega Street
Sunset District, San Francisco

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