Renowned San Francisco photographer Ansel Adams’ secluded chalet in the ritzy Sea Cliff neighborhood recently went on sale for $5 million.
Originally built in 1902 as an Arts and Crafts chalet-style home on the remote dunes of what was then known as the city’s outside lands, the expanded home sits on the edge of the Presidio.
Adams, a renowned photographer and environmentalist, redesigned the space with his wife in 1929, adding a “grand salon annex” to the original home structure, Sotheby’s International Realty said in a press release.
“The merged home became the residential seat of America’s most lauded landscape photographer until 1957, when he moved his family to the Monterey Peninsula,” the property listing states.
Sotheby’s representatives say that Adams’ home was a core meeting place for San Francisco’s arts community, where guests would frequently bring music and operatic songs to the home’s residential salon.
Other perks in the Presidio home include an attic-turned-artist’s loft, views of the Golden Gate Bridge and a terraced garden design.
The estate is listed by Sotheby’s for $5.45 million and sits along West Clay Park. It features three bedrooms and two baths. Joseph Lucier and Stacey Caen represent the house for Sotheby’s.
