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See inside Ansel Adams’ San Francisco Sea Cliff chalet now on sale for $5M

Ansel Adams owned a secluded chalet in the Sea Cliff neighborhood, which he helped redesign in 1929. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty

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.

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American photographer Ansel Adams is pictured in California on March 25, 1983. Adams and his wife redesigned the Sea Cliff chalet in 1929. | Source: Barbara Alper/Getty Images

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.

The home at 129 24th Ave. features an artist's loft with natural light. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty

Adams and his wife added an annex to the home in 1929. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
The living room at the Sea Cliff chalet features floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
Adams and his wife apparently used the home's salon to host artists in San Francisco. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
The entrance to the chalet includes dark wood trimmings. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
Landscaper Topher Delaney designed the residence's garden. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
The home, on the edge of the Presidio and Sea Cliff neighborhoods, overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
The chalet features a porch with double doors opening into the dining room. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty
The kitchen at 129 24th Ave. features abundant natural light. | Source: David Duncan Livingston for Sotheby’s International Realty