Once upon a time, the neighborhoods east of Van Ness were full of Italianate Victorians with boxy frames but classy facades.

Then 1906 came along, and most of those Gold Rush and post Gold Rush-era homes went the way of so much rubble and kindling. Another sacrifice to the gods of tectonic upheaval.

But the prize home at 467 Oak, aka the Russell Warren House, ... read more...