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Described by design expert Diane Dorrans Saeks<\/a> as \u201cthe most beautiful house in San Francisco,\u201d 2840 Broadway closed escrow on August 4, 2011, after national speculation about potential buyers for the property.<\/p>\n

Discretion prevents us from naming the price or the buyer, but the buyer’s wife is a nationally known tastemaker (featured in Vogue), and one can expect this already treasured but aged property to again be taken to the highest level of design.<\/p>\n

Diane Saeks wrote extensively <\/a>about the home when it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Rosekrans Jr.<\/strong>, including it in a beautifully photographed chapter of her book \u201cSan Francisco: A Certain Style.\u201d<\/p>\n

The home was built in 1916 by Willis Jefferson Polk<\/strong> for \u00a0the family of Andrew Welch, Jr.<\/strong>, an heir to one of California\u2019s most substantial fortunes, with its origins in shipping. \u00a0He and wife\u00a0Julia Welch<\/strong> were often featured in the Chronicle\u2019s society column, and socialized with leading families of San Francisco such as the\u00a0de Youngs<\/strong>, and the\u00a0Tobins<\/strong>. \u00a0Mrs. Welch enjoyed entertaining, and even had a dinner party for 30 in which all the guests were masked. \u00a0As Diane notes, the couple used \u201cwit and imagination\u201d in their hiring of Polk, and indeed seemed to have had a great sense of style.<\/p>\n

Following Mrs. Welch\u2019s passing, the home was willed to the Archdiocese, and was kept as the Archbishop\u2019s mansion for 40 years, until it was purchased by the Rosekrans family in 1979 for $1.6 million.<\/p>\n

Following\u00a0Dodie Rosekrans\u2019<\/strong> passing last year, the home now welcomes yet another family of impeccable taste and connoisseurship, who will undoubtedly assure that it celebrates its 100th anniversary as gloriously as its first, a landmark of San Francisco design at its finest.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 SF Luxe<\/a><\/p>\n

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