St. Francis Woods
St. Francis Woods is a neighborhood in San Francisco that includes
Sherwood Forest, Balboa Terrace, Mount Davidson Manor, Monterey
Heights, Westwood Park and Westwood Highlands. In these areas, you will
find some of the most architecturally interesting and best-cared-for
homes and lawns in all of San Francisco. You won't find many rental
properties here. St. Francis Woods' residents enjoy easy access to
both, the West Portal shopping district as well as Stern Grove and Pine
Lake Park. Stonestown Galleria, Hwy 280 and Hwy 1 are all accessed
easily via 19th Avenue. Driving along Monterey Blvd and Yerba Buena
Avenue you're struck by the sense of a different San Francisco, with
wide streets, grand homes, and spacious, lush landscapes.
Under the Tuscan Sun, is now renovating another house ? this time
in San Francisco?s St. Francis Wood. In a recent San Francisco Examiner
article, Mayes says St. Francis Woods? Spanish style architecture makes
her "feel a little more connected with the Mediterranean." An
assortment of little villages make up this district west of Twin Peaks,
which was fairly inaccessible until the Twin Peaks Tunnel was completed
in 1918. Before it was subdivided and developed, most of the land was
originally part of the Rancho San Miguel owned by Jose Noe, San
Francisco?s last Mexican mayor.
St. Francis Wood is an enclave of more than 500 lovely homes with
styles ranging from French Country to Georgian. Beaux Arts architect
John Galen Howard designed the fountain in the plaza on St. Francis
Blvd and the entry gates at St. Francis and Portola Drive.
