{"id":809804,"date":"2026-07-18T09:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809804\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:30:39","slug":"frida-kahlo-and-diego-riveras-unique-former-san-francisco-apartment-building-is-now-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809804\/","title":{"rendered":"Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera\u2019s Unique Former San Francisco Apartment Building Is Now for Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Estimated2 min read<\/p>\n

For the first time in decades, a storied Telegraph Hill apartment building tied to Frida Kahlo<\/a> and Diego Rivera is on the market<\/a> for $8 million. The 11-unit property at 36\u201352 Calhoun Terrace was completed in 1938. Originally known as the Hoeffler Building, it steps down the eastern slope of the hill in a Swiss village\u2013style cascade of balconies, decks, and picture windows overlooking the bay.<\/p>\n

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Vanguard Properties<\/p>\n

Kahlo and Rivera lived in apartment 42 in 1940, during a brief but charged stay in San Francisco. He was working across the water on Pan American Unity, the monumental mural he painted for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island; she arrived in the city in fragile health, dealing with chronic back pain and complications that required local medical treatment. In the middle of it all, the couple\u2014fresh off a 1939 divorce\u2014quietly remarried at San Francisco City Hall. That same period produced Self-Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloesser, the painting she made as a gift to the doctor who treated her.<\/p>\n

Today; the complex is fully tenant-occupied. None of the units exceed about 950 square feet, there is no parking, and residents in the lower apartments climb multiple staircases to reach street level. But in exchange, they get expansive decks, abundant natural light, and unobstructed views of the bay and waterfront, plus original features like hardwood floors, fireplaces, built-ins, and colorful tiled bathrooms.<\/p>\n

\"Rooftop<\/p>\n

Vanguard Properties<\/p>\n

The building sits on Lower Calhoun Terrace, a secluded, WPA-era street at the eastern end of Union Street. Next door is the Sidney Kahn House, a 1939 Richard Neutra-designed residence that\u2019s considered one of his signature San Francisco works.<\/p>\n

The property is currently listed<\/a> for $8 million with Jean-Paul Samaha, represented by Vanguard Properties.<\/p>\n

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Julia Cancilla is the social media & news editor at ELLE Decor, where she oversees the brand’s socials and covers design, pop culture, and emerging trends. She also authors the monthly ELLE Decoroscope column. Her work has appeared in Inked magazine, House Beautiful, Marie Claire, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read For the first time in decades, a storied Telegraph Hill apartment building tied to Frida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,4671,284187,356,784,75,237154,1642,201981,284186,273948,258165],"class_list":["post-809804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-content-type-default","tag-contentid-342da8c4-dd5b-450e-aa85-1df5b5ed9619","tag-design","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-frida-kahlos-former-apartment-lists-for-8m","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-luxury-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}