A leafy San Francisco retreat with a direct line to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s family tree is up for grabs — and it will set a buyer back $4.5 million.
The two-bed, two-bath house at 1284 Stanyan St. hit the market Wednesday with Compass. It sits across the road from the hiking paths of Mount Sutro Forest, with Cole Street’s cafes and shops, UCSF and Golden Gate Park all close by.
The political pedigree goes back to the fall of 1967. That year, his father Bill Newsom ran for the city’s Board of Supervisors, and his candidate blurb in the official booklet for the Nov. 7 election gave Stanyan as the address he shared with his wife, Tessa Menzies.
The San Francisco house tied to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s earliest days just hit the market for $4.5 million. Facebook/Gavin Newsom
The redwood-clad 1951 home at 1284 Stanyan St. sits across from Mount Sutro Forest on two lots totaling more than 9,600 square feet. Kit Castagne
The Newsom link comes from a 1967 election booklet in which Bill Newsom, then running for the Board of Supervisors, listed Stanyan as the home he shared with wife Tessa, the same fall Gavin was born. Kit Castagne
She had inherited the place from her father, Arthur Menzies.
Their son Gavin arrived Oct. 10, weeks before voters hit the polls, according to California State Library birth records. Bill Newsom lost that race, though he later became a state appellate judge.
How long the future governor actually lived there is murkier. The Compass team says he spent a short stretch there as a boy, but the paper trail only places his parents at the address. And Newsom’s 2026 memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry,” says the family was living in an apartment on Octavia Street when he was born.
The Compass listing team says the future governor lived there briefly as a boy, though the record doesn’t pin down when or for how long. Kit Castagne
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, speaks during a press briefing following a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations, Tuesday, September 22, 2026, in New York City. ZUMAPRESS.com
The seller, a self-described “country girl asked to live in the city,” said she loved “having that sense of escape without leaving the city.” Kit Castagne
The house itself is a woodsy throwback. Built in 1951, it got new Marin County redwood siding in 1979, and the current owner has since overhauled the kitchen and both bathrooms.
There’s a deck on the top level, patios tucked into the garden, stone retaining walls and city glimpses through the trees. The primary suite boasts a big walk-in closet, a dedicated meditation nook and views stretching to the Golden Gate Bridge and downtown.
Out back there’s a Japanese soaking tub, plus a little cabin on the second lot, and the combined 9,600-plus square feet leaves room to grow if the city signs off.
“It is a true urban getaway in nature surrounded by trees, plants, insects, animals and fresh air,” Compass agent John DiDomenico said in a statement.
The home comes with two bedrooms, two baths, a top-floor deck and city views peeking through the trees. Kit Castagne
The back patio boasts outdoor lounge seating and a cabin. Kit Castagne
The home features a Japanese soaking tub. Kit Castagne
The seller, who went unnamed in the Compass announcement, sounds sorry to go.
“As a country girl asked to live in the city, I found the best of both worlds at 1284 Stanyan,” she said. “I loved having that sense of escape without leaving the city.”
The property has been on the move lately. It was listed for $3.6 million back in 2019, and it changed hands in 2025 for $3.9 million, according to public records, meaning the owner is looking for roughly a $600,000 bump.
The Post has reached out to Newsom for comment.