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[Then photo: SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY/ Now photo: Google Maps] Before the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, the area of western Soma near South Van Ness looked very different. One mega mansion was the home of William Jessup, former carpenter, owner and operator of W. H. Jessup & Co. at the Eureka Match Factory. Jessup is listed at the address in city directories starting in 1860, so the house was likely built around that time. It stood on the east side of 12th Street just south of Folsom, but was destroyed by the 1906 fires. Today the site is filled with industrial buildings built in 1950.
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