Mish House
{{Short description|Historic house in San Francisco}}
{{Distinguish|Henry Mish Barn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| image = File:Mish House (San Francisco).JPG
| name = Mish House
| locmapin = San Francisco County#California#USA
| location = 1153 Oak Street, San Francisco, California, 94117, U.S.
| refnum = 79000534
| added = May 21, 1979{{NRISref|version=2013a}}
| architecture = Stick style, Eastlake movement
| designated_other1 = San Francisco
| designated_other1_number = 62
| designated_other1_date = July 6, 1974{{cite web|title=City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks|publisher=City of San Francisco|url=https://sfplanning.org/sites/default/files/documents/preserv/bulletins/HistPres_Bulletin_09.PDF|access-date=2022-11-20}}
| architect = McDougall & Sons
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.772894|-122.438290|display=inline,title}}
}}
The Mish House, also known as the Sarah Mish House, is a historic house built in 1885 and located in 1153 Oak Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California.{{Cite web |title=National Register #79000534: Sarah Mish House in San Francisco, California |url=https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat1979000534.asp |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=noehill.com}}
The house is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since July 6, 1974;{{Cite news |date=December 22, 1974 |title=Guides: 62. Old Mish House |pages=187 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113409865/guides-62-old-mish-house/ |access-date=2022-11-21}} and one of the National Register of Historic Places since May 21, 1979.
History
The Mish House was designed by architects McDougall and Sons, and originally built in 1885 at 407 Divisadero Street. It was built in the Stick-Eastlake style (a combination of Stick style and Eastlake movement). The house was moved in 1889 to its current location at 1153 Oak Street.{{Cite web |last=Sawyer |first=Nuala |date=2014-09-16 |title=All About The Mish House At 1153 Oak Street |url=https://hoodline.com/2014/09/the-mish-house-of-oak-street/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Hoodline |language=en}}
In 1928, the house was sold and the following year it was converted into apartments. By 1930, the ballroom portion of the building was used as a dance school. In 1975 and 1976, the house was restored by a local preservation group, in hopes of improving the neighborhood.{{Cite news |date=1976-07-09 |title=Victorian Restoration |pages=25 |work=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113462461/victorian-restoration/ |access-date=2022-11-22}} It is located near the Abner Phelps House, another historic building.
Mish family
The house was built for Phenes and Sarah Mish and their 10 children. The Mish family moved to San Francisco in 1849.{{Cite news |date=January 3, 1916 |title=Obituary |pages=4 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48425371/obituary-for-sarah-mish/ |access-date=2022-11-21}} Phenes Mish (1825–1895) was born in Poznań, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poland) and had owned a dry goods importing business called Mish and Sons, he also served as President of Congregation Sherith Israel.{{Cite news |date=May 14, 1895 |title=Deaths: MISH |pages=12 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113409997/deaths-mish/ |access-date=2022-11-21}} Sarah Cohen Mish (1832–1916) was English-born and owned a dressmaking and millinery business with two locations, and her millinery was the largest on the west coast. After Sarah's death in 1916, the house was passed to the estate heirs.
Lily Schlesinger (née Mish), daughter of Phenes and Sarah, was raised in the Mish House and became an opera singer and whistler; and her daughter was Irene Anderson (née Schlesinger), was a dancer and one of the founders of the Anderson Sisters School of Dancing in San Francisco.{{Cite news |last=Chapin |first=Dwight |date=1979-03-04 |title=The artist in her 80s |pages=25 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113462555/the-artist-in-her-80s/ |access-date=2022-11-22}}{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Aimee |date=May 12, 2017 |title=Jewish Community Relations Council {{!}} The Incredible Legacy of the Anderson Family |url=https://jcrc.org/news-events/blog/the-incredible-legacy-of-the-anderson-family |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)}}
See also
References
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco
Category:San Francisco Designated Landmarks
Category:Houses completed in 1885
Category:1880s architecture in the United States
Category:Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco