Nestled in downtown's bustling Lincoln Park, yet on a quiet block of magnificent 19th century homes, the mansion was designed in 1886 by a prominent architect, H. M. Hansen for his own family. It is now a Historically Significant Building, as its original Victorian splendor has been intelligently preserved -- Giannini and Hilgart stained glass windows, pocket doors and shutters, parquet floors, ornate decorative fireplaces, carved wood trim, plaster ceiling medallions, etc.