(SF Gate) The historic San Francisco mansion that was the former home of Robin Williams is for sale.
Perched overlooking the ocean is 540 El Camino Del Mar, now on the market for $25 million. The seller is Williams’ ex-wife, Marsha Garces Williams, who lived in the home for over 30 years and raised their children there.
Robin Williams’ former San Francisco home is for sale for $25 million.
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The Sea Cliff home was built in 1962 and designed by architect Earle B. Bertz. Bertz was the principal architect for Allen & Co., a firm credited with the distinctive look and feel of San Francisco’s Sea Cliff neighborhood.
Robin Williams’ former San Francisco home is for sale for $25 million.
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Bertz grew up in Pacific Heights at the turn of the 20th century. After graduation, he went on to work with two giants of San Francisco Bay Area architecture: as an apprentice for the legendary Albert Farr and as a draftsman for William C. Hays. Bertz also worked on the Wolf House, designed for Jack London in Glen Ellen, which mysteriously burned down before it could be finished.
540 El Camino Del Mar was built for the Olson family, creators of Oliver J. Olson & Company, a successful lumber, shipping and towing business both locally and abroad.
Robin Williams’ former San Francisco home is for sale for $25 million.
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The walled and gated parcel measures a capacious 17,149 square feet, which makes it “one of San Francisco’s largest flat, walled, and gated residential estate lots,” per the official listing. From this Italian Renaissance mansion of 20 rooms, the Olsons could easily keep an eye on their fleet, as they would have enjoyed a wide open view, unobstructed by the Golden Gate Bridge for another decade.
Robin and Marsha Williams purchased the property in the early 1990s. They wanted to modernize, enlarge and update the mansion but didn’t want to obscure the original beauty of Bertz’s design. “Marsha and Robin Williams took the house down to the studs and rebuilt it, updating all the major systems. They expanded the home to its current 10,598 square feet on three levels,” Compass agent Steven Mavromihalis told SFGATE in an email. “However they took great pains to preserve the rare and valuable building materials used in 1926, which are simply no longer available in the construction of modern homes.”
