Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's Former SF Apartment Building Listed for $8M
The Hoeffler Building at 36-52 Calhoun Terrace in San Francisco, once home to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from 1939 to 1940, has been listed for $8 million. The 11-residence property, built in the late 1930s, features private outdoor spaces with bay and skyline views. Rivera created the mural 'Pan American Unity' while living in Unit 42; the mural is currently stored at City College of San Francisco and destined for the new Diego Rivera Performing Arts Center on CCSF's Ocean Campus, which broke ground earlier this year. The building, described by listing agent Jean-Paul Samaha as a premier trophy property, has appeared in films like 'The Sniper' (1952) and is the only other structure on lower Calhoun Terrace besides Richard Neutra's Kahn House.
Key facts
- Building listed for $8 million
- Kahlo and Rivera lived there 1939–1940 in Unit 42
- Rivera painted 'Pan American Unity' during that period
- Mural currently at City College of San Francisco
- Mural to be installed at Diego Rivera Performing Arts Center (broke ground 2026)
- Building has 11 residences with private outdoor spaces
- Only other structure on lower Calhoun Terrace is Richard Neutra's Kahn House
- Building appeared in 1952 film 'The Sniper'
Entities
Artists
- Frida Kahlo
- Diego Rivera
- Richard Neutra
Institutions
- City College of San Francisco
- Diego Rivera Performing Arts Center
- Galerie Magazine
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States
- 36-52 Calhoun Terrace
- Telegraph Hill
- Treasure Island
- Ocean Campus