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Although this has not been confirmed, it is thought that the San Francisco Architect Samuel L. Hyman (1885-1948) designed the residence at 2590 Jackson Street in the French-inspired, Beaux-Arts Style for Samuel Pauson, a noted local retailer. The Pausons were said to have been inspired by a visit to Petit Trianon (1762-1768) at Versailles to build a similar chateau, filled with decorative wrought ironwork, elaborate flooring and wood paneling and delicate plasterwork on the walls. The two buildings shared similar rectangular proportions and a balustrade rimming the parapet. The Pauson House had a rusticated wall that stepped down a steep grade on Pierce Street, enclosing a garage set into the hillside. On top of the garage, Hyman located a terrace with a sweeping view north and west of San Francisco Bay. To the south, across Jackson Street, was Alta Plaza. (Information gathered above during a phone conversation between Jeffie Pike Durham, whose family had built the house originally, and the author, 06/14/2012.) In 2012, the house contained 8,205 square feet and 7 baths. It covered a 9,895-square-foot lot. Gertrude and Rose Pauson lived nearby at 2510 Jackson Street