195 Saint Elmo Way, West Portal

The building

Built in 1927, 195 Saint Elmo Way is a single-family house of one stories. City permit records show work completed here as recently as 2015. On a lot of 5,623 square feet, the parcel falls in RH-1(D), a detached single-family residential district. On Planning's zoning map, the height and bulk designation is 40//40-R-4.

Getting around

On Saint Elmo Way, the building is on the stretch between El Verano and Monterey Boulevard. For Muni, the stop at Monterey and Saint Elmo is about 250 feet on foot, with Monterey and El Verano about 500 feet on foot. Muni stops at nine nearby intersections are within a five-minute walk. For open space, Mt. Davidson Park is about an eighteen-minute walk away. Nearer at hand, Aptos Playground is about a ten-minute walk away.

West Portal / Forest Hill

West Portal and Forest Hill sit in southwestern San Francisco, with West Portal Avenue as a local commercial street and residential hills nearby.

Source: City and County of San Francisco, Assessor-Recorder (2025 roll), Planning, Building Inspection, Public Works, SFMTA, and Recreation and Parks records via DataSF, retrieved October 31, 2026. Walking times are estimates.