An Old Railroad Barn In Tiburon, Made New, $8.5M

Author:Philip Ferrato

They’re now ghosts of the past—but suburban Marin County was once served by a web of railroad lines, culminating in the small, but busy working ports of Sausalito, Tiburon and Larkspur. The lines brought people, cattle and timber to the ferries and barges that served San Francisco. Once a storage barn and offices for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, this 1908 structure was expanded and repurposed in the 1960s by the influential architect, planner and teacher Charles Warren Callister as his offices. Today, it stands completely renovated with great sensitivity by architect Matthew Bowles of TenBooks Studio as a 5-bed, 4.5-bath residential property with views across San Francisco Bay. It’s just come on the market this week listed at $8.5M.

Now covered in new corrugated aluminum panels, the vintage structure was originally clad in Redwood planks. Instead of covering them up, the centuries-old wood was removed, re-sawn and refinished, preserved for use on the interior walls of the old building. The new stairway and mezzanine railing is white oak with insets of unlacquered brass mesh; the floors throughout are polished concrete.

Let the architect tell the story of this extraordinary property and its transformation:

Visit the listing for additional images and details. This is a unique property with a pedigree rooted in San Francisco’s social, economic and architectural history, represented by Courtney Ott and James Nead of Evoke Real Estate at Coldwell Banker.