"Beatles House," 1978
"Beatles House," 191 Precita Ave, San Francisco, 1978
This photo was taken on March 30, 2007.
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Telstar Logistics (75 months ago | reply)
Same house, 2007:
CSC - Chistopher Scott added this photo to his favorites. (75 months ago)
CSC - Chistopher Scott (75 months ago | reply)
I was walking by this place a few years back and wafting from its corridors was the stinkingest skunk bud I have ever smelt. It stopped me in my tracks.
Telstar Logistics (75 months ago | reply)
Apparently, some things never change.
Natu®e // (75 months ago | reply)
Much prefer the Beatles version!
Lucyver (75 months ago | reply)
So but than... who made the photo in 1978?
and also...what does it mean? They cannot have lived there at that time..
If possible I try to visit it in november when I come over..
thanx for sharing:-)
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mocha754 (69 months ago | reply)
I lived in this house from 1963 to 1969 I lived with the Weems family.
I was one of their foster kids. Jane had painted the house with the Beatles and had painted serveral more Beatle themes inside the house. The phote was made by the SF Chornicle newspaper it had a full page on Jane and the house.....Sadly Mom Weems passed away in October 2004 and the house was sold awhile later. I even took my kids to see Mom Weems and Jane. They called her Grandma Weems and Aunt Jane.....I truly miss them.....
Telstar Logistics (69 months ago | reply)
Thanks Mocha! This photo also appears in a new Bernal Heights history book
kittyspelledbackwards (63 months ago | reply)
hey! who are you, mocha 754? this is Jane Weems here...cool to see this pic up on here!...my e-mail is: jane.weems@mchsi.com
holler at me!...
kittyspelledbackwards (63 months ago | reply)
hey, Jane weems here...this is the first version, painted in 1974 the first time, & re-touched in the mid-80's...it was featured in the movie "living on tokyo time", as the rehersal studio!...and also, on local television, CNN, and in the local newspapers 4 or 5 times too!...
and on the TV show "bay area backroads", where the host opened the segment by saying "welcome to a mission district house, where everything is so rock n roll, even the DOGS name is Louie Louie!"
i have alot of memories from a lifetime of living there (43 years!) & miss it terribly!...i really did leave my heart in san francisco!....the book "a history of bernal heights" put out by the san francisco historical society, has a photograph taken after it was re-done in the mid-80's...when i painted it originally, some of the people who would walk by every day, & watch my progress, were undercover S.L.A.
members bill & emily harris!...i remember bill harris asking me "does your mom know you're doing this?"...coming by the house, watching the murals daily progress, waving,smiling and yelling "all you need is love!"....
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CSC - Chistopher Scott (63 months ago | reply)
wow. fascinating story.
Telstar Logistics (63 months ago | reply)
Thanks for checking in, Jane!
kittyspelledbackwards (62 months ago | reply)
no problem! i was happy to see this up here!...i'm hoping soon my little brother Mike Munoz will happen across this page, & contact me!......i would love to talk to him!...I took him to go & see the sex pistols at winterland, when he was only 10 years old, & we got to meet Sid Vicious, who was thrilled such a little kid would be 9 hours early, to be the first in line!!...i also took him to see kiss in 1977...he was a huge kiss fan!...recently, a friend of mine who works for Gene Simmons showed him a polaroid we took of mike in 1977, when he was 9,with Gene make-up on his face...only, it wasn't exactly make-up...i used magic marker, & it wouldn't come off for days!! he even had to go to school with traces of gene make-up on his little face!!...whem my friend showed gene the picture, & told him that, he cracked up!!...mike, gene simmons likes your face! luv, jane
Telstar Logistics (62 months ago | reply)
Jane, FYI, I now live on Precita, just a few doors away from your old house.
kittyspelledbackwards (62 months ago | reply)
lucky you! do i know you?
Z-ang~ (59 months ago | reply)
When I was born we lived in the little flat below this house.
Originally the Address was 189 Precita and we lived in 189 1/2.
Jane told me that via e-mail.
I was born in late 1949.
Here is another picture of the Beatle House.
www.flickr.com/photos/28975977@N07/2704797718 /in/photostr...
Telstar Logistics (59 months ago | reply)
Thank you for the link:
VitaGRAFICA (43 months ago | reply)
H! This is amazing. I grew up onTreat. Walked by here a thousand times or more. Who there was in the band The Maggots? This was probably 1979, if I remember correctly.
kittyspelledbackwards (42 months ago | reply)
hi, VitaGRAFICA,
Jane Weems here...I was the drummer/songwriter for THE MAGGOTS, who practiced in the basement of the BEATLE HOUSE pictured here...other members encluded Robert Conner-keyboards, Dave Torres-guitar (on record) Dino Skids-guitar (in basement) Rich Bitch-bass, Vicki Berndt, vocals (let's get tammy wynette) Susan Garza, vocals (2/2/79) and assorted other crazy punk rock kids trying to play....Brian Thomas, Aaron Gregory, Richard Giron
were briefly maggots as well, until they sprouted wings and flew away...hope that answers your questions! jane.weems@mchsi.com
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hughmagen (37 months ago | reply)
I love the new color photo. That is awesome. Thanks for posting. I am now the current occupant of the house and have been looking for a color photo for awhile. And FYI, the house is still 189 Precita, and the downstairs flat which used to be 189-1/2 is now 191. I'd love to get a copy of the color phot - Z-ang, is that possible?
Jane, great work. Telstar, feel free to drop a note or say hi.
Hugh (hughmagen@yahoo.com)
kittyspelledbackwards (34 months ago | reply)
hello Hugh
Jane here...i have a nice color pic here of the house...should i try to post it here, or do you want a real, physical copy?..let me know at:
jane.weems@mchsi.com cheers, Jane
tocbyond added this photo to their favorites. (34 months ago)
carothersmike (31 months ago | reply)
mcarothers here ! I lived in that house for awhile. I didnt know Momma Weems had passed. I have some fond memories.
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ttwin2000 (22 months ago | reply)
I'm Richard Giron and I approve this photo... Yeah I can barely sing and barely played guitar and I do remember this house well back in 1977... It was a mile from where I live and I took my cheap guitar and bashed out what seemingly was an attempt to create some sort of chord progression. 20 years later I started writing real songs with a songwriter partner. This experience only started me on my way.
Nathalie_31 (13 months ago | reply)
HI, I am the former owner that sold the property to hughmagen. We bought it in 2004 as a fixer upper, it was a light green color outside (I probably have a photo somewhere and pictures from the inside if anybody is interested) and the beattles were gone, the inside was. blue upstairs and black downstairs. We converted it into 2 flats and got the number 191 for the downstairs. This is a great neighborhood, very friendly and some really nice people there. We sold it in 2005 when we moved back to France. We completed remodeled it ourselves, a lot of work but well worth it. I hope the new owner loves it as much as we did.
here is a picture when it was green www.flickr.com/photos/78100268@N02/7157737324 /in/photostream