When we photographed this building, a brass Egyptian Consulate sign was mounted by front door.

According to the website, Curbed San Francisco, the Egyptian government bought the property in 1960s and used it as their San Francisco consulate before moving operations to Los Angeles in 2016 and listing the building for sale at $22M.

In October 2019, the building was still on the market with the price reduced to $16M. The photographs on Sotheby's website showed a spacious but modest interior with no paneling, exotic hardwoods, chandeliers or other grand architectural gestures.