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District 10 · Block 5311, Lot 039 · ZIP 94124

4700–4704 Third Street

Store building

  • 2 stories
  • 5,320 ft2
  • 5,014 ft2 lot area
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NC-3
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  1. circa 1885

    Built as a large Italianate commercial block on Railroad Avenue, as Third Street was then named — a store, restaurant or saloon at street level with flats above, chamfered bay windows and a bracketed cornice. It is among the better-preserved Victorian-era commercial buildings in the Town Center, and among the mixed-use buildings on Third Street that survive from the 1899–1900 Sanborn era.

    Kelley & VerPlanck Historical Resources Consulting, Bayview-Hunters Point Area B Survey: Town Center Activity Node — Historic Context Statement, prepared for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, adopted February 11, 2010
  2. 1900

    Built.

  3. Oct 1987
    Permit 8714508 $$$ $10,000

    Security/building inspection & plumbing compliance.

  4. Dec 2005
    Permit 200512130159 $$$ $6,950

    Replace existing stair to storage area with new stair and handrails. replace several joists in kind to address rest damage to satisfy nov#200563157 (stairs) all work to be within commercial area.

  5. Dec 2005
    Permit 200512281167 $$$ $7,750

    Excavate as required to provide head rm at stair per struct plan revision to permit application 200512130159, incl footing & framing.

  6. May 2009
    Permit 200905077909 $$$ $500

    Remove 6'x12'north facing advertising wall sign per nov 10054. comp 200563157/ces.

  7. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204248956 $$$ $2,000

    To comply with nov 201296933. legalize existing 8' fence and entry gates to existing parking area. also to legalize door to adjacent building east side. note: parking area approved under app#8714508.

  8. Jan 2013
    Issued Permit M367128 $$$ $265

    Move 1627 newcomb ave. from lot 27 to lot 26 (commercial). add 4700 3rd st to lot 26 (commercial).

  9. Jun 2021
    Permit 202106021416 $$$ $10,000

    Repair damaged siding panels and paint. visible & 10ft x 50ft wood horizontal siding.

  10. Jun 2021
    Permit 202106142298 $$$ $2,000

    If necessary, remove 5 windows at rear of building. waterproof openings, replace some windows in some openings. not street facing.

  11. Jun 2021
    Filed Permit 202106162536 $$$ $10,000

    Remove and reinstall 10 existing windows if necessary for siding repair purpose. stree facing windows.

  12. Aug 2021
    Permit 202108136413 $$$ $8,000

    To comply with nov 202178501. replace 24 windows with original wood ogee window.

  13. Feb 2025
    Issued Permit M1235487 $$$ $1,427

    Per public works parcel map, changed/moved addresses 4700, 4702, 4704, 4706 03rd st, and 1627 newcomb ave from apn 5311/026 to apn 5311/039.

  14. Sep 2025
    Issued Permit 202509094891 $$$ $7,000

    Rear building/storage shed: rebuild fire damaged west wall involving demolition, new structural supports, patching, waterproofing, painting, repair/patch roof to comply with nov 202542053.

The 2010 survey and EAS both give this property as 4702–04 Third Street on parcel 5311026. That parcel has been retired; the assessor now carries the site as 5311039, addressed 4700–4706 Third Street. The assessor dates the building 1900; the 2010 survey dates it about 1885. Most pre-1906 buildings in the district carry a default assessor date of 1900, because the city's building records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.

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