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4701–4705 Third Street

Bayview Hunters Point · San Francisco, CA 94124

  • Built 1900
  • Building
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned P
  • District 10
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
  • South San Francisco Opera House
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24,840 sq ftBuilding area
30,600 sq ftLot area
18Rooms · 6 baths
  1. Oct 1884

    Local Masons built the South San Francisco Opera House as a community centre and lodge house.

    Area B Survey context statement, 2010
  2. Oct 24, 1888

    The Opera House opened to the public with a performance of John W. Sherman's Phantasma.

    Area B Survey context statement, 2010
  3. 1954

    Gene K. Walker's Hunters Point Project Committee asked the San Francisco Housing Authority for $12,000 to buy the building and rehabilitate it as a community recreation centre. The bid failed, but it drew citywide attention to the conditions African American residents were living in on Hunters Point ridge.

    Area B Survey context statement, 2010
  4. 1966

    The Bayview Neighborhood Community Center moved in from its first home at 1201–05 Mendell Street.

    Area B Survey context statement, 2010
  5. Jun 2002

    Rooting repairs & hvac (furnace replacement).

    Complete Permit 200206199473 $$$ $65,000
  6. Nov 2002

    Rev#200206199473 to delete add altermate#1 furnace f-1 improvements ( new grilles, baloncing & t st.

    Complete Permit 200211050760 $$$ $1
  7. Dec 2013

    Accessible site path, hardscape and lavoscape in provements, existing out door stage and seating, building renovation; accessible upgrades main entrance @ main level, addition accessible restroom at lower level, accessible access to stage, water proofing of s wall, balcovt structural upgrades.

    Complete Permit 201312245004 $$$ $1,370,709
  8. Jul 2014

    Replacement and reroute of existing 4" fire sprinkler underground fire service of the main on newcomb st with new 6" fire service off of 8" main on 3rd st.

    Issued Permit 201407181601 $$$ $14,350
  9. Dec 2015

    Add & expand the fire alarm system to cover critical area of the building. 4 pull stations, 21 notifications. referenced ti 2013.1224.5004.

    Complete Permit 201512034047 $$$ $25,000
  10. Nov 2016

    Emergency panel replacement and remove and replace initiation devices.

    Complete Permit 201611213228 $$$ $22,000
  11. Jul 2017

    As built for fire inspection request for final under app#201407181601.

    Issued Permit 201707212654 $$$ $1
  12. Sep 2020

    Replace wood floor in auditorium in kind. refinish wooden stage, floor, stairs and landings. resurface flooring in classroom and 2 dressing room with 3/8" wood recovered from auditorium floor. no exterior work.

    Issued Permit 202009295448 $$$ $1,000
  13. Jan 2021

    Installation of facade lighting & controls. title 24 compliance.

    Complete Permit 202101213037 $$$ $25,000

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

The building is addressed 1601 Newcomb Avenue in its landmark designation and in every survey of it; the assessor and EAS carry the corner parcel as 4701–4705 Third Street. The assessor dates the building 1900; the 2010 survey dates it 1884. 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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