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District 8 · Block 2625, Lot 012 · ZIP 94114

4200–4204 17th Street

3-unit building with a ground-floor store · Eureka Valley

  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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4,950 sq ftBuilding area
2,475 sq ftLot area
9Rooms · 2 baths
  1. 1893

    Designed by architect Frederick Rabin.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  2. April 1896

    Henry Peters, a partner in the California Brewing Company a block away on Douglass Street, was listed here in April 1896 while his own house was being finished.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 9 (1 September 2026)
  3. 1902

    Built.

  4. 1905

    Shown on the 1905 Sanborn map with two stores and a saloon downstairs and flats above; the only mixed-use building known to survive from the 1892–1906 streetcar era.

    Corbett Heights Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
  5. August 1910

    Stelling's Grocery held the corner store, documented here in August 1910.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VI, No. 9 (1 September 2025)
  6. 1949

    Trading as the Douglass Market, a neighbourhood grocery that stayed on the corner into the 1970s.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VI, No. 9 (1 September 2025)
  7. 1978

    The grocery closed and a real estate office took the corner store, ending roughly eighty years of food retailing here.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VI, No. 9 (1 September 2025)
  8. Apr 1987
    Permit 8705358 $$$ $600

    Repair damage to building done by automobile.

  9. Jun 1988
    Permit 8808488 $$$ $16,300

    Interior remodel, bathrm, relocate stair.

  10. Nov 1988
    Permit 8816906 $$$ $3,800

    Interior remodel to existing office.

  11. Jun 2008
    Permit 200806053785 $$$ $8,000

    Work @ one unit only. replace existing cabinets, counter, sink & faucet with new in same location. install new flooring.

  12. Jul 2009
    Permit 200907102357 $$$ $3,500

    Reroofing - repair only.

  13. Jan 2015
    Issued Permit 201501095368 $$$ $25,000

    One unit only. replace existing cabinets, counters, sinks and faucets in bathroom and kitchen. replace toilet and shower in bath. new fixutres. new floors in bathroom and kitchen. paining in bath and kitchen. no structural work in bath and kitchen.

  14. May 2015
    Issued Permit 201505216948 $$$ $5,000

    Permit for exploratory demolition throughout unit for purpose of voluntary seismic upgrade dwgs; in advance hereof.

  15. Jun 2015
    Issued Permit 201506037933 $$$ $130,000

    Voluntary seismic improvements, expansion of mezzanine by 142 sq ft. 20% ada improvements - entry, unisex bathroom & stair. new exterior doors on douglass side.

  16. Oct 2016
    Issued Permit 201610241061 $$$ $1

    Revision for title 24 ref permit application 201506037933.

  17. Mar 2017
    Issued Permit M765027

    Streetspace.

  18. Dec 2020
    Permit 202012019930 $$$ $35,000

    Remodel bath and kitchen like for like.

  19. Jun 2023
    Issued Permit 202306260832 $$$ $2,500

    In-kind repair/replace dry-rot in wood deck of existing roof structure. less than 50%.

3 nominal $1 street-space permits and 4 expired or cancelled permits are omitted. The assessor's roll gives 1902; the 2017 Corbett Heights context statement dates the building to 1893.

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