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District 8 · Block 3582, Lot 058 · ZIP 94114

489–491 Castro Street

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

  • 2 stories
  • 2,395 ft2 lot area
  • 6 rooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned CASTRO
  • Historic resource
  • Sold October 29, 2014
Land$1,611,677
Improvements$1,074,449
Total assessed$2,686,126
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  1. 1911

    Built.

  2. May 13, 1911

    B. A. F. Carson contracted to put up a two-storey frame building, at $4,350.

    The San Francisco Call, 13 May 1911, p. 25
  3. Apr 1985
    Permit 8503737 $$$ $5,000

    Remove existing non-bearing partitions.

  4. 1987

    A Different Light Bookstore opened here in autumn 1987, the third in a small chain; it hosted writing workshops and the planning meetings that led to the first national lesbian and gay literary conference in 1990.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  5. Apr 1994
    Permit 9405171 $$$ $10,000

    Remove raised floor rebuild toilet rm per dpw notice 3-8-94.

  6. Jun 1995
    Permit 9509863 $$$ $800

    Repair water dmge to existingskylight, roof repair to existingskylights.

  7. Apr 2005
    Permit 200504220680 $$$ $24,000

    Reroofing.

  8. Mar 2024
    Permit 202403067203 $$$ $350

    Accessible business entrance program per ordinance 51-16 install wireless door bell and signage as equivalant facilitaion infeasibilty abe# 20190214850.

2 expired or cancelled permits are omitted.

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