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District 8 · Block 3583, Lot 061 · ZIP 94114

Harvey Milk Residence and Castro Camera

573–575 Castro Street · Eureka Valley

  • 2-unit building with a ground-floor store
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned CASTRO
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • City landmark (Article 10)
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2,750 sq ftBuilding area
3,123 sq ftLot area
7Rooms · 2 baths
  1. 1900

    Built.

  2. 1973

    Harvey Milk opened a small camera shop at 573 Castro Street and lived above it at 575. He ran for the Board of Supervisors that year, lost, and was elected in 1977 as the first openly gay person to win public office in California.

    Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
  3. May 1999
    Permit 9909432 $$$ $1,500

    Remodel 9e) kitchen and bath new fixtures & flooring.

  4. May 1999
    Permit 9910013 $$$ $7,500

    Pay fine two times penalty on complt-9909432 attached sht.

  5. Apr 2005
    Permit 200504271055 $$$ $13,350

    Reroofing.

  6. Nov 2018
    Issued Permit 201811014812 $$$ $975

    Decals for window signage not exceeding 1/3 window area. approved per article 10. meets transparency guidelines. no other work. apply decal to interior of windows - harvey milk.

  7. Apr 2019
    Reinstated Permit 201904188414 $$$ $5,000

    To comply with enf# 2018-017359 enf. to reconstruct historic storefront projecting element was removed without permit. reconstructed storefront element to match original in dimension, profile, material & finish include installation of metal fascia consistent with internation style historic storefront.

1 nominal $1 street-space permit and 6 expired or cancelled permits are omitted. Two of the city's context statements date the opening of Castro Camera differently — one to 1971, the other to 1973.

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