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District 8 · Block 2752, Lot 006 · ZIP 94114

712 Castro Street

Single-family house · Eureka Valley

  • 3 stories
  • 2,950 ft2
  • 3,125 ft2 lot area
  • 8 rooms
  • 4 bedrooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic resource
  • Sold September 24, 2015
Land$2,817,435
Improvements$1,417,185
Total assessed$4,234,620
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  1. 1888

    Assessor’s “built” date. Built by Charles L. Hinkel.

  2. 1894

    Built by Charles L. Hinkel, whose family firm was among the Bay Area's leading residential builders in the late nineteenth century; his work is marked by canted narrow windows with keystone lintels, pedimented gables with boxed eaves and prominent scrolled brackets.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  3. August 2, 1900

    Slightly damaged by a fire that began at 708 and 710 Castro Street and spread along the row.

    The San Francisco Call, 3 August 1900, p. 12 — “Fire on Castro Street”
  4. Feb 2011
    Permit 201102079754 $$$ $150,000

    Interior remodel, window replacement at front facade and new 2 bay windows at rear facade and deck.

  5. Oct 2016
    Permit 201610210946 $$$ $40,000

    Replace existing brick footings with mat slab for single family dwelling. voluntary plywood stiffening per plan.

  6. Nov 2016
    Permit 201611183072 $$$ $3,000

    Replace existing 7'-4" garage door wwith 8'-6" garage door.

  7. Nov 2016
    Permit 201611303724 $$$ $70,000

    Interior remodeling per plan. relocate dining room and kitchen on 2nd floor. remodel existing family room/laundry at ground floor. remodel existing bathroom at ground floor. remove all existing brick fireplaces. foundation approved under 201610210946.

  8. Mar 2017
    Permit 201703242237 $$$ $5,000

    Replace existing dry rotted front stairs in kind.

  9. Sep 2017
    Permit 201709127741 $$$ $3,000

    Revision to permit application 201703242237 - add handrail to stair in kind with wood rail and ballisters.

  10. Sep 2017
    Permit 201709209067 $$$ $1

    Revision to app#201709127741 to add stair railing detail.

  11. Oct 2017
    Permit 201710020142 $$$ $8,000

    Provide new landscaping wall at rear yard. wall to be capped with 42" guardrailing.

  12. Apr 2018
    Permit 201804105986 $$$ $10,000

    Provide new site retaining wall in front of existing leaning site retaining wall at rear property line.

  13. Apr 2024
    Permit 202404099599 $$$ $20,000

    Bathroom remodel. no wall removal on the top floor.

2 nominal $1 street-space permits are omitted. The assessor's roll gives 1888; this address is recorded as built 1894.

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