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District 8 · Block 2752, Lot 006 · ZIP 94114

712 Castro Street

Single-family house · Eureka Valley

  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic status: historic resource
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2,950 sq ftBuilding area
3,125 sq ftLot area
8Rooms · 4 bed, 3 bath
  1. 1888

    Built.

  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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