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District 8 · Block 2752, Lot 014 · ZIP 94114

Charles Hinkel House

740 Castro Street · Eureka Valley

  • 3 stories
  • 3,050 ft2
  • 3,123 ft2 lot area
  • 11 rooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic resource
  • Sold July 31, 2019
Land$3,200,006
Improvements$1,658,579
Total assessed$4,858,585
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  1. 1892

    The Charles Hinkel House, built by Charles L. Hinkel in the Eureka Valley blocks he was then building through.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  2. March 6, 1895

    Advertised for sale as a standing residence.

    The San Francisco Call, 6 March 1895, p. 9 — classified advertisement
  3. September 4, 1895

    Offered new with 742 and 744 at $5,250 — reception hall, parlors, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms and a finished basement, with sanitary plumbing and steam heating throughout; lots 25 × 125 feet. Agents Tobin & McNally.

    The San Francisco Call, 4 September 1895, p. 13 — classified advertisement
  4. 1900

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

  5. Aug 1993
    Permit 9313731 $$$ $7,000

    Rotted wall removed and replaced; footing and stair rail raised.

  6. Apr 1995
    Permit 9505249 $$$ $9,000

    Reroofing.

  7. Jul 1997
    Permit 9712921 $$$ $5,000

    Bathroom remodel with new plumbing and electrical.

  8. May 1998
    Permit 9808850 $$$ $30,000

    Horizontal addition.

  9. Jun 2011
    Permit 201106309326 $$$ $60,000

    Kitchen, powder room and pantry remodel with new electrical.

  10. Oct 2019
    Permit 201910114224 $$$ $100,000

    Interior remodel of two baths, half bath relocated at main level, new sliding doors at the den.

  11. Jan 2021
    Permit 202101072244 $$$ $160,000

    Revised den access to the rear patio; new rear yard landscaping.

  12. May 2021
    Permit 202105210825 $$$ $360,000

    Garage expansion and foundation replacement, with living space added at basement level.

12 permits on file; a $0 withdrawn revision (2022) and a $100 skylight revision (2000) are omitted from the page. 2 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor's roll gives 1900; this address is recorded as built 1892. The assessor gives 1900, but the house was advertised for sale in March 1895 and offered as new in September 1895. The record is not consistent about this building: dated 1892 in the project list; the narrative puts the move here at 1891. Three dates are on record and none of them agree: the assessor gives 1900, the house is advertised for sale here in March 1895 and offered new that September, and the 2017 Eureka Valley context statement dates it 1892 where it lists Charles Hinkel's work and 1891 where it recommends the landmarking.

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