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746 Castro Street

Castro (Eureka Valley) · San Francisco, CA 94114

  • Single-family house
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RH-2
  • District 8
  • Historic status: historic resource
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2,916 sq ftBuilding area
3,125 sq ftLot area
7Rooms · 1 bath
  1. 1892

    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
  2. 1896

    Built.

  3. Sep 1983
    Permit 8309087 $$$ $5,000

    Foundation raised in various areas.

  4. Jul 1985
    Permit 8507957 $$$ $450

    Access hole opened in the concrete foundation wall.

  5. Jul 1990
    Permit 9014115 $$$ $2,000

    Deck in rear yard replaced.

  6. Aug 1991
    Permit 9114464 $$$ $2,000

    Voluntary seismic strengthening.

  7. Oct 1991
    Permit 9120051 $$$ $5,000

    Structural support repaired; tongue-and-groove siding repaired and replaced.

  8. May 1994
    Permit 9407161 $$$ $9,400

    Reroofing.

  9. Jul 1994
    Permit 9411543 $$$ $5,400

    Portion of existing storage removed, water heater moved, plumbing work.

  10. Jul 1995
    Permit 9510533 $$$ $5,400

    Kitchen alteration; door and window added, interior wall removed.

  11. Feb 2000
    Permit 200002081331 $$$ $5,000

    Second-floor bathroom remodel.

  12. Sep 2001
    Permit 200109289477 $$$ $9,500

    New trellis on the rear facade; rear deck and stair repaired for dry rot.

  13. May 2026
    Filed Permit 202605292197 $$$ $750,000

    Interior remodel at the top unit and a dormer addition of up to 8 × 8 feet; lower unit relocated to the basement.

15 permits on file; an expired street-space permit (2001), a 1995 valuation amendment and a 1989 cancelled cross-reference are omitted from the page. 1 cancelled permit is not shown. The assessor's roll gives 1896; this address is recorded as built 1892. The assessor roll records one dwelling unit, but permit applications 202509155299 and 202605292197 refer to a 'top unit' and a 'lower unit'. The two sources disagree; neither has been reconciled here.

Open question · how many units?

The assessor roll records a single dwelling unit, but both recent permit applications describe a "top unit" and a "lower unit." The two city sources disagree; this page does not resolve it.

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