152 Church Street

1. 1905

   Construction began on a vacant 60-by-120-foot lot for San Francisco's Danish community, whose building fund started with 500 Kroner sent by Queen Louise of Denmark.

   Duboce Triangle Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
2. 1906

   Nearly complete when the earthquake struck, the church came through without much damage and its sanctuary was put straight into use by the Red Cross as a field hospital and a shelter for the injured.

   Duboce Triangle Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. April 6, 1906

   Completed as the Ansgar Danish Lutheran Church twelve days before the earthquake; it survived and served as a relief centre. The Danish and Finnish Lutheran parishes merged in the 1960s and it was renamed St. Francis Lutheran Church.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
4. 1965

   Renamed Saint Francis Lutheran Church after the congregation merged with the nearby First Finnish (Gethsemene) Lutheran Church of 50 Belcher Street. The statement dates the merger to 1964 in one passage and 1965 in another.

   Duboce Triangle Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
5. Oct 1984

   Add 1 bathrm.

   Expired Permit 8411410 $$$ $8,000
6. Nov 1984

   Bathroom to be removed & made into a sacristy.

   Expired Permit 8412192 $$$ $6,000
7. Sep 1985

   Elevator shoft.

   Complete Permit 8510348 $$$ $14,800
8. Oct 1985

   Installation of private residence elevator.

   Complete Permit 8511961 $$$ $10,900
9. Nov 1986

   Remodel of existing ground floor parish hall, library.

   Complete Permit 8614293 $$$ $62,000
10. Sep 1989

    Install aluminum windows.

    Expired Permit 8918257 $$$ $4,570
11. Nov 1990

    Repair face brick with to code anchorage & anchor existing brick.

    Complete Permit 9023055 $$$ $7,500
12. Sep 1995

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9514290 $$$ $6,500
13. Sep 1997

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9717304 $$$ $2,000
14. Oct 1998

    Site improvement terrace, stairs, walls, ramp, drainage, sewer fe.

    Expired Permit 9822191 $$$ $600,000
15. Jul 1999

    Revision to app #9822191.

    Expired Permit 9913580 $$$ $200
16. Aug 1999

    Fully sprinklered building.

    Complete Permit 9915712 $$$ $29,500
17. Sep 1999

    Life safety test.

    Cancelled Permit 9919096 $$$ $16,000
18. Jul 2000

    As built/sprinkler plans only.

    Complete Permit 200007205684 $$$ $1
19. Aug 2000

    Furnish & install life safteyfor building.

    Expired Permit 200008097431 $$$ $12,000
20. May 2001

    Permit extension 9822191.

    Complete Permit 200105088635 $$$ $500
21. Oct 2002

    Install sprinklers linked to fire protection system/revision to app #98922191/9913580.

    Complete Permit 200210028028 $$$ $1
22. 2007

    San Francisco City Landmark No. 39.

    Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
23. Feb 2011

    Replace door/window unit at the south exterior wall of the first floor meeting room.

    Complete Permit 201102140168 $$$ $8,500
24. Jul 2012

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201207175040 $$$ $10,800
25. Jun 2013

    Replacement in kind of 2 interior doors water damaged, 1 breakroom/closet & 1 breakrm/mud rm, due to damaged condition of existing doors, remove existing water damaged base cabinet, replace in kind with new cabinets. work will involve no change of existing plumbing or electrical work or fixtures, none of work is occuring.

    Complete Permit 201306260501 $$$ $2,600
26. Aug 2024

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 202408138586 $$$ $70,000
27. Aug 2024

    Install 18 new sets of double hung wood sashes into existing window opening. new windows in kind and not visible from the street.

    Complete Permit 202408299735 $$$ $4,000

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.