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District 8 · Block 2650, Lot 034 · ZIP 94114

109 Douglass Street

4-unit apartment building · Eureka Valley

  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RM-1
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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The lots immediately north held the California Brewing Company's plant from 1892 until 1915, when the city bought their Douglass Street frontage for the Market Street extension. A service station stood on what was left of the ground from 1932 until it was demolished in 1980, and condominiums took the site in 1982.

4,550 sq ftBuilding area
4,621 sq ftLot area
16Rooms · 4 baths
  1. 1895

    Built.

  2. August 24, 1896

    Water service was connected on 24 August 1896, while the house was going up.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 9 (1 September 2026)
  3. October 1896

    Completed in October 1896, a Beaux Arts house built for Henry Peters (1858–1930), one of the four partners in the California Brewing Company next door.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 9 (1 September 2026)
  4. September 15, 1915

    The brewery next door came down after the city bought its Douglass Street frontage for the Market Street extension — $80,000 to the company and $69,000 to the owner of this house, recorded on 15 September 1915.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 9 (1 September 2026)
  5. 1920

    Sold in 1920.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "September Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 9 (1 September 2026)
  6. Sep 2011
    Permit 201109074006 $$$ $9,000

    Replace existing rear 2nd exit stairway in kind, same size same location. peplace 1 dryrotted beam in kind at rea above exit stairway at rear. comply with nov 201152835.

  7. Aug 2014
    Permit 201408042891 $$$ $10,000

    Replace exterior entry stairs in-kind.

  8. Sep 2014
    Permit 201409267392 $$$ $8,000

    Replace in kind existing fence and door at side yard at front of building. fence is 8' high. part of the means of egress for residential units.

  9. Sep 2018
    Issued Permit 201809069302 $$$ $37,800

    Reroofing.

  10. Jun 2021
    Permit 202106081925 $$$ $15,000

    Replacement in kind of egress stairs at sideyard.

1 nominal $1 street-space permit and 3 expired permits are omitted. The assessor's roll gives 1895; a water-service record and an April 1896 directory listing date completion to October 1896. The assessor's roll dates the building to 1895; a water-service record of August 1896 and a directory listing of April 1896 put its completion in October 1896. Neither year has been checked against a building permit.

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