Alfred Clarke House

1. 1885

   Built.

2. 1890

   The owner bought a seventeen-acre parcel near Douglass and Caselli and, dissatisfied with the water available, built a holding basin, pumping engine, storage dam and boiler near the house and ran a rival water company supplying local residents. The Board of Health condemned the wells as unfit for domestic use in 1891, and supply to Eureka Valley and Clarendon Heights ended in 1893.

   Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
3. 1891

   Built 1891–1892 on the 8.65-acre Johnson, Ellis, & Burke subdivision, at 78 by 107 feet more than twice the size of most lots in the neighborhood.

   Corbett Heights Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
4. 1896

   Occupied as a hospital, 1896–1909, then converted to apartments; known as the Victor Apartments by 1913 and leased by Standard Oil for employee housing during the Second World War. It was the only apartment building in the neighborhood on the 1914 Sanborn map, with fourteen units.

   Corbett Heights Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
5. 1897

   The California Medical College ran the house as the Maclean Hospital and Sanitarium; the College of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco took it over in 1901 and ran it as California General Hospital, and by 1906 it was in use as the Jefferson Hospital.

   Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
6. April 18, 1906

   Recently vacated by the Maclean Hospital, the building was pressed back into use as a temporary hospital and relief centre after the earthquake and fire.

   Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
7. circa 1957

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
8. December 7, 1975

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 80, the Alfred E. (Nobby) Clarke Mansion.

   Corbett Heights Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
9. Oct 1986

   Permit 8613680 $$$ $300

   Created during job card update on: 04/29/91.

10. Dec 1986

    Permit 8615519 $$$ $4,000

    Remodel kitchen - new cabinets, sink move range 5".

11. May 1993

    Permit 9308658 $$$ $10,000

    Remod kitchen & bath-apart # 8-cabs, floors, drywl repr.

12. Aug 1996

    Permit 9614733 $$$ $900

    Legalize rooms on hobby room & storage, revise/renew #9500442.

13. Apr 2000

    Permit 200004248038 $$$ $13,000

    Remove and replace worn & rotted sta ir treads and risers, replace rooted siding.

14. Jul 2000

    Permit 200007205674 $$$ $3,500

    Replace stair stringer, rotted and infested with termites in fron.

15. Aug 2005

    Permit 200508241098 $$$ $52,000

    Reroofing.

16. Dec 2005

    Permit 200512089873 $$$ $7,000

    Reroofing.

17. Dec 2014

    Permit 201412304659 $$$ $25,000

    One unit: new plumbing & electrical fixtures in bath and kitchen. new kitchen cabinets, new paint.

18. Oct 2022

    Permit 202210033625 $$$ $22,000

    Installation of new fire alarm sys. with new control panel. smoke deteector above and pull station near panel in partly sprinkled building (common area on all fl). radio for sys monitoring and low freq sounders in sleeping rooms.

19. Dec 2022

    Permit 202212279173 $$$ $1

    As-built to permit application 2022-1003-3625, correct 2 local smoke alarms with strobes in ada room from new to existing. install 4 pull stations on all floors above ground.

1 nominal $1 street-space permit and 5 expired permits are omitted. The assessor's roll gives 1885; the 2017 Corbett Heights context statement dates the building to 1891.