{
  "address": "199 Museum Way, San Francisco, CA 94114",
  "path": "/san-francisco/castro/museum-way/199/",
  "sub_area": "Corbett Heights",
  "hook": "The Corona Heights site the city dedicated to Josephine Randall in 1951 as its junior museum.",
  "apn": "2615002",
  "block": "2615",
  "lot": "002",
  "eas_baseid": "483663",
  "coordinates": {
    "lat": 37.764423,
    "lng": -122.438148
  },
  "also_addressed": [
    "122 STATES ST"
  ],
  "parcel": {
    "year_built": 1955,
    "units": 1,
    "stories": 1,
    "rooms": 3,
    "lot_area_sqft": 721266,
    "building_area_sqft": 1338,
    "use": "Miscellaneous/Mixed-Use",
    "property_class": "Vacant Lot Public Use",
    "construction_type_code": "D",
    "zoning": "P",
    "supervisor_district": 8,
    "assessor_neighborhood": "Corona Heights",
    "analysis_neighborhood": "Castro/Upper Market",
    "property_location_raw": "0000 0122 STATES              ST0000",
    "note": "The assessor's roll files this parcel as public open space at 122 States Street; its 721,266 sq ft lot area and $0 assessed value are for the whole of Corona Heights Park, not the museum building alone, and the 1,338 sq ft building area and other structural figures are minimal for a museum whose 2014–2018 permits describe a full interior renovation. EAS separately carries 199 Museum Way as this parcel's address, which is the museum's own; several of its own building permits name it the Randall Museum."
  },
  "assessment": {
    "roll_year": 2025,
    "assessed_land_value": 0,
    "assessed_improvement_value": 0,
    "note": "Publicly owned parkland carries no assessed value on the roll; no land/improvement split is charted."
  },
  "historic_status": {
    "ceqa_status_code": "A",
    "ceqa_status_code_article_10_11": "A",
    "ceqa_status_label": "Historical resource; eligible California Register historic district",
    "reason": "California Register Historic District",
    "yearbuilt": 1955,
    "in_article_10_11_historic_district": false,
    "source": "sf-planning"
  },
  "building_type": "institutional",
  "historic_district": {
    "name": "Midcentury Recreation Historic District (Discontiguous)",
    "article_11": "No",
    "article_10": "No",
    "california_register": "Eligible",
    "national_register": "No",
    "period_of_significance": "1947–1961",
    "source": "sf-historic-districts"
  },
  "permits": [
    {
      "number": "201712116006",
      "type": "otc alterations permit",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "2017-12-11",
      "estimated_cost": 50000,
      "description": "A new cafe and prep kitchen built as a tenant improvement.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201708245727",
      "type": "otc alterations permit",
      "status": "issued",
      "filed": "2017-08-24",
      "estimated_cost": 200000,
      "description": "New electrical service installed, amending the scope of an earlier renovation permit.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201707121636",
      "type": "otc alterations permit",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "2017-07-12",
      "estimated_cost": 28000,
      "description": "Countertops and sinks replaced, and electrical outlets in the counter areas replaced; layouts unchanged.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201608175183",
      "type": "otc alterations permit",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "2016-08-17",
      "estimated_cost": 1000,
      "description": "Evacuation maps posted for the basement, first and mezzanine floors.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201608114823",
      "type": "additions alterations or repairs",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "2016-08-11",
      "estimated_cost": 50000,
      "description": "A new addressable fire alarm system installed, with sprinkler monitoring, elevator recall, fire door release and full building coverage.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201604275868",
      "type": "otc alterations permit",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "2016-04-27",
      "estimated_cost": 46800,
      "description": "117 new sprinklers installed for the lower-level renovation, with a new fire service line off Roosevelt Way.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201512185449",
      "type": "otc alterations permit",
      "status": "issued",
      "filed": "2015-12-18",
      "estimated_cost": 150000,
      "description": "Partial demolition of walls and interior renovation of the STEM lab and toddler room at the Randall Museum, including electrical, lighting and finishes.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "201406259468",
      "type": "additions alterations or repairs",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "2014-06-25",
      "estimated_cost": 3500000,
      "description": "A primarily interior renovation: new geology and zoology exhibits, a renovated live-animal exhibit, science lab, multipurpose room, three bathrooms, lobby and concession and office areas, plus a new elevator and accessibility upgrades.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "200103235111",
      "type": "additions alterations or repairs",
      "status": "issued",
      "filed": "2001-03-23",
      "description": "A concrete patio and accessible ramp added, a storage area and entrance gate added, and the garage repaired.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "9318529",
      "type": "additions alterations or repairs",
      "status": "complete",
      "filed": "1993-10-27",
      "estimated_cost": 20000,
      "description": "A horizontal addition built.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    },
    {
      "number": "9114978",
      "type": "additions alterations or repairs",
      "status": "expired",
      "filed": "1991-08-20",
      "estimated_cost": 410000,
      "description": "The auditorium and lobby renovated.",
      "source": "sf-building-permits"
    }
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    "count_on_file": 15,
    "range": "1991–2017",
    "shown_on_page": 11,
    "note": "Four filings on this parcel are omitted: two nominal-cost inspection renewals and a final-inspection permit that only reference the substantive permits shown, and a $1 permit for the underground portion of the 2016 sprinkler work."
  },
  "historical_record": [
    {
      "date": "1935–1941",
      "kind": "public works",
      "description": "The Works Progress Administration built a new playground, fieldhouse, convenience station and tennis courts in the former quarry here — a pair of tennis courts and a convenience station near 15th and Beaver streets.",
      "source": "new-deal-context-statement"
    },
    {
      "date": "1936",
      "kind": "site history",
      "summary": "City purchases the Corona Heights lot",
      "description": "The San Francisco Board of Supervisors purchased the Corona Heights lot for $27,333.",
      "source": "argonaut-vol32-no1-summer2021-dunseth"
    },
    {
      "date": "1941",
      "kind": "site history",
      "description": "The Recreation Commission set aside the Corona Heights site for the museum.",
      "source": "argonaut-vol32-no1-summer2021-dunseth"
    },
    {
      "date": "1947",
      "kind": "site history",
      "description": "San Francisco voters passed a $12 million bond measure to fund a new Junior Museum building.",
      "source": "argonaut-vol32-no1-summer2021-dunseth"
    },
    {
      "date": "1949-09",
      "kind": "site history",
      "description": "The $12 million bond measure's funds were finally appropriated, and construction of the new museum building began.",
      "source": "argonaut-vol32-no1-summer2021-dunseth"
    },
    {
      "date": "1951-09-23",
      "kind": "site history",
      "summary": "Junior museum opens at Corona Heights",
      "description": "The Josephine D. Randall Junior Museum opened at Corona Heights, dedicated in honor of Josephine Randall, the city's superintendent of recreation for twenty-five years; the Recreation and Park Commission suspended its rule against naming buildings for living people to do so.",
      "source": "argonaut-vol32-no1-summer2021-dunseth"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "sf-eas-addresses",
      "name": "SF Enterprise Addressing System via DataSF",
      "query": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/3mea-di5p.json?$where=street_name='MUSEUM'%20AND%20address_number='199'",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-assessor-roll",
      "name": "SF Office of the Assessor-Recorder via DataSF (2025 secured roll)",
      "query": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/wv5m-vpq2.json?parcel_number=2615002&closed_roll_year=2025",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-building-permits",
      "name": "SF Dept. of Building Inspection via DataSF",
      "query": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/i98e-djp9.json?street_number=199&street_name=Museum",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-planning",
      "name": "SF Planning Department — Historic Resource Status by Parcel via DataSF",
      "query": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/3tsw-4idn.json?apn=2615002",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-historic-districts",
      "name": "SF Planning Department — Historic Districts via DataSF",
      "query": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/63x5-g3m4.json?$where=intersects(the_geom,%20'POINT(-122.438147759%2037.764423237)')",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "argonaut-vol32-no1-summer2021-dunseth",
      "name": "Lisa Dunseth, “The Junior Recreation Museum in Balboa Park: The Brainchild of Josephine Randall and Bert Walker,” The Argonaut: Journal of the San Francisco Historical Society, vol. 32, no. 1 (Summer 2021), pp. 64–80",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "new-deal-context-statement",
      "name": "Christopher VerPlanck and Donna Graves, San Francisco New Deal Historic Context Statement: Rebuilding the City, 1933 to 1943, San Francisco Planning Department and San Francisco Heritage, adopted March 1, 2023",
      "query": "https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/SharedLinks.aspx?accesskey=03b7d76ed3d5b9b7a48457e4bc99930486a45f8e13f8b9955e56fcfd504e15a7&VaultGUID=A4A7DACD-B0DC-4322-BD29-F6F07103C6E0",
      "listing": "https://sfplanning.org/project/sf-histories-historic-context-statements#completed",
      "label": "San Francisco New Deal Historic Context Statement, adopted 2023",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-29"
    }
  ],
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    "name": "Randall Museum",
    "sources": [
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    "height": 960,
    "title": "Randall-Museum",
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    "retrieved": "2026-10-23"
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