15–17 Temple Street

1. 1891

   A four-room cottage of 895 square feet went up at number 17 about 1891, and stood in that form until 2014.

   Corbett Heights Neighbors, "February Neighborhood News", Vol. VII, No. 2 (1 February 2025)
2. 1910

   Built.

3. 1910

   Home from about 1910 to 1919 of Alexander Horr (1873–1947), the Hungarian-born anarchist bookseller and author of Fabian Anarchism, secretary of the Auto Bus Operators' Union, who stood for governor of California in 1922 and for mayor of San Francisco in 1931. The cottage was offered for sale in 1919 at $1,800 with $50 down.

   Corbett Heights Neighbors, "February Neighborhood News", Vol. VII, No. 2 (1 February 2025)
4. Jul 1991

   Permit 9111973 $$$ $2,000

   Repair rafters or replace.

5. Jul 1991

   Permit 9112280 $$$ $5,000

   Reroofing.

6. May 1993

   Permit 9308659 $$$ $2,000

   Remove rear stairs.

7. Mar 1995

   Permit 9503819 $$$ $1,000

   Bolt foundation.

8. Feb 2014

   Issued Permit 201402269412 $$$ $300

   Comply with complaint #201452621. repair back stairs to yard less than 50%.

9. Apr 2014

   Permit 201404223783 $$$ $500,000

   Vertical & horizontal addition. remodel 2 story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, single family residence to a 3 story duplex.

10. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803194058 $$$ $1

    To comply with complaint #201838421 revised demolition calcs per sq ft panning ref 201404223783.

11. Apr 2018

    Permit 201804095865 $$$ $13,000

    Install a new residential fire sprinklers system 43 new fire sprinklers heads. 15'-0 underground 2" copper. ref permit application 201404223783.

12. May 2018

    Permit 201805159196 $$$ $1

    This is a revision to permit # 201404223783, revise window sizes & locations at south wall, revise shear wall lalyout at south wall, revise bath & laundry layout at 3rd fl.

13. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810011857 $$$ $3,500

    Installation of a dedicated function sprinkler monitoring system. ref pa 2018-0409-5865.

14. Dec 2018

    Permit 201812188594 $$$ $25,000

    Revision to pa 2014-0422-3783 and 2018-0515-9196 add 2 skylights, change framing @ rear 2nd fl deck from cantilever to post & beam. the deck footprint is to remain unchanged - delete rear spiral stiars & deck. reconfigure windows @ east (rear) elevation.

15. 2019

    A remodel proposed in 2014 was finished in 2019, raising the cottage to three storeys and two units.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "February Neighborhood News", Vol. VII, No. 2 (1 February 2025)
16. Feb 2019

    Issued Permit 201902011849 $$$ $1

    Administration permit to correct unit count on permit application 201404223783 from single family dweling to two residential dwelling unit, add new address to 2nd unit at block 2646, lot 031 as 15 temple street.

17. Feb 2022

    Permit 202202158018 $$$ $2,500

    To comply with nov# 202185108 & 202286944. to restore wall that was illegally removed between two units.

18. May 2024

    Issued Permit 202405212608 $$$ $25,000

    Add new exterior stairs to the existing deck going down to the rear garden and add new fire rated wall next to it at the property line. add new fire rated windows at the property line wall.

19. Jul 2026

    Issued Permit 202607094809 $$$ $500,000

    Following leak renovation in kind of 2 floors drywall, insulation, flooring, cabinetry.

3 nominal $1 street-space permits and 4 expired or cancelled permits are omitted. The assessor's roll gives 1910; the neighbourhood history dates the original cottage to about 1891. The assessor's roll gives 1910 as the year built; the neighbourhood history dates the cottage that stood here until 2014 to about 1891.