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District 3 · Block 0190, Lot 005 · ZIP 94108

1201 Mason Street

Building

  • 39,643 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned P
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark
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  1. 1885–1887

    Built in 1885–87 for the Powell Street Railway's cars and cable machinery, near the original spring and reservoir of the Spring Valley Water Company; the railway merged into the Ferries and Cliff House Railway in 1887, whose name and that year are on both street fronts, and the line passed to the Municipal Railway in 1944.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  2. 1900

    Built.

  3. 1906

    Most of the original three-storey building burned in the 1906 fire; it was rebuilt with two storeys to much the same appearance, and the cable engines, steam-driven until then, were converted to electric motors.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  4. 1971

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 43, Cable Car Barn and Power House.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  5. June 17, 1971

    The City Planning Commission approved designating the Cable Car Barn and Powerhouse as a City Landmark.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. August 26, 1971

    By 26 August 1971, the Board of Supervisors had approved, on second reading, designating the Cable Car Barn and Power House as a city landmark.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  7. Mar 2015
    Issued Permit 201503251820 $$$ $1,028

    To install 2 fire sprinkler heads in new office.

  8. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507313054 $$$ $20,000

    Sfmta radio upgrade project install dis server, install cables, coax, h yberflex, fiber optic dc in conduits and trays. install antennas on balast mounts on roof and building.

  9. Mar 2022
    Issued Permit 202203180316 $$$ $199,999

    In-kind replacement of 3 exterior rollup doors for cable car barn. project is categorically exempt from the california environmental quality act. ceqa# 2021-006989env. cpa# 2021-006989coa.

  10. Feb 2024
    Issued Permit 202402286705 $$$ $199,999

    Revision to permit application 202203180316. the project consists of in kind replacement of the three exterior roll up door for the cable car barn located at 1201 mason st. the project is categercally exempt from the ca enviornmental quality act. ceqa #2021006989 env. coa # 2021006989coa.

  11. May 2026
    Issued Permit 202605131186 $$$ $190,000

    Recommencement and completion of work approved under permit application 202203180316 & 202402286705.

2 expired permits are omitted. The building is dated 1885–1887 in its landmark designation; the assessor's roll gives 1900.

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