39–49 Spofford Street

1. 1907

   Built.

2. June 20, 1909

   Steinhard & Herthel contracted to put up a three-storey class C building for the Chinese Free Masons' Society.

   The San Francisco Call, 20 June 1909, p. 43
3. October 1967

   James A. Martin photographed the property.

   James A. Martin Color Slides of San Francisco (SFP 169), San Francisco Public Library
4. Apr 1987

   Issued Permit 8704821 $$$ $5

   Dahi code compliance.

5. Dec 1998

   Permit 9825356 $$$ $70,000

   Seismic refrofit.

6. Feb 2008

   Permit 200802255536 $$$ $1

   Comply with residential hotel sprinkler oridinance # 170-02; renew permit application # 200210229618 for final inspection.

7. Jul 2014

   Permit 201407151289 $$$ $42,650

   Tear off existing old main roof +/- 5, 500sf and clean up ensuring that the surface is clean dry and free of dust and debris. install cant strips for vertical joints. apply #28 asphalt impregnated-nonperforated nail down over the entire roof deck. install new m/b roofing material granule typesurface.

8. Apr 2015

   Permit 201504204116 $$$ $1,000

   To comply with complaint#201537191. install knob bars @ water closet & bathrooms facilities per dao-1 only in 4 toilets & 4 showers.

9. Jun 2023

   Permit 202306281001 $$$ $39,875

   Upgrade existing fire alarm devices to be replaced including manual pull stations and smoke detectors. existing bells to be replaced with horn/strobes & strobes. units to have 520hz lf audibles installed. facp shall be moniitores with starlink 24v cell gsm - sole path communication.

1 expired permit is omitted. The 1909 contract on this lot was let by the Chinese Free Masons' Society, whose headquarters a citywide context statement puts across the alley at 36 Spofford, rebuilt for the society in 1907; whether the society built on both sides of the alley is not recorded.