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52 Mars Street

Corbett Heights · San Francisco, CA 94114

  • Built 1900
  • Three units
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic status: surveyed, unevaluated
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Photographed on Mars Street in 1895, 1906 and 1912, and greatly altered after the street was rebuilt in the 1920s.

2,075 sq ftBuilding area
2,500 sq ftLot area
10Rooms

Documented history

  1. c. 1895

    Standing in a photograph of Mars Street taken from Kite Hill.

  2. April 1906

    Visible above the earthquake refugee camp at Corbett and Mars.

  3. 1912

    Photographed at close range with its neighbours at 56 and 64 Mars.

  4. After 1921

    Greatly altered; a photograph taken from 17th Street that year still shows it unaltered.

Permit history

  1. Nov 2022

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 202211176783 $$$ $14,000
  2. Mar 2022

    Dry-rotted walls and roof repaired and replaced, documenting damage under notice of violation 202184996.

    Complete Permit 202203250918 $$$ $61,000
  3. Jul 2021

    Plumbing and electrical replaced in kind at the rear of the building; non-structural.

    Complete Permit 202107013652 $$$ $12,000
  4. Aug 1997

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9715718 $$$ $7,300
  5. Dec 1995

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9520670 $$$ $5,250
  6. Feb 1992

    Roof rafters and sheathing replaced; partial reroof.

    Complete Permit 9202633 $$$ $16,000

Not yet documented: the builder and first owner, and which alterations were made after 1921. The assessor's 1900 date is later than the photograph of about 1895 in which the house already appears. Know any of it? Tell us — just describe it in plain words.