56 Mars Street

Corbett Heights · San Francisco, CA 94114

  • Built 1900
  • Two units
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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Standing in photographs of Mars Street from 1895, 1906 and 1912. Planning has since assessed the building and concluded it is not a historical resource.

1,850 sq ftBuilding area
2,330 sq ftLot area
11Rooms

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 52 and 64 Mars, already showing alteration.

Permit history

  1. May 2022

    Horizontal addition of 670 sq ft above 56 and 56A Mars Street.

    Issued Permit 202205254962 $$$ $367,835
  2. Jul 2010

    Rock intrusions removed from the lower level; new foundations and concrete floor slabs.

    Complete Permit 201007156722 $$$ $75,000
  3. Jan 2010

    56A Mars Street assigned as the legal address of the rear unit.

  4. Jan 2010

    Two bathrooms and the kitchen remodelled.

    Complete Permit 201001124542 $$$ $20,000
  5. Dec 2009

    Three worn stair treads replaced.

    Complete Permit 200912113075 $$$ $200
  6. Dec 1990

    Illegal kitchen removed and a new wall built to close the room.

    Complete Permit 9024908 $$$ $2,500

Not yet documented: the builder and first owner, and whether the 2022 addition was built. 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.