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District 8 · Block 2654, Lot 009 · ZIP 94114

56 Mars Street

Two-flat · Corbett Heights

  • 2 stories
  • 1,850 ft2
  • 2,330 ft2 lot area
  • 11 rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Not a historic resource
  • Sold October 3, 2012
Land$1,228,343
Improvements$526,428
Total assessed$1,754,771
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  1. c. 1895

    Standing in a photograph of Mars Street from Kite Hill (OpenSFHistory wnp27.6091).

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "January Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 1 (1 January 2026)
  2. 1900

    Built.

  3. April 1906

    Visible above the earthquake refugee camp at Corbett and Mars (OpenSFHistory wnp37.00189).

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "January Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 1 (1 January 2026)
  4. 1912

    Photographed at close range with 52 and 64 Mars, already altered (San Francisco History Center, SFPL).

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "January Neighborhood News", Vol. VIII, No. 1 (1 January 2026)
  5. Dec 1990
    Permit 9024908 $$$ $2,500

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

  6. Dec 2009
    Permit 200912113075 $$$ $200

    Three worn stair treads replaced.

  7. Jan 2010
    Issued Permit M187966

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

  8. Jan 2010
    Permit 201001124542 $$$ $20,000

    Two bathrooms and the kitchen remodelled.

  9. Jul 2010
    Permit 201007156722 $$$ $75,000

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

  10. May 2022
    Issued Permit 202205254962 $$$ $367,835

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

The assessor records 1900; the c. 1895 photograph shows the house already standing. The assessor's 1900 date is later than the photograph of about 1895 in which the house already appears.

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