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District 6 · Block 3735, Lot 055 · ZIP 94105

Marine Fireman's Union Hall

240 Second Street

  • Office building
  • 2 stories
  • 19,912 ft2
  • 21,396 ft2 lot area
  • 31 rooms
  • 7 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3S
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1956

    The hall of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders and Wipers Association was built in 1956, one of a group of maritime union buildings on Rincon Hill. The Planning Department proposed it for City landmark designation in the draft Transit Center District Plan of 2009.

    222 Second Street Office Project DEIR, SF Planning Dept., 2010
  2. 1957

    Built as the Marine Fireman's Union hall, with murals by Lucienne Bloch and Stephen Poe Dimitroff. The Transit Center District Plan historic survey found it eligible for the National Register for its associations with San Francisco's labour movement and for its architecture.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  3. May 27, 1957

    Photographed, showing the Marine Firemen's Union building.

  4. Sep 1985
    Permit 8510163 $$$ $29,300

    Install sodier beams and tiebacks.

  5. Sep 1996
    Permit 9617240 $$$ $39,905

    Reroofing.

  6. May 1998
    Permit 9808144 $$$ $15,000

    Shoring & underpinning per new const 9802467s.

  7. 2008

    Recorded in the city's 2008 survey of the Transit Center District, adopted in 2012, as an individually significant building.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  8. May 2013
    Permit 201305036121 $$$ $100,000

    Tiebacks as a result of the new construction on 222 2nd street project. (reference permit application 200711309386s).

1 cancelled permit is omitted.

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