J. W. Burdette Building

1. 1903

   Bourdette Building, designed by Bliss & Faville.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
2. May 1903

   Silverware wholesaler William B. Glidden bought the corner lot for about $50,000, announcing plans for a six-storey brick building.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. August 1903

   Owner William B. Glidden contracted with Bliss & Faville as architects and J. C. Bateman as builder for the building, at a contract price of $9,300.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. 1904

   Corey & Phillips' saloon, which also served a 'Mercantile Lunch', opened on the ground floor and traded there until 1912.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
5. January 1904

   Construction of the building was completed.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
6. February 1904

   McCosker & Alford, importers of linens, woolens, silks and dress goods, set up office and storeroom on the upper floor.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. 1905

   Built as the Burdette Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
8. April 1905

   Glidden sold the building to attorney John W. Bourdette for a little under $90,000.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
9. 1906

   Built by J. C. Bateman.

10. 1906

    The A. S. Keeler Company, hardware merchants and manufacturers' agents, occupied the upper floor; after the fire it advertised that its stock was on hand and its building intact.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
11. 1906

    A cigar and tobacco shop began trading from the corner storefront, a use that continued until at least 2000.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
12. April 18, 1906

    Contemporary newspaper accounts reported that every surrounding building was gutted but the small brick building came through the fire with its windows intact and its interior untouched, shielded in part by the eleven-story Atlas Building next door. A twelve-story building had originally been planned for the site; only two storeys were built, on a foundation strong enough for the larger scheme.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
13. 1909

    The San Francisco Art Leather Company, maker of belts, purses, card cases and advertising novelties, occupied the upper floor by this year.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
14. September 1910

    Representatives of the Culinary Crafts Board visited Corey's saloon and restaurant to unionise its bartenders, cooks and cooks' helpers.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
15. 1919

    The saloon appears to have closed so the restaurant could expand; a permit covered an ornamental hood over the kitchen equipment and basement lavatories.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
16. 1924–1938

    A restaurant occupied the Second Street storefront.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
17. 1949

    The ground floor was refaced with orange-tinted Vitrolite structural glass, and the aluminium storefronts probably date from the same work.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
18. 1953–1968

    The Canopy Fountain Lunch occupied the Second Street storefront.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
19. 1973

    Henry's Cafeteria opened after a permit to remodel the ground floor with new seating and cooking areas and to hang its plastic sign and canvas awning; it traded until about 2010.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
20. Jul 1991

    Permit 9112361 $$$ $5,500

    Reroofing.

21. Apr 1994

    Permit 9405015 $$$ $6,000

    Replace glass block infill & replace with structural slab.

22. 1995

    The building was seismically strengthened at the first and second floors, with two steel frames added at the roof and second floor.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
23. Oct 1995

    Permit 9517186 $$$ $68,000

    2 steel frames so.e walls anchorage at roof & 2nd fl.

24. 2008

    Recorded in the city's 2008 survey of the Transit Center District, adopted in 2012, as a contributor to the proposed New Montgomery, Mission & Second Historic District.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
25. Aug 2014

    Permit 201408053080 $$$ $21,000

    Reroofing.

26. May 10, 2016

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 271, Bourdette Building.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
27. Apr 2018

    Permit 201804166412 $$$ $100,000

    Comply with n.o.v 201527881. interior renovation of existing space to accomodate new handicap bathroom, new non-load bearing partition walls, prep area and service counter.

28. Jun 2018

    Issued Permit 201806010834 $$$ $1,000

    Barricade layout plan.

29. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806152078 $$$ $50,000

    Storefront alteration - exterior work only.

30. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806152080 $$$ $5,000

    Erect 1 non-electric, wall, single faced, new sign.

31. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806152083 $$$ $5,000

    Erect 2 single faced, non electric, brand decal new window signs.

32. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810042223 $$$ $1

    Rev to pa: 201804166412: closed ceiling with sheetrock. maher n/a.

33. Apr 2019

    Issued Permit 201904107683 $$$ $5,000

    Revision permit application 201804166412. painting walls & adding rfp to be cleanable for storage use. all other componets are already in place for storage use.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 2 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. This building's context statement dates the work 1903; the assessor's roll records the parcel as built 1906. Completion is dated 1903, January 1904, 1905 and 1906.