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District 6 · Block 3707, Lot 013 · ZIP 94105

Atlas Building

602–606 Mission Street

  • Office building
  • 10 stories
  • 27,708 ft2
  • 2,700 ft2 lot area
  • 3 residential units
  • 68 rooms
  • 20 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3O
  • Historic resource
  • Sold November 2, 2018
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  1. 1904

    Erected as a ten-story office building with ornate Renaissance and Baroque detail.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. 1905

    The ten-storey Atlas Building, designed by Frank S. Trees, was built next door; it came through the 1906 fire with moderate damage.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  3. 1906

    Built.

  4. April 18, 1906

    One of a handful of buildings left standing in the Central SoMa area after the earthquake and fire, most of them steel-framed.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  5. 1907

    Repaired and put back into service after the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    South of Market Area Historic Context Statement, adopted 2011
  6. 1913

    Architect Warren C. Perry established his own practice here, in the building that also housed John Galen Howard’s firm.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  7. 1930s

    Remodelled during the Depression-era 'Modernize Main Street' campaign.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  8. 1931

    Refaced to designs by the architect John V.D. Linden, the failing terra-cotta ornament stripped away and replaced with fluted terra cotta and pared-back Art Deco detail.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  9. Sep 1983
    Permit 8308908 $$$ $1,450

    Otc alterations permit.

  10. Mar 1985
    Permit 8502648 $$$ $35,000

    Install handicaped toilet, sink, floor, hung ceiling.

  11. Aug 1993
    Permit 9314787 $$$ $67,000

    Repair brick damaged walls & interior non bearing partitions.

  12. Mar 1994
    Permit 9404544 $$$ $200,000

    Revision in cosy permit application 9314787.

  13. Jun 1994
    Permit 9409694 $$$ $85,000

    Tenant improvement to existing retail space.

  14. Oct 1999
    Permit 9922442 $$$ $40,000

    Oti - 1 ele & l/s.

  15. 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
  16. Jun 2014
    Permit 201406300041 $$$ $600,000

    T.i. for 2nd fl., 6ht fl. and 9th floor. per plan. demolition existing partition walls, men and women restrooms. new parition at elevator lobby and conference rooms. new unisex restrooms, new bar sink. mep under separeat permit. maher n/a.

  17. Nov 2014
    Permit 201411242369 $$$ $95,000

    8 & 10/f - 1/ demolition partitions as show; 2/ build new paritions as shown 3/ building new uniusex batrhroom on floor 10 4/ building new bar sink on floor 10.

  18. Feb 2015
    Permit 201502118060 $$$ $75,000

    Voluntary repair to existing floor structure.

  19. May 2015
    Permit 201505075635 $$$ $180,000

    7th floor: demolition existing partitions, doors, finished, fixtures. construt new partitions, add unisex bathroom. maintain separated path of egress at elevator lobby with 2 hr. rated smoke partition. maher n/a. mep & life safety deferred.

  20. May 2015
    Permit 201505075601 $$$ $150,000

    6th, 9th and 10th floor: concrete patching at existing floor slabs. repair concrete spalls on topping slabs. no demolition/removal of existing framing members. maher n/a.

  21. Jun 2015
    Permit 201506108637 $$$ $8,000

    8th & 10th floor - revision to appl #2014.1124.2369 - elevator lobby dimension changes, entry door at tenant space changes to a single door. life safety deferred.

  22. Jun 2015
    Permit 201506108634 $$$ $30,000

    2nd floor - install new lighting refer to permit application 2015.0423.4485.

  23. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507080912 $$$ $225,000

    Voluntary supplemental support / additional steel posts added @ rear of each floor.

  24. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507101198 $$$ $50,000

    Electrical and lighting work associated with permit application 201505075635 and 201507091057.

  25. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507201934 $$$ $65,000

    10th floor - new lightig & power, ref permit application 2014.1124.2369.

  26. Aug 2015
    Permit 201508124037 $$$ $32,000

    9th floor: new power and lighting. ref pa 2015 0610 8636, 2015 0630 0041, 2015 0720 1932.

  27. Aug 2015
    Permit 201508124038 $$$ $32,000

    8th floor: new power and lighting, ref pa 2014 1124 2369, 2015 0610 8637, 2015 0709 1060.

  28. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510169948 $$$ $200,000

    6/f: new partition walls, new ada bathroom, 2 hour smoke partitions @ elevator lobby. new tenant entry door. mechanical, electric and plumbing under sparate application. life safety permits separate.

  29. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510281015 $$$ $40,000

    7th floor: voluntary installations of redundant vertical load path at one location work consist of work from 8th floor down to 6th.

  30. Feb 2016
    Permit 201602099175 $$$ $40,000

    6th floor: revision to 2015-1016-9948, add (4) new offices. mechanical/fire sprinklers and alarm under separate permit.

  31. Jan 2019
    Issued Permit 201901109999 $$$ $25,000

    Replace existing heating/cooling system with new 4-zone split system. install new condensate drains to existing drain.

  32. Aug 2025
    Issued Permit 202508153221 $$$ $100,000

    Spec ti (architectural scope) 3rd and 4th floor. non structural interior construction and installation of new finishes and restroom inside existing vacant suite with new break room counter.

  33. Feb 2026
    Permit 202602025058 $$$ $50,000

    Installation of 2 type-1 ventless hoods (hood mart) for electric cooking equipment (electric fryer and induction range); installation of a two-deck electric pizza oven (type-2 hood already present).

DBI holds 86 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 86. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 cancelled permit is not shown. The 2008 survey of this district dates the building to 1904; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 1906. The inventory table in the same report dates this building to 1906. The statement locates this 1931 remodel at "the northwest corner of 1st and Mission streets," while its earlier reconstruction is cited at 602-06 Mission Street; this entry treats them as the same Atlas Building.

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