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District 6 · Block 3721, Lot 015 · ZIP 94105

Federal Security Co. Building

55 Natoma Street

  • Office building
  • 3 stories
  • 43,100 ft2
  • 10,350 ft2 lot area
  • 37 rooms
  • 9 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3OSD
  • Not a historic resource
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  1. 1908

    Built as the Federal Security Co. Building.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. April 9, 1908

    Gibson, McIntyre & Satterlee, Leard & Gates, W. Heidt and Ralston iron works contracted for brickwork, carpentry, plumbing, sheet metal, painting, structural steel and iron on a two-storey class C building for the Federal security company, at $19,150.

    The San Francisco Call, 9 April 1908, p. 15
  3. Sep 1985
    Permit 8510542 $$$ $10,000

    Remove existing non bearing office partitions.

  4. Oct 1985
    Permit 8511452 $$$ $150,000

    Tenant improvement to basement & 1st floor.

  5. Jun 1986
    Permit 8607373 $$$ $85,000

    Proposed catering kitchen.

  6. Jul 1988
    Permit 8809848 $$$ $70,000

    Install new fence, new decking, new live painting.

  7. Apr 1989
    Permit 8906418 $$$ $5,000

    Install new vanity, tile bathroom walls, & floor.

  8. May 1989
    Permit 8908055 $$$ $10,000

    Revision for appl#8809848 & 8906418.

  9. Jul 1989
    Permit 8912134 $$$ $8,000

    Fire sprinkler addition.

  10. Jul 1989
    Permit 8913181 $$$ $9,000

    Install heater.

  11. Feb 1990
    Permit 9003431 $$$ $30,000

    Installation of two new handicapped bathrooms.

  12. May 1998
    Permit 9808389 $$$ $150,000

    Alteration of existing nightclub as per plans attached.

  13. Jun 1998
    Permit 9811144 $$$ $5,800

    Install new fire sprinklers in 4 new eating booths.

  14. Jul 1998
    Permit 9814642 $$$ $14,000

    Fire alarm system.

  15. Apr 2000
    Withdrawn Permit 200004086758 $$$ $2,000,000

    Addition of 2 stories to existing build plus rooftop public area.

  16. May 2000
    Withdrawn Permit 200005200542 $$$ $150,000

    Seismic upgrade.

  17. Mar 2010
    Issued Permit 201003259013 $$$ $10,000

    Interior t.i. to relocate existing offices on the 2nd. floor. of a 3-story building. the proposed office t.i. work shall include demolish existing office wall & doors, construct full height wall @ new offices, relocate light fixtures (less than 50% existing). install new door & view windows & flooring, no mechanical. and spri.

  18. Jan 2023
    Issued Permit 202301260755 $$$ $5,000

    To comply with complaint 202301513: remove existing water damaged sheetrock ceiling in existing commercial kitchen and install new sheetrock. paint and match to previos. no structural or framing work, no layout changes.

  19. Mar 2024
    Filed Permit 202403157899 $$$ $50,000

    Response to nov to aquire a permit for developed roof deck as its currently built. includes bar and storage structure. new elevator from 3rd fl to roof proposed to access the roof deck.

DBI holds 60 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 60. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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