The Crellin Building

1. March 8, 1907

   C. Christensen contracted for carpentry, interior finish, stairs and iron work on a six-storey brick building.

   The San Francisco Call, 8 March 1907, p. 10
2. 1908

   Built as the Crellin Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
3. November 22, 1913

   Part of the second-floor loft was let to the Lamson Company for five years at about $10,000. Site as recorded: 617 Mission Street.

   The San Francisco Call, 22 November 1913, p. 8
4. 1921

   The Western Manufacturing Company, a leather-goods maker, had its premises here before it built its own factory on 9th Street.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
5. Jul 1990

   Permit 9014400 $$$ $600,000

   Install structural piles at existing footings per structural drwg.

6. Aug 1990

   Permit 9015474 $$$ $325,000

   Install structural foundation slab, pile caps, structural sh.

7. Jan 1991

   Permit 9101159 $$$ $3,445,000

   Final application - see #9014400, 9015474 & 9016431.

8. Sep 1997

   Permit 9718671 $$$ $137,209

   Ct1-2 me, el, & plumbing engineered plans (5th floor).

9. May 2006

   Permit 200605040684 $$$ $162,000

   Oti-1 6th floor el, me, l/s, sp.

10. Jun 2007

    Permit 200706265114 $$$ $160,000

    Oti-1, 5th floor, existing walls demolition new partitions. upgrade restrooms, drinking fountain signage. electrical and mechanical on separate permit.

11. Aug 2007

    Permit 200708159860 $$$ $113,000

    New electrical outlets & lighting. no exterior work- see approved 2007-0626-5114 for reference.

12. 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
13. Feb 2014

    Permit 201402118282 $$$ $75,000

    Change of use from b to a-2 in existing restaunt space due to increase in seating. remodel of the kitchen & dining area, no exterior work to be done, compliance with ordinance 155-13 not required. occupant verification required.

14. May 2018

    Permit 201805048281 $$$ $210,000

    Remove & replace 130 ton cooling only ac unit.

15. Dec 2019

    Permit 201912230401 $$$ $792,993

    2nd & 3rd fl - renovation of existing office space & existing server room for the dept. of child support services. maher na.

16. Jun 2026

    Filed Permit 202606163286 $$$ $188,000

    Interior tenant improvement for converstion of e coffee shop to a cocktail lounge w limited food preparation. scope includes interior demolition, construction of bar and service area, new bathrooms, new finishes, m, illwork, lighting. electrical, plumbing. no chantes to building envelope.

DBI holds 63 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 63. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 13 expired permits are not shown.