447 Battery Street

1. 1887

   Before the fire the lot held a row of five small stores or workshops facing Battery Street, in a dense district of produce shops, cigar makers, wood yards and coffee and spice mills.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
2. 1906

   The 1906 earthquake and fires destroyed the buildings on the site and on the surrounding blocks.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. 1907

   Architect Frank S. Van Trees designed the three-story brick store-and-warehouse building, built on the fire-cleared lot for a coffee roasting and wholesale business.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. 1907

   Thierbach & Co. opened its coffee roastery and wholesale business in the new building, with a store and office at street level and roasting and storage upstairs.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
5. 1912

   Thierbach & Co. merged with the Jones-Paddock Company and took the name Jones-Thierbach Co.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
6. 1915

   Jones-Thierbach Co., known for its Alta brand coffee, exhibited in the Food Products Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and won a gold medal for the Alta line.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. 1957–1968

   The painted stucco facing the street fronts was stripped off, probably by sandblasting, and the windows and storefronts were replaced.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
8. 1967

   The Jones-Thierbach Co. left city directories, the building was sold and the company ended after about sixty years here.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
9. 1967

   The coffee warehouse was converted to offices and its interior remodeled.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
10. 1968

    The interior was reinforced for a computer consulting and data-processing tenant, Recording and Statistical Data Processing, Inc., later the Burroughs Corporation.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
11. Aug 1982

    Permit 8206577 $$$ $2,000

    Building use: office.

12. 1986

    The parapets were seismically reinforced, work repeated in 1997.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
13. Mar 1986

    Permit 8603094 $$$ $18,000

    Parapet safety section file #1848 parapet reinforcement.

14. Oct 1986

    Permit 8613481 $$$ $200,000

    Alter office layout, remodel toilet rms, add entrance.

15. Feb 1987

    Permit 8702557 $$$ $2,000

    Erect sign.

16. Jun 1987

    Permit 8707940 $$$ $1,400

    Fabricate & install awning.

17. Jul 1987

    Permit 8710465 $$$ $1,300

    Fabricate & install awning.

18. Apr 1988

    Permit 8804215 $$$ $19,500

    Tenant improvement.

19. Apr 1989

    Permit 8906297 $$$ $30,875

    Re - roofing.

20. Jun 1996

    Permit 9610935 $$$ $45,000

    To comply with umb ordinance.

21. Nov 1998

    Permit 9824233 $$$ $80,000

    Earthquake retrofit -umb special procedure.

22. Nov 2010

    Permit 201011154938 $$$ $150,000

    New wine bar with prep kitchen. rebuild exterior deck. hvac under sep permit. sidewalk work under separate permit.

23. Aug 2011

    Permit 201108051829 $$$ $110,000

    Interior demolition of 3rd floor, construction of new offices & conference room. restroom and breakroom upgrades.

24. Feb 2012

    Permit 201202093883 $$$ $17,750

    Replace interior ductwork on 4-5 ton hvac systems.

25. Mar 2012

    Permit 201203135950 $$$ $6,100

    Add new fire alarm devices to existing fire alarm system in new ti space. includes 8 horn strobes, 2 strobes, 1 bps, 1 smoke detector.

26. Apr 2012

    Issued Permit 201204037412 $$$ $15,900

    Replace 2 rooftop hvac units.

27. Aug 2013

    Permit 201308083815 $$$ $95,000

    2nd floor interior tenant improvement including interior doors, walls, glazing, coffee rooms, ada restroom upgrades; compliance with ord 155-13 not required.

28. Oct 2013

    Permit 201310290508 $$$ $3,000

    Like for like voluntary system replacement new facp in non-sprinklered building-replace existing 4 smokes & 5 pull stations with new devices at the same location. existing horn/strobes remain the same.

29. Mar 2014

    Permit 201403059926 $$$ $24,900

    New duct work. reference#2013-03-08-3815 & 2014-02-19-8825. (new duct work) compliance with maher ordinance # 155-13 does not apply.

30. May 2015

    Permit 201505065475 $$$ $130,000

    3rd fl: full floor ti. demolition of no9n structural finishes, new partitoins at same location than existing, new finishes and millwork, new lighting, and electrical distribution, new plumbing under another permit, life safety in kind, new exit signs. maher not req.

31. Oct 2015

    Permit 201510139551 $$$ $100,000

    New t-bar ceiling, lighting, cabinet, paint, electrical, outlet. interior remodel only.

32. Feb 2016

    Permit 201602109246 $$$ $3,800

    Due to the interior remodeling on 1st floor, 1 pull stn will be installed, new notification appliances, new devices will be tie in to existingcontrol panel in the lobby, t.i. permit application 201510139551, fa 201310290508; maher n/a.

33. March 15, 2022

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 299, Jones-Thierbach Coffee Company Building.

    SF Planning, landmark designation

DBI holds 30 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 30. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.