20–26 California Street

1. April 27, 1907

   A builder contracted for brick, terra cotta and granite work on a seven-storey and basement steel and brick building, at $110,839.

   The San Francisco Call, 27 April 1907, p. 15
2. 1908

   Built.

3. 1908

   A downtown commercial building. The city's survey names it the Marine Building, though its scan of the name is imperfect.

   The West Slope of Russian Hill: A Historical Context and Inventory of Historic Resources, 2006, revised 2009
4. 1908

   The Marvin Building, designed by architect Conrad A. Meussdorffer.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
5. February 9, 1908

   John Brown contracted for terrazzo finish including concrete base on a seven-storey building for the Marvin estate company, at $3,500.

   The San Francisco Call, 9 February 1908, p. 47
6. Sep 1984

   Permit 8410436 $$$ $95,000

   General commercial construction/paint walls ground level.

7. Aug 1988

   Permit 8811404 $$$ $837,000

   Seismic upgrade only.

8. Aug 1988

   Permit 8811785 $$$ $80,000

   Horizontal addition.

9. Jul 1989

   Permit 8913404 $$$ $237,100

   Cti1.

10. Oct 1989

    Permit 8918744 $$$ $90,000

    Tenant improvements.

11. Jun 1990

    Permit 9012666 $$$ $70,000

    T/i partitions, finishes electrical & minor plumbing work.

12. Oct 1990

    Permit 9021433 $$$ $300,000

    Office tenant improvements.

13. Nov 1990

    Permit 9024511 $$$ $180,000

    T/i include new partitions & finishes comprising 1 floor.

14. Jan 1992

    Permit 9201556 $$$ $130,000

    Alteration of existing walls & space.

15. Aug 2003

    Withdrawn Permit 200308192431 $$$ $200,000

    Tenant improvement including minor exterior alterations, new kitchen & prep area, accessible restrms.

16. Sep 2003

    Withdrawn Permit 200309164892 $$$ $75,000

    Provide mechanical, electrical, and plumbing for tenant improvement, fire supression=separate permit.

17. Aug 2004

    Permit 200408030480 $$$ $95,000

    Install (12) 4' panel antennas on roof of penthouse & bldng. exterior.

18. Mar 2011

    Permit 201103222544 $$$ $400,000

    Renovation of an existing concentra clinic, remove some smaller partition rooms to allow for an physical therapy area.

19. Jan 2013

    Permit 201301087486 $$$ $197,250

    Basement: this project involves modification and expansion of existing restrooms, shower rooms, and t.i. space to include construction of non-load bearing partitions, partial new gyp bd ceiling, new light fixtures, new doors and frames, new plmg fixtures/new finishes.

20. Feb 2013

    Permit 201302019336 $$$ $290,000

    2nd floor: this project involves modification of an existing t.i. space to include selective demolition & construction of non-loading bearing partitions, new gypsum ceiling nw light fixtures, nw interior doors, glazing, frames, nw electrical, millwork and new finishes.mep, sprinkler & fire alarm defrd sbmt.

21. Jun 2013

    Issued Permit 201306199921 $$$ $290,000

    The project involve modification to existing t.i space to include selective demolition & construction of non load bearing partitions, new gypsum ceiling fire protection, new light fixtures, new interior doors, hardware, glazing & frames, new electrical, millworks & new finishes.

22. Jun 2014

    Suspended Permit 201406239073 $$$ $80,000

    6th floor: project involves minor modification of existing tenant improvement space to include selectrive construction of non-load bearing partitions, selective relocation of existing light fixtures, new interior doors, hardware, glazing & frames & electrical; maher n/a.

23. Jun 2014

    Issued Permit 201406259389 $$$ $100,000

    Modification of existing tenant improvement to include construction of non-bearing partitions, light fixtures relocation and new including re-switching, new office doors & frames, new millworks, new smoke/draft rou down doors at elevators & new finishes. n/a for maher.

24. Jan 2016

    Permit 201601278056 $$$ $680,000

    This ti project involves modification to existing full floor tenant suite, to inlcude selective demolition & construction of non-load bearing partitions, new gypsum fire protection, new light fixtures, new interior doors & frames, new electrical, new millwork & new finishes. maher na.

25. Oct 2017

    Permit 201710252184 $$$ $118,000

    5/f -add restroom; restrooms upgrades - including demolition reinstall existing door in conference room and new partition.

26. May 2019

    Issued Permit 201905140576 $$$ $75,000

    Floors 3 & f: modification of existing ti to include construction non-load bearing partitions, light fixture relocation and new including reawitching, new office doors and frames, new millwork, new smk/draft roll down doors at elevator and new finishes. maher n/a.

27. Apr 2022

    Issued Permit 202204051567 $$$ $105,000

    Verizon wireless: replace 9 & add 2 antennas. replace 6 rrus. replace 6 ovps. remove rooftop doghouse & install 4 frp radomes, antenna mounting frame, antenna mount. replace section of cable tray, reroute coax & hybrid cables. at equip room, remove 3 rrus & replace 3 ovps.

DBI holds 104 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 104. 10 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 2 expired permits are not shown.