634–640 Clay Street

1. 1912

   Built.

2. July 13, 1912

   Construction began on a four-storey and basement brick hotel of 150 rooms for the Clay Investment company, 53 ft 9 in on Clay Street and running 108 ft to Merchant Street, costing $50,000 and designed by C. A. Meussdorffer.

   The San Francisco Call, 13 July 1912, p. 23
3. November 17, 1950

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
4. June 23, 1964

   Photographed, showing the Hotel Justice Rooms.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. May 1982

   Permit 8204117 $$$ $10,000

   Building use: res./hotel.

6. Jan 1987

   Permit 8701216 $$$ $10,000

   Installation of parapet bracing.

7. Dec 1994

   Permit 9420210 $$$ $140,000

   Demolition of non-bearing interior walls only.

8. Dec 1994

   Permit 9420429 $$$ $140,000

   Interior remodeling.

9. Apr 1995

   Permit 9504985 $$$ $3,650

   Revamping & install an existing wet type fire sprkl sym.

10. Jan 1996

    Permit 9601113 $$$ $1,500

    Miscellaneous remodelling of four bathrooms.

11. Oct 1998

    Permit 9820710 $$$ $30,000

    6 shower stalls & toilets in each floor.

12. Apr 2000

    Permit 200004066531 $$$ $19,920

    Automatic smoke detectionin 1st floor, sprinkler monitor for entire building.

13. Apr 2000

    Permit 200004106768 $$$ $8,150

    Tenant improvement - 1st floor and basement. design /build relocate or add 45 fire sprinklers.

14. Feb 2001

    Permit 200102121894 $$$ $85,000

    Umb special procedure.

15. Sep 2001

    Permit 200109259182 $$$ $19,000

    Add 148 new token hds in all units 2nd thru 4th floor only, fire sprinkler work only.

16. Nov 2001

    Issued Permit M17713 $$$ $150,000

    Street space permit.

17. Nov 2001

    Permit 200111163375 $$$ $3,000

    Demolition shower tile walls/pan, build new in like kind, replace few pc.dry rot studs, install n fl drain.

18. Apr 2004

    Permit 200404141300 $$$ $6,000

    Remodel 3/f shower stall demolish tile walls to the study sex new shower pan and walls isntall vent.

19. May 2004

    Issued Permit 200405042981 $$$ $10,000

    Renewal of permit applic. #2001/02/12/1894 umb for remainaing work of steel frame and roof anchors.

20. Dec 2005

    Permit 200512029367 $$$ $30,000

    Renovation of existing bathrooms in 2/f, 3/f & 4/f.

21. Feb 2010

    Permit 201002106333 $$$ $4,000

    Remodel four units. replace electrical wall heat & replace cabinets, sink and sheetrock.

22. Jan 2011

    Permit 201101198595 $$$ $2,500

    To comply with n.o.v. # 201084909. bathroom remodel: repalce shower pan at 2nd and 3rd floor in common area.

23. Jan 2011

    Permit 201101198632 $$$ $2,500

    Bathroom remodel: replace shower pan at 1st floor, retile floor & walls. no structural changes.

24. May 2013

    Permit 201305298129 $$$ $1,500

    To comply with ordinance 029-13 installation of grab bars in sro at hte following locations, 10 bathr and 6 showers.

DBI holds 33 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 33. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.