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400 Montgomery Street

Financial District · San Francisco, CA 94104

  • The Kohl Building (Alvinza Hayward Building)
  • Built 1901
  • Commercial office
  • 11 stories
  • Class-A construction
  • Article 10 individual landmark
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Samuel Brannan put up one of a pair of Montgomery Street buildings on this site in 1853; the building standing here replaced it.

99,510 sq ftBuilding area
10,062 sq ftLot area
217Rooms

Permit history

  1. Jun 2011

    Facade repairs — waterproofing, sandstone restoration and repainting of window trim, all done in kind.

    Complete Permit 201106017212 $$$ $168,000
  2. Jun 2004

    Structural work for a window-washing scaffold and its rails.

    Issued Permit 200406247231 $$$ $150,000
  3. Nov 2003

    Fire-alarm system upgraded — new control panel, horn/strobes and smoke detectors.

    Complete Permit 200311059402 $$$ $304,600
  4. Jan 1985

    Toilet rooms remodelled on the third through eleventh floors.

    Complete Permit 8500576 $$$ $305,000

Four of the 157 filings on this address are shown; the rest are office tenant improvements floor by floor and the mechanical, electrical and fire-alarm permits that accompany them.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder of the present building; what stood on the parcel between 1853 and 1901; and whether the street numbers used in 1878 correspond to today's, which nothing consulted here establishes. Know any of it? Tell us — just describe it in plain words.