57–65 Post Street
Financial District · San Francisco, CA 94104
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Dec 1854
The Mechanics' Institute was founded in the slump that followed the fall in gold production, to give under-employed miners, artisans and tradespeople somewhere to learn and meet.
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1866
The Mechanics' Institute bought the lot it still occupies on Post Street.
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Jul 2004
Life-safety work on all floors.
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Sep 2011
Barrier removal — an accessible countertop added at the library checkout desk on the second floor.
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May 2016
Change of use from bank to bar at 65 Post Street — the commercial tenant space remodelled and its bathrooms made accessible.
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Jun 2019
Drywall around the windows repaired and replaced after water damage, with baseboards and carpet renewed in the affected areas.
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Sep 2021
In-kind masonry repairs to the east elevation — loose material removed from scaffolding, deteriorated plaster parge coat, loose brick tie-backs and lintels repaired in kind, and the windows painted in place.
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Sep 2025
Re-roofing, with hot works.
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Jul 2026
Second and third floors — individual study rooms built out on the third floor, finishes updated, walls and ceilings repainted, floors carpeted, woodwork stained, light fittings and casework replaced, and cooling added to the third-floor IT closet.
Seven of the 104 filings on this parcel are shown; the rest are sign and street-space permits, revisions to the permits above, and the duplicates DBI files under 57, 61 and 65 Post Street.
Not yet documented: the architect and builder of the present building; what stood on the lot between the Institute's purchase in 1866 and the 1909 date the assessor's roll and SF Planning both give this one. Submit an update