Hallidie Building

1. 1917

   Built.

2. 1918

   Designed by the architect Willis Polk as an investment for the University of California.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
3. 1918

   Designed by Willis Polk as an investment building for the University of California and dedicated in 1918 to Andrew S. Hallidie, an early regent of the university and inventor of the cable car. Its front is one of the first glass curtain walls: the floors are cantilevered past four columns set behind the glass, and Victorian Gothic ironwork, once painted blue and gold, forms the cornices and the balconies that mask the fire escapes.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. July 5, 1964

   Photographed, showing the Roos-Atkins store.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. December 10, 1970

   The Standard Oil Company, the building's tenant under a lease running to 1977, was moving its offices out to Concord. Over the owners' objections, the City Planning Commission voted 4-2 to approve designating the Hallidie Building as a city landmark, for its architecture as a forerunner of the glass curtain wall.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
6. 1971

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 37, Hallidie Building.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. February 25, 1971

   The Board of Supervisors had approved designating the Hallidie Building a City Landmark.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
8. Sep 1981

   Permit 8108189 $$$ $15,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

9. Feb 1982

   Permit 8200695 $$$ $95,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

10. October 6, 1982

    The Hallidie Building was named as one of six buildings in the Hallidie Building Block - Retail Historic District, which the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board recommended to the City Planning Commission for designation as a city historic district. The district was centred on the Hallidie Building at 130 Sutter Street and covered that side of the block; it also lay within the larger Retail-Shopping Historic District that Heritage had identified as eligible for the National Register.

    222 Kearny Street DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1983
11. 1983

    The Hallidie Building was City Landmark No. 37 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage rated it "A" and the city's 1976 architectural survey rated it "5" — the top of both scales.

    222 Kearny Street DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1983
12. Aug 1988

    Permit 8811285 $$$ $90,000

    Tenant improvements.

13. Jan 1989

    Permit 8900711 $$$ $310,000

    Remodel exist office spaces, demolition under sep. permit.

14. Mar 1990

    Permit 9005034 $$$ $156,300

    Commercial tenant improvements.

15. Nov 1994

    Permit 9419151 $$$ $308,000

    Renovate retail store-include handicap access-el light, powr.

16. Jul 1996

    Permit 9612127 $$$ $85,000

    Reroofing.

17. Sep 1997

    Issued Permit 9717736 $$$ $643,000

    Demolition interior, renovate existingpost office, new electrical, plumbing.

18. Mar 2001

    Permit 200103235073 $$$ $220,000

    Oti-1, 2nd floor, ltg, mechanical, ls.

19. Apr 2001

    Permit 200104136777 $$$ $150,000

    Oti-2, 2nd floor, ltg only.

20. May 2007

    Permit 200705141169 $$$ $215,000

    Holmes culley eng., suite 400: oti-1 4th floor el, me.

21. Apr 2008

    Permit 200804179936 $$$ $90,000

    2nd floor-minor remodel to existing office space (tenant improvement). enclose 2 conference rooms only. one existing conference space and one new.

22. Aug 2008

    Issued Permit 200808139025 $$$ $250,000

    T.i. at 6th fl: renovation including alteration of walls, new walls, hvac replacement, new finishes and lighting. interior only.

23. Dec 2010

    Issued Permit 201012086300 $$$ $150,000

    To comply with nov #201063153. emergency structural repaire to second floor balcony + fire escapes.

24. Nov 2011

    Issued Permit 201111048269 $$$ $250,000

    Comply with nov# 201063153-removal of existing exterior balconies & sheetmetal at south facade for structural repairs. remediate existing windows & improve exterior waterproofing. re-install balconies, sheetmetal & windows after repairs.

25. Mar 2012

    Permit 201203065437 $$$ $420,000

    2nd floor-demolition existing non struct walls, new walls, new suspended ceiling in some areas, new finishes. remove & reconfigure existing interior storefront. electrical, fire alarm & plumbing under seperate permits. 2nd floor office ti.

26. Dec 2012

    Permit 201212055537 $$$ $400,000

    Remediation of some existing windows at south facade (sutter street facade). windows are visible from street. remediation consists of repair or replacement in king of existing steel window frames and sashes.

27. Nov 2013

    Permit 201311121655 $$$ $770,000

    7th floor full floor tenant improvement to include new non-structural partitions, restrooms, millwork, electrical & hvac. fsd included. no elevator lobby locks under this permit.sprinkler & life safety are under separate permit.

28. May 2015

    Permit 201505065513 $$$ $938,000

    4th floor: new non structural partitions, doors, casework, restrooms, lighting and accostic ceilings includes mechanical, electrical & plumbing. life safety under seperate permit.

29. Mar 2021

    Permit 202103226995 $$$ $1,400,000

    1st fl: scope to include gallery display, lecture hall, meeting rooms and cafe/retail on ground level. office work space in upper level. change in occupancy from m to a-3.

DBI holds 132 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 132. 13 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired permits are not shown. The nomination dates the building to 1918; the assessor's 2025 roll gives 1917 for the building on this parcel.