256–262 Sutter Street

1. February 5, 1910

   Frederick H. Meyer drew the plans for a seven-storey class A building covering its whole 30 by 60 foot lot, a store on the ground floor and a loft on each floor above, with a concrete front faced in La Farge cement and a marble vestibule.

   The San Francisco Call, 5 February 1910, p. 15
2. February 26, 1910

   The Western Iron Works contracted for the structural steel of a seven-storey and basement class A building for $10,603.

   The San Francisco Call, 26 February 1910, p. 17
3. March 26, 1910

   A permit was issued to erect seven-storey concrete lofts here, at a cost of $52,000.

   The San Francisco Call, 26 March 1910, p. 16
4. 1911

   Built.

5. 1979

   The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage rated the Sather Building "B" in the 1979 downtown survey it published as Splendid Survivors — the second of its four grades, for buildings it judged individually important for their architecture, their history and their setting. The Department of City Planning's 1976 Architectural Inventory rated it "2" on a scale running from 0 to 5. Buildings rated A or B by the Foundation, or 3 or above by the city survey, went onto the List of Architecturally and/or Historically Significant Buildings in the Downtown, adopted by the City Planning Commission on 29 May 1980 in Resolution No. 8600.

   222 Kearny Street DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1983
6. May 1982

   Permit 8204257

   Otc alterations permit.

7. Jun 1982

   Permit 8204814 $$$ $5,000

   Building use: offices.

8. Jul 1982

   Permit 8206155 $$$ $20,000

   Building use: com'l/office.

9. May 1983

   Permit 8303728 $$$ $9,000

   Re-construct structural sidewalk.

10. May 1984

    Permit 8404986 $$$ $16,000

    Construct non-bearing partitions, tape and paint.

11. Dec 1994

    Permit 9419833 $$$ $1,800

    Fabricate & install awning.

12. Sep 1995

    Permit 9514845 $$$ $14,075

    Reroofing.

13. Sep 2003

    Issued Permit 200309235477 $$$ $10,000

    Addition to existing fire alarm system. adding 5 smoke detectors to existing system to provide primary &.

14. Oct 2008

    Permit 200810275143 $$$ $1,200

    4th floor - install cabinets and counter for salon.

15. Apr 2013

    Permit 201304164636 $$$ $75,000

    Ground floor tenant improvement of existing retail space to include non-structural wall & finishes, with associated plumbing & electrical. f/a and/or sprinkler under seperate permit. no change to occupant load.

16. May 2013

    Issued Permit 201305076275 $$$ $1,000

    Augment exisiting wet type fire escape. fire sprinkler system. extend two sprinklers to new ceiling elevation.

17. Jun 2013

    Permit 201306048643 $$$ $7,500

    Add 1 power supply, 1 smoke detector, 1 manual alarm, 5 strobes, 3 horn strobes as part of a tenant improvement on the ground floor. ref approved building permit app 201304164636.

18. Jan 2014

    Permit 201401226854 $$$ $3,000

    Install new ada type of shower at 3rd floor. n/a for maher ordinance # 155-13.

19. Feb 2014

    Permit 201402259321 $$$ $5,000

    Installation of cabinetry and the repair of drywall as necessary. no structural changes proposed. life safety of building not changed. no exterior changes proposed. no work on common area proposed. n/a for the maher ordinance #155-13.

DBI holds 32 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 32. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.