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District 5 · Block 1245, Lot 003 · ZIP 94117

635 Ashbury Street

8-unit apartment building · Haight Ashbury

  • 4 stories
  • 7,900 ft2
  • 2,500 ft2 lot area
  • 30 rooms
  • 8 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-3
  • Sold August 26, 2022
Land$2,465,748
Improvements$1,643,832
Total assessed$4,109,580
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One of three addresses put forward for Janis Joplin, and the one known as “the pink house”.

  1. 1905

    Built.

  2. 1967

    Janis Joplin shared an apartment here, one of the residential buildings the city's counterculture context statement associates with her.

    Donna Graves for San Francisco Heritage, Citywide Historic Context Statement for Counterculture (1965–1975), San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 17 July 2024
  3. Jul 2001
    Permit 200107244351 $$$ $20,000

    Strip hallway lath and plaster, insulate and drywall; remove damaged siding at the porch.

  4. Oct 2011
    Issued Permit 201110267664 $$$ $15,000

    Two more in-kind kitchen and bath upgrades, with high-efficacy lighting.

  5. Oct 2011
    Issued Permit 201110267660 $$$ $15,000

    Matching kitchen and bath upgrade in a second apartment.

  6. Jan 2012
    Issued Permit 201201303150 $$$ $22,900

    Replace 21 windows across the front of the building in kind, no change in dimension — wood-clad double-hung sash.

  7. Jun 2015
    Permit 201506300347 $$$ $36,000

    Two apartment remodels — kitchen and bathroom services upgraded, ten windows repaired in kind, none facing the street.

  8. Jun 2015
    Issued Permit 201506300343 $$$ $36,000

    Matching remodel of a second apartment.

  9. Nov 2022
    Permit 202211186903 $$$ $34,000

    Rehabilitate an apartment kitchen and bath and install a washer and dryer. The matching filing for a second apartment was cancelled.

  10. Oct 2024
    Permit 202410022204 $$$ $32,300

    Upgrade the building fire alarm system to comply with SF Fire Code section 1103.7.6.1.

  11. Dec 2024
    Issued Permit 202412126745 $$$ $20,000

    Open walls for electrical and plumbing in one apartment; new exterior vent; replace kitchen counters.

Nine of the 22 are street-space or sidewalk occupancy permits (M-prefixed) carrying a nominal $1 valuation; they are omitted from the page timeline. Several alteration permits name individual apartments; unit numbers are omitted here. 3 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

Three addresses, one tenancy

The same guide places Joplin at 122 Lyon Street from June 1967 to April 1968, citing her driver's licence, and records a competing claim for 112 Lyon Street. Three buildings are in circulation for one period of one person's life; this page does not adjudicate between them.

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