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635 Ashbury Street

Haight Ashbury · San Francisco, CA 94117

  • 8-unit apartment building
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned RH-3
  • District 5
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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One of three addresses put forward for Janis Joplin, and the one known as “the pink house”.

7,900 sq ftBuilding area
2,500 sq ftLot area
30Rooms · 8 baths
  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. Dec 1996

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9623897 $$$ $8,900
  4. Jul 2001

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

    Complete Permit 200107244351 $$$ $20,000
  5. Jan 2004

    Repair stairs (under 50 percent) and siding not visible from the street.

    Expired Permit 200401123829 $$$ $5,000
  6. Oct 2011

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

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

    Matching kitchen and bath upgrade in a second apartment.

    Issued Permit 201110267660 $$$ $15,000
  8. Jan 2012

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

    Issued Permit 201201303150 $$$ $22,900
  9. Jun 2015

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

    Complete Permit 201506300347 $$$ $36,000
  10. Jun 2015

    Matching remodel of a second apartment.

    Issued Permit 201506300343 $$$ $36,000
  11. Nov 2022

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

    Complete Permit 202211186903 $$$ $34,000
  12. Nov 2022

    Matching kitchen and bath rehabilitation in a second apartment; cancelled.

    Cancelled Permit 202211186902 $$$ $34,000
  13. Oct 2024

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

    Complete Permit 202410022204 $$$ $32,300
  14. Dec 2024

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

    Issued Permit 202412126745 $$$ $20,000

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.

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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