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District 5 · Block 1220, Lot 019 · ZIP 94117

112 Lyon Street

Single-family house · Haight Ashbury

  • 2 stories
  • 2,546 ft2
  • 2,413 ft2 lot area
  • 11 rooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-3
  • Historic resource
  • Sold May 31, 1990
Land$533,532
Improvements$321,951
Total assessed$855,483
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The alternative Janis Joplin address, five doors from 122 Lyon — the weaker of the guide's two competing claims.

  1. 1900

    Built.

  2. 1966

    Janis Joplin lived here for a year in the mid-1960s, while singing lead for Big Brother and the Holding Company.

    Donna Graves for San Francisco Heritage, Citywide Historic Context Statement for Counterculture (1965–1975), San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 17 July 2024
  3. May 1987
    Permit 8706305 $$$ $10,000

    Replace the front stairs and tear out fungus-damaged wood members.

  4. May 1988
    Permit 8805636 $$$ $1,000

    Remove a kitchen sink and cap off the water supply.

3 expired permits are omitted.

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