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District 5 · Block 1218, Lot 029 · ZIP 94117

Old Mish House

1153 Oak Street · Haight Ashbury

  • 3 stories
  • 7,200 ft2
  • 6,875 ft2 lot area
  • 30 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NC-2
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark #62
  • Individually listed on the National Register
Land$426,879
Improvements$480,239
Fixtures$42,487
Total assessed$949,605
Photo of Old Mish House
“Mish House (San Francisco)” by Sanfranman59, cropped, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  1. 1885

    Built as a single-family dwelling to the design of McDougall and Son, on a corner site nearby.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. September 1897

    Moved to this site from the corner of Oak and Divisadero by the contractor John H. McKay, to the design of McDougall Brothers, at a cost of $1,700.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  3. 1974

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 62, Old Mish House.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  4. February 21, 1974

    The Mish House, a Victorian building, stood vacant with no restoration under way. The City Planning Commission unanimously approved designating the Mish House as a City Landmark.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  5. 1976

    Photographed.

  6. Apr 1982
    Permit 8202705 $$$ $990

    Otc alterations permit.

  7. Dec 1997
    Permit 9724262 $$$ $128,032

    Interior & exterior renovation.

  8. Jun 1998
    Permit 9811152 $$$ $3,000

    Revision to appl #9800954, accessible route only.

  9. Jul 1998

    Revision to #9811152.

  10. Jul 1998

    Renew permit application 9800954.

  11. Sep 2006
    Permit 200609071688 $$$ $1,200

    Repair treads on front main stairs in kind.

  12. Oct 2008
    Permit 200810315664 $$$ $2,000

    Repair 1 tread on stair, less than 50% front stair in kind. repair ornatmental portions of stair guardrail.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown.

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