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1563 Page Street

Haight Ashbury · San Francisco, CA 94117

  • School building
  • District 5
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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20,310 sq ftLot area
  1. 1977

    Gumption Theater, where the San Francisco Gay Men's Theatre Collective staged Crimes Against Nature in 1977 - a production that ran for nearly two years and toured to Santa Cruz, Toronto and New York.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  2. Dec 1985

    Join dwelling to school and add at rear to former dwelling.

    Complete Permit 8514250 $$$ $500,000
  3. May 1993

    Remove existingroof reduce size of 1 skylite provide 6 new one.

    Complete Permit 9308896 $$$ $75,600
  4. Oct 1993

    Horizontal addition.

    Expired Permit 9317464S $$$ $1,000
  5. May 1994

    New fire sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 9407656 $$$ $23,300
  6. Jun 1994

    Modif. to app #9317464 change floor framing of bay window.

    Complete Permit 9409167 $$$ $10,000
  7. Mar 1997

    Remodel existing classrooms on the 2nd fl and new cab on 1st.

    Complete Permit 9704001 $$$ $79,500
  8. May 1997

    Sprinklers.

    Complete Permit 9709510 $$$ $5,000
  9. Sep 1998

    Repair deck at rear of dry rot damaged.

    Complete Permit 9817402 $$$ $10,000
  10. Sep 2001

    Elevator recall upgrade of fire alarm.

    Expired Permit 200109077790 $$$ $9,000
  11. Dec 2003

    Horizontal addition- addition of 19, 300 sq ft three stories school to the existing school east side.

    Complete Permit 200312232917 $$$ $3,750,000
  12. Mar 2004

    New fire sprinkler system for new constructin includes risers, fdc, n backflow preventer. no undergro.

    Complete Permit 200403199196 $$$ $61,000
  13. Apr 2004

    Excavation, shoring and underpinning of building.

    Complete Permit 200404292647 $$$ $25,000
  14. Sep 2004

    Provide fire alarm system for school, new fire alarm panel horns, strobes, pull stations.

    Complete Permit 200409235024 $$$ $24,500
  15. Apr 2005

    Add solar (pv)modules to existing structure.pg&e grid tie, raised racks on flat roof(10.34kw)22 tilt/15 ti.

    Issued Permit 200504139888 $$$ $85,000
  16. Jun 2005

    Modify existing fire sprinkler system on ground, 1st, 2nd, 3rd/fl.

    Complete Permit 200506094701 $$$ $4,200
  17. Nov 2005

    Revision to 200312232917-s2 revise sheet ac.02 to correctr breached in rated wall/work complete work complete in coodination w fire inspector revise sheet m-20 to add fire damper on fusible link owrk cmplete in coordination with on fusible link work complete in coordinationw/fire field inspection.

    Complete Permit 200511047492 $$$ $6,000
  18. Feb 2016

    Ti work to private offices & makers classroom on 1st floor. ti work to faculty louge on 3rd. entry way upgrade for accessibility. no structural work. mep & fire life safety under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201602058951 $$$ $147,500
  19. Aug 2016

    Provide new lighting & branch to existing panel, reference permit 201602058951.

    Issued Permit 201608034117 $$$ $50,000
  20. Mar 2018

    Place a new equipment screen on existing structure.

    Complete Permit 201803153789 $$$ $7,500
  21. Jan 2019

    Replacement of all e roof equipment & shall use all e inerior ducts where feasible. at time of hvac replacement, roofing finish replacement will also occur on buildings b, c, & d as well as skylight waterproofing maintenance & repair. building b roof will require structural strengthening to accomodate.

    Complete Permit 201901039594 $$$ $200,000
  22. Aug 2023

    1/f: voluntary replacement of the fire alarm panel motherboard. card replacement in the graphic anmunciator and a new cellular dialer. there is no record plan or u.l certificate for the existing system.

    Issued Permit 202308033687 $$$ $12,915
  23. Mar 2025

    Tenant improvement of multipurpose performance space on the ground floor of the gumption building on the campus of urban school of s.f project scope, affecting 1595 sq ft of existing space, includes: installation of a manually operated folding acoustic partition reinforcement of existing heavy timber.

    Complete Permit 202503212794 $$$ $125,000
  24. Apr 2025

    Ti of g/f "gumption building" on urban school of sq ft to convert music rehearsal classroom into typical academic instruction affecting 1079 sq ft: new storage & work surface casework, icluding new accessible sink, new teaching wall infrastructure & new finishes.existing mechaical system to remain.

    Complete Permit 202504094042 $$$ $70,000
  25. Apr 2025

    Ti of 2/f "middle/library building" of the urban school of sq ft. project includes finishes upgrades for 698 sq ft of existing space.

    Complete Permit 202504094046 $$$ $30,000

DBI holds 34 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 34. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the year the building went up, the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update