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District 5 · Block 1255, Lot 080 · ZIP 94117

John A. Whelan House

1315 Waller Street

  • Single-family house
  • 3 stories
  • 3,164 ft2
  • 2,495 ft2 lot area
  • 9 rooms
  • 4 bedrooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-3
  • Historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
  • Sold October 21, 2016
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  1. 1896

    Built as the family home of John A. Whelan, a shipwright and speculative builder, the easternmost of four matching Queen Anne houses he put up on this block — the Four Seasons Houses, of which this is Winter, for the snowflake relief on its front. It was first numbered 1305 Waller Street; its architect or builder is unknown.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  2. 1900

    Built.

  3. 1920

    The front stairs were rebuilt in brick out to the property line and the basement made into a garage.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  4. 1978

    A renovation with the designer Paul Duchscherer of Bradbury & Bradbury, partly paid for by the city's Upper Ashbury Rehabilitation Assistance Program loans, turned the house back from three flats into a single family house and repainted its front in the Colorist blues it still largely carries.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  5. Apr 1982
    Permit 8202215 $$$ $1,000

    Created during job card conversion on: 07/31/84.

  6. 1993

    The front stair was rebuilt to match those of the other three Four Seasons Houses, and brick veneer was taken off around the garage.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  7. Aug 1993
    Permit 9313073 $$$ $2,500

    Repair front exterior stair case as needed (in kind).

  8. Nov 1993
    Permit 9320162 $$$ $1,800

    Remove brick veneer-replace 4 3rd level windows same.

  9. Aug 1995
    Permit 9513472 $$$ $5,600

    Remodel bath on 2nd floor, new fixtures, drywall, taping, paintg.

  10. Jun 2017
    Permit 201706098967 $$$ $500,000

    Create (2) bedrooms, full bathroom, and mud room on 1st fl. bathroom and kitchen remodel on 2nd fl. new rear yard deck. bathrooms remodel on 3rd fl. bathroom remodel/new half bath on 4th fl. new interior stairs to create access from 1st fl to 2nd fl.

  11. November 20, 2020

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places for the peak years of the Haight Ashbury's residential building and as an excellent Queen Anne house.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation

3 expired permits are omitted.

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