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District 8 · Block 1250, Lot 029 · ZIP 94117

Firehouse: Hose Company #30

1757 Waller Street · Haight Ashbury

  • 2 stories
  • 6,350 ft2
  • 3,437.5 ft2 lot area
  • 4 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned HAIGHT
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark #328
  • Sold June 24, 1987
Land$585,713
Improvements$985,962
Total assessed$1,571,675
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  1. 1890

    Built.

  2. 1895

    The two-story granite-and-wood Italianate firehouse was built for Engine Company No. 30.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  3. 1895

    Engine Company No. 30, a company of 27 firemen, was organized and quartered here.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  4. 1906

    The earthquake and fire did about $500 of damage to the firehouse.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  5. 1912

    Truck Company No. 12 was organized and quartered here; its first-alarm district stretched across the Sunset to the ocean.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  6. 1916

    The firehouse's apparatus was converted from horses to motors.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  7. 1918

    Engine Company No. 30 was disbanded and Chemical Company No. 5 moved in from its Powell Street quarters.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  8. 1936

    Chemical Company No. 5, quartered here, was disbanded and reorganized as Tank Wagon Company No. 5.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  9. 1952

    Auxiliary Engine Company No. 23 was organized and quartered in the firehouse.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  10. 1956

    The City sold the firehouse at public auction; it was afterwards restored as a private house and later turned to office use.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  11. May 23, 1956

    Truck Co. No. 12, Tank Wagon Co. No. 5 and Auxiliary Engine Co. No. 23 all moved to new quarters on Stanyan Street, closing the firehouse.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  12. June 18, 1964

    Photographed.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  13. Oct 1988
    Permit 8815682 $$$ $12,000

    Install fire sprinkler system at basement.

  14. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101269027 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 200401214488. all work is complete.

  15. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101269028 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 891387012. all work is complete.

  16. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101269029 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9500834. all work is complete.

  17. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101269030 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 8811592 all work is complete.

  18. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101269031 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9004526. all work is complete.

  19. Jan 2011
    Issued Permit 201101269032 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9417798. all work is complete.

  20. Jan 2011
    Permit 201101269033 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 88115682. all work is complete.

  21. Mar 2011
    Permit 201103071495 $$$ $1

    Change of use from single family residential to offices pursuant to approved conditional use permit application 87.220c. work to convert building was completed under previously approved permit# 8811592 & permit application 2004/01/21/4488. no further physical work intended. no constrution work will take place under this appl.

  22. Apr 2013
    Permit 201304295721 $$$ $1

    Revision to approved issued permit application 201103071495r1. now includes mayor's office on disability approval, stamped drawing, superceding architectural; mechanical/electrical added. legalize ground floor uses/spaces.

  23. Jul 2013
    Permit 201307242619 $$$ $3,500

    1st floor-relocate 6 fire sprinklers & relocate fdc 10-inches laterally for new tenant. ref. t.i.# 201304295721 & #201103071495.

  24. Sep 2013
    Issued Permit 201309308116 $$$ $10,000

    3rd floor-conversion of 1 storage room into 2 storage rooms. upgrade to kitchen. add electrical boxes & upgrade existing guardrails at level 3.

  25. Oct 2013
    Permit 201310038327 $$$ $28,980

    Reroofing.

  26. Mar 2016
    Permit 201603010866 $$$ $2,000

    Remove and replace structural support member, not within building walls at back property. replace 1 exterior post in kind.

  27. Apr 2016
    Permit 201604154889 $$$ $2,000

    Remove & replace in kind, 1 exterior post, not within building walls at back of property. ref to permit application 201103071495. frtw if possible.

  28. Jul 2021
    Permit 202107073861 $$$ $10,320

    The scope of work consists of the addition of low height partitions with gates at the existing supervised children's play area and half height door at the existing kitchen.

  29. Mar 2025
    Permit 202503192590 $$$ $9,900

    Reroofing with hot works.

  30. April 2, 2025

    Named a landmark candidate

    Put forward as a candidate for individual landmark designation at a District 8 community forum held by the district supervisor and San Francisco Planning, one of twenty-one buildings on the list.

    Corbett Heights Neighbors, "May Neighborhood News", Vol. VII, No. 5 (1 May 2025)
  31. April 30, 2026

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 328, Firehouse: Hose Company #30.

    SF Planning, landmark designation

DBI holds 27 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 27. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired permits are not shown. The end of firehouse use is dated both 1956 and 1959.

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