300 Page Street

1. 1922

   The Emanu-el Sisterhood Residence, designed by architect Julia Morgan, who built widely for women’s organizations.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
2. 1922

   The Emanu-El Sisterhood School, designed by Dorothy Wormser Coblentz in Julia Morgan's office; it housed Jewish women refugees during the Second World War.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. 1960s

   The San Francisco Zen Center, which grew out of the Japantown temple and became a major Buddhist institution in the Bay Area.

   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
4. 1969

   The San Francisco Zen Center bought the Julia Morgan-designed Emanu-El Sisterhood building here in 1969 for its City Center. Built to shelter single Jewish women, it could house seventy-five residential students practising zazen four times a day.

   Donna Graves for San Francisco Heritage, Citywide Historic Context Statement for Counterculture (1965–1975), San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 17 July 2024
5. Feb 1993

   Permit 9303024 $$$ $8,000

   Parapet reinforcing.

6. Aug 1996

   Permit 9614614 $$$ $450

   Remove existing window grille and with replace opening grill.

7. Sep 1996

   Permit 9616394 $$$ $36,850

   Reroofing.

8. Mar 1997

   Permit 9704780 $$$ $4,000

   Remove existingexhaust ventilator/install new canopy exhust greas.

9. May 1997

   Permit 9709813 $$$ $1,800

   Install a hood/duct fire system into the hood.

10. Mar 1998

    Permit 9804262 $$$ $2,000

    Replace/install chain link fence around building/accessible ramp.

11. Mar 2005

    Permit 200503318879 $$$ $80,000

    Install solar electric panels on roof. oinstall ac/dc inverter. ac & dc disconnect switches. wire.

12. Apr 2008

    Issued Permit 200804159719 $$$ $4,000

    Install new ul 300 rated ansul fire system in the kchn on the 2nd floor. 1 pull station, 3 detector, 1 gas valve, 1 3 gal tank, 1 automan.

13. Jan 2014

    Permit 201401156340 $$$ $6,332

    Replacement in-kind of two french doors panels and sidelites along primary facade of building, - using typical old fashiioned window ogee & 1/4" laminated glass.

14. May 2014

    Permit 201405095409 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 200204194495.

15. Apr 2022

    Permit 202204222769 $$$ $1

    Accessory change of use r-2 with r-1 establishing of hotel use in 5 guest rooms on the first and third floors. (no work perform) cfc required.

16. Jun 2022

    Permit 202206075826 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9414249. all work is complete.

17. Dec 2022

    Permit 202212168528 $$$ $3,400,000

    Sq ft zen center modernization and ada upgrades. work includes renovated ada upgrades @ page st, new elevator, new interior lift adj to laguna entrance. new restrooms @ each floor, upgraded mechanical ventilation at zendo basement level. to comply with his nov 201470281 - ada upgrades/grab bars. mep deferred.

18. Aug 2023

    Permit 202308033725 $$$ $1

    Deferred mep for 202212168528.

19. Nov 2023

    Issued Permit 202311201131 $$$ $1,000

    Revision to bpa#202212168528, add smoke detector access hatch to elevator hoistway per sffd ab 2.01.

20. Jan 2024

    Permit 202401023337 $$$ $110,399

    Fire alarm system: new facu installed in baseent and a new remote annuniator in 1/f entry. 2-way comm system in main base station install in basement near facu. refhhhhh t.i. 202212168528.

21. Jan 2025

    Issued Permit 202501309344 $$$ $7,500

    Install (10) fire sprinklers in rooms labeled "hotel" ref: permit application 2022-0422-2769.

22. Feb 2025

    Issued Permit 202502261158 $$$ $67,927

    Install emergency responder radio coverage system.

23. Mar 2025

    Permit 202503192559 $$$ $65,140

    Ref 202502261158-addition to existing edward fire alarm system to monitor new errcs to provide dedicated led errcs annunicator adjacent to existing fire alarm system.

DBI holds 31 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 31. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired permits are not shown.