1725 Irving Street

1. 1917

   Built 1917. Architect: G. Albert Lansburgh. San Francisco City Landmark. Sunset Branch Library, one of four SF branch libraries Lansburgh designed (with Mission 1915, Presidio 1921, Chinatown 1921); one of the Inner Sunset's three City Landmarks.

   Inner Sunset Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
2. 1918

   The Sunset Branch was the fourth of the seven branch libraries built with the city's Carnegie grant, and the one placed in the new and growing Sunset.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. 1920-1921

   Built 1920-1921. Architect: James R. Miller. Jefferson School; gymnasium added 1928 by City Architect Charles H. Sawyer; main building destroyed by arson 1959 and replaced; 1928 gymnasium survives.

   Inner Sunset Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
4. 1962

   Built.

5. 1970-03-21 to 1970-11-10

   Photographed, showing the Sunset Branch Library.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
6. 2004

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 239, Sunset Branch Library.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. Jan 2023

   Permit 202301190358 $$$ $7,318

   1st fl - fire only work to add a cellular dialer to the existing fire alarm system; no ref pa (fire addition only).

4 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown. The building is dated 1918 in its landmark designation; the assessor's roll gives 1962.