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District 5 · Block 0684, Lot 045 · ZIP 94115

1901–1945 Sutter Street

72-unit apartment building

  • 3 stories
  • 79,716 ft2
  • 73,562 ft2 lot area
  • 297 rooms
  • 98 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NC-3
  • Sold June 4, 1999
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  1. 1933

    Jack's Tavern, known as Jack's of Sutter, opened on this site in 1933 in a mixed neighbourhood of African Americans, Japanese, Filipinos and Jews — the first of the Fillmore's Big Three prewar nightclubs. Club Alabama, run by the impresario Lester Mapp, followed in the same building. Neither remains.

    African American Citywide Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
  2. 1978

    Built.

  3. Jun 1989
    Permit 8911087 $$$ $6,200

    Repair and replace damage wood shingle siding and window.

  4. Aug 1999
    Permit 9916157 $$$ $368,000

    Reroofing.

  5. Sep 1999
    Permit 9918571 $$$ $30,000

    Explor. demolition determine deck/dry rot repair/show location.

  6. Sep 1999
    Permit 9918570 $$$ $20,000

    Explor. demolition determine siding/dry rot repair/show location.

  7. Apr 2000
    Withdrawn Permit 200004207805 $$$ $75,000

    Perform gen site improvement upgrade 4 living units meet title 24 requirement hving un.

  8. Feb 2022
    Permit 202202097633 $$$ $4,000

    One unit. replace 2 windows in front street side. fiberglass window. replace in existing openings. u factor max 0.30.

  9. Sep 2024
    Permit 202409301966 $$$ $25,000

    One unit. replace rotten wood damaged by termites.

  10. Nov 2024
    Permit 202411074613 $$$ $15,000

    Three units: dry rot repair for exterior balconies at each unit in kind less than 50%.

  11. Dec 2024
    Permit 202412036072 $$$ $9,000

    Replace countertop and cabinet in one unit.

  12. Feb 2025
    Permit 202502251033 $$$ $2,000

    One unit: replace kitchen countertop; no other work; no changes to appliances and fixtures.

  13. Mar 2026
    Issued Permit 202512172073 $$$ $7,561,942

    Ed-1301: accessible path of travel improvements, r/r existing yard fencing within property, remove all fire escapes, mulch all planting areas, restripe parking lot, provide code minimum accessible parking spaces, modify public sidewalk for accessibility at entrance gates, r/r all windows, roofing.

  14. Mar 2026
    Issued Permit 202505297539 $$$ $7,561,942

    Ed13-01: accessible path of travel improvements throughout, r/r existing yard fencing within property, remove fire escapes, mulch all planting areas, restripe parking lot, provide code minimum accessible parking spaces, modify public sidewalk for accessibility at entrance gates, r/r all windows, roofing.

  15. Mar 2026
    Issued Permit 202512172074 $$$ $5,747,076

    Ed-1301: accessible path of travel improvements, r/r existing yard fencing within property, remove all fire escapes, mulch all planting areas, restripe parking lot, provide code minimum accessible parking spaces, modify public sidewalk for accessibility at entrance gates, r/r all windows, roofing.

DBI holds 44 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 44. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired permits are not shown. The city's African American context statement gives Club Alabama's address as 1931 Sutter Street in the narrative and 1933 Sutter Street in its list of plaque candidates.

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