Independent Order of Odd Fellows Columbarium

1. 1897

   Independent Order of Odd Fellows Columbarium, designed by Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
2. 1898

   Completed for the Odd Fellows Cemetery Association to designs by Bernard J. S. Cahill, a London-born architect remembered as an early planner of the Civic Center: a steel-reinforced Neo-Classical rotunda of cement plaster under a copper dome, with a temple front on each side and an interior of intense colour and faux finishes. Those whose ashes rest here include the painters Arthur and Lucia Mathews, Adolph Sutro, the photographer Gabriel Moulin and A. P. Hotaling.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. 1900

   Built.

4. 1937

   The Board of Supervisors banned burial in the city, and the Lone Mountain cemeteries were moved to Colma; the columbarium and its small garden were allowed to stay, leaving it the city's last burial site. Neglected for decades — water poured down its marble stair in winter, and raccoons and pigeons lived in it — it was saved when the Neptune Society bought it.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
5. Sep 1994

   Permit 9414991 $$$ $35,000

   Repair decaying floor & rof, replace. decaying wood, flooring.

6. 1996

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 209, San Francisco Columbarium (Odd Fellows Columbarium).

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. Nov 1997

   Permit 9723735S $$$ $2,500,000

   Erect a 1-story office building.

8. Apr 1998

   Permit 9805645

   To demolish office.

9. Nov 1998

   Permit 9823217S $$$ $1

   Revise 9723735s change const. type from 1 to type 5.

10. Aug 1999

    Permit 9916136 $$$ $23,127

    Sprinklers & piping (#9823217s1, 9823217s2, 9823217s1).

11. Mar 2001

    Permit 200103124083 $$$ $1

    To renew permit#9823217s2, 9823217s1 for final inspection.

12. Feb 2003

    Issued Permit 200302147492 $$$ $32,000

    Construct a water fountian in the yard. consist of concrete flat work, constructure of concrete pedi.

13. Mar 2005

    Permit 200503036743 $$$ $2,580

    Scope of work is to relocate and add sprinklers a new merchandise display room and change.

14. Sep 2007

    Permit 200709051834 $$$ $12,000

    Shoring and underpinning for new construction on adjacent property (reference permit application 2007-0222-4724s).

15. Jun 2008

    Permit 200806114200 $$$ $4,000

    New security enclosure in existing storage area of existing office building.

16. Nov 2010

    Permit 201011124870 $$$ $173,600

    Horizontal extension to existing administration building. add "s" occupancy to building "a"(existing b occupancy). walling in a garage door opening in & providing a new exit to existing administration building. nichie furnished by owner & installed by contractor. title -24 included.

17. Nov 2010

    Permit 201011185205 $$$ $248,000

    To erect 1 story "s" occupancy (mausoleum).

18. Nov 2010

    Permit 201011195286 $$$ $198,400

    To erect 1 story "s" occupancy (mausoleum).

19. May 2011

    Issued Permit 201105045379 $$$ $75,000

    Construct approx 60 lf of retaining wall, loackfill, replace existing fence 160 new 4"cc walkway.

20. Sep 2011

    Permit 201109154740 $$$ $9,300

    Install new sprinkler system in building "a" extension. this will be part of building "a" existing sprinkler system.

5 expired or cancelled permits are omitted.