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42 12Th Street

Name: 42 12Th Street
Address: 42 12Th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US

Mission · San Francisco, CA 94103

Built 1916
Industrial building
1 story
Zoned CM
District 6
Historic status: historic resource

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3,800 sq ftBuilding area

3,794 sq ftLot area

1Rooms

1919

Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto repair shop. Built with wooden mezzanine windows divided into many lights.

Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
1938

After earlier use as an auto repair shop, an automobile upholstery business has worked here since 1938.

Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
1953

Listed in the city directory as Hal Metzel Auto Seat Covers, Hal Van Products, wholesale seat covers.

Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
Feb 1987

Erect sign.

Complete Permit 8702432 $$$ $600
Aug 1989

Parapet.

Complete Permit 8914245 $$$ $5,200
Mar 1990

Reroofing.

Complete Permit 9004213 $$$ $9,614
Aug 1998

Umb-seismic retrofitting.

Complete Permit 9817049 $$$ $34,000
Jun 1999

Horizontal addition.

Complete Permit 9912502 $$$ $18,000
2010

Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criterion 1.

Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
Nov 2019

Barrier removal at entry. provide compliant level landing @ front entry. replace concrete slab at side walk per plan.

Cancelled Permit 201911258115 $$$ $3,000

The survey dates this building to 1919; the assessor's 2025 roll gives the parcel a year built of 1916. Recorded, not reconciled. Not yet documented: the architect and builder and the early tenants. Submit an update