S. C. Johnson Floor Wax building

1. 1912

   Built by J. D. Hannah (1912).

2. 1912

   The S. C. Johnson floor wax building, cited with 1563 Mission Street as one of the more substantial industrial buildings of the decade after 1909.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
3. 1912

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. A showroom for the Jeffrey Auto Sales Company, makers of the Rambler, for a few years from its completion.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
4. 1936

   Listed in the telephone directory as Johnson S C & Son floor wax.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
5. 1953

   Listed in the city directory as Boyd Lighting fixture co.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
6. May 1991

   Permit 9107544 $$$ $23,000

   Parapet bracing.

7. May 2000

   Permit 200005059219 $$$ $80,000

   Oti-1, 2nd floor, el, me, sp.

8. Jul 2000

   Permit 200007316561 $$$ $1,600

   Fire sprinklelr t. i. work, add 16 heads. 12th floor only.

9. Jan 2006

   Issued Permit 200601132083 $$$ $4,000

   Non structural interior demolition on 1st & 50% of 2nd floors. defered d.a per ab-017.

10. Feb 2006

    Issued Permit 200602245336 $$$ $115,000

    Oti-1, 1st floor, el, me, ls, sp.

11. Feb 2006

    Issued Permit 200602245340 $$$ $85,985

    Oti-1, 2nd floor, el, me, ls, sp.

12. 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 Criteria 1 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
13. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307222444 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9710639; all work is complete.

14. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307222447 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under pa9817793; all work is complete.

15. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307222448 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9814068; all work is complete.

16. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307222449 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under pa9810793; all work is complete.

17. Aug 2018

    Permit 201808207758 $$$ $515,000

    Shoring for new construction on 30 otis street. ref permit application 2016/11/28/3577-s.

18. May 2020

    Issued Permit 202005117407 $$$ $1

    Tie back extending under 56-70 12th street property from 1125 stevenson shoring systems. ref permit application.

19. Aug 2020

    Issued Permit 202008041051 $$$ $1

    Tiebacks for 53 colton st.

DBI holds 28 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 28. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.