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3281 16th Street

Mission · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1907
  • Church
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RM-1
  • District 8
  • Historic status: historic resource
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5,144 sq ftLot area
5Rooms · 2 baths
  1. Aug 2010

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 201008279702 $$$ $9,780
  2. Mar 2012

    Install fire alarm system for preschool in church.

    Complete Permit 201203287052 $$$ $4,000
  3. May 2012

    Change of use only from a2 to e. no work. 1st floor only; fire alarm installation ap #201203287052.

    Expired Permit 201205100236 $$$ $1
  4. July 20, 2022

    Recommended for landmark evaluation

    Put forward for further evaluation as a potential city landmark: St. Matthew's Church appears eligible for local designation under Criterion 3 (Architecture) as a rare remaining example of Gothic Revival institutional architecture in San Francisco. Built by the German Evangelical Church in 1907 after the earthquake and fire, wood-framed and clad in wood shingles; its character-defining features are the siting of the building and its relationship to the street, the wood cladding, the roof configuration, the windows and doors with their transoms, surrounds and glazing, and the rose window, parapets, spires and fenestration pattern. A figure caption in the same document gives St. Matthew's Lutheran Church as 3321 16th Street, a separate parcel on the Mission Dolores block.

    Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update