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498 Alabama Street

Mission · San Francisco, CA 94110

  • Built 1910
  • Industrial building
  • 1 story
  • Zoned M1
  • District 9
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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13,483 sq ftBuilding area
9,416.91 sq ftLot area
5Rooms · 4 baths
  1. 1910

    Built as a timber-framed warehouse sheathed in corrugated iron.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  2. 1941

    Built as the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph warehouse. Designed by James H. Hjul.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  3. 1991

    Windows were added.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  4. Feb 1991

    Remove stucco in existing frames and install windows.

    Complete Permit 9101950 $$$ $6,000
  5. Feb 1991

    Fire escape.

    Complete Permit 9103073 $$$ $6,000
  6. Apr 1991

    Penalty only 9103073.

    Complete Permit 9106192 $$$ $500
  7. Mar 2016

    Change of use to coffee roaster. plumbing for new sinks, dishwasher from existing adjacent water heater and to include floor sink for future commercial use. new electrical outlets for coffee roaster and associated kithen appliances. gas hookup for coffee roaster.

    Withdrawn Permit 201603111774 $$$ $1,200
  8. Apr 2016

    Permit to abate nov#201600742 work done without permit, install plumbing and electrical work associated with installation of accessory kitchen. seperate electrical & plumbing permits will be applied for. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Issued Permit 201604043860 $$$ $7,000
  9. Jul 2018

    Tenant improvement to include coffee roastery and cafe/coffee bar associated with production coffee roastery, ada path of travel improvements, ada bathroom upgrade, improvment to existing commercial kitchen. add b occupancy to coffee factory.

    Complete Permit 201807205110 $$$ $74,000
  10. Dec 2018

    Otc alterations permit.

    Issued Permit M1019527 $$$ $1
  11. Jan 2019

    Administrative permit to adjust job value for deferred lighting/electrical/t-24 to 20, 000. permit to pa 2018-0720-5110.

    Complete Permit 201901170664 $$$ $20,000
  12. Jan 2019

    Revision to permit application 201807205110. shifting location of cafe / coffee bar apprx 10 ft north. relocate ada entry, exit, lift and bathrooms.

    Complete Permit 201901241124 $$$ $1
  13. Jan 2020

    Ref 2018-0720-5110 added mechanical plan and shifted ada door.

    Complete Permit 202001242780 $$$ $1
  14. Mar 2025

    To abate nov 202431189- to infill stucco pass through window facing front of property.

    Complete Permit 202503142267 $$$ $1,250

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

The survey's data table dates the building to 1941; the context statement's appendix dates it to 1910. The survey's data table dates the building to 1941; its own note says a timber-framed warehouse of 1910 was rebuilt in concrete that year. Not yet documented: the developer, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update