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District 8 · Block 3567, Lot 056 · ZIP 94110

Notre Dame School

347 Dolores Street

  • 66-unit apartment building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RM-1
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • City landmark (Article 10)
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52,150 sq ftBuilding area
6,252 sq ftLot area
185Rooms · 53 bed, 66 bath
  1. 1866

    Sister Aloyese of the Cross established a school for girls opposite Mission Dolores, the first in San Francisco, on land from the 1858 federal grant to the Catholic Church. It superseded part of the Mission rancheria, which survives as an archaeological site.

    Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. 1906

    Firefighters dynamited the Notre Dame Academy to keep the fire from jumping Dolores Street and reaching the mission.

    Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  3. 1907

    Built.

  4. 1907

    Rebuilt to the design of the San Jose architect Theodore Lenzen, nearly an exact duplicate of the earlier building but more than twice its size, ready for over 500 students by the autumn.

    Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  5. August 12, 1964

    Photographed, showing the Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  6. 1988

    The historic Notre Dame School building, from a ground-floor office of which CURAS provided health education to LGBTQ Latinos; Project Inform was also listed here from 1988 to 1990.

    Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
  7. Jul 1995
    Permit 9511248 $$$ $5,000,000

    Horizontal.

  8. Nov 1996
    Permit 9622355 $$$ $25,000

    New fire alarm.

  9. Dec 1996
    Permit 9624692 $$$ $1

    Sprinkler system revision to permit application 9511248.

  10. Jul 1997
    Permit 9713327 $$$ $800

    Control dialer to monitor existing fire alarm.

  11. Jul 1997
    Permit 9713541 $$$ $1

    Revisions permit application 9511248/modify foundat for dry rot repair/provid.

  12. Aug 1997
    Permit 9714525 $$$ $1

    Renew permit #9624692.

  13. Feb 2010
    Permit 201002025797 $$$ $2,500

    Work @ one unit only. remove & replace bathtub with new ada shower. no structural work.

  14. Sep 2020
    Issued Permit 202009164293 $$$ $124,658

    Reroofing.

  15. Oct 2024
    Permit 202410283888 $$$ $150,000

    Demolition & remove existing gas water heater and provide new heat pump water heating system with buffer tank & electric swing tank.

3 nominal $1 street-space permits and 1 expired permit are omitted.

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