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District 9 · Block 3551, Lot 001 · ZIP 94103

1940 Harrison Street

Industrial building

  • 268,538 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned M1
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1941

    Built by Columbia Steel.

  2. 1941

    Occupied by Columbia Steel from 1941.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  3. 1942

    Built as a U.S. Steel warehouse covering an entire block, and one of the largest and best preserved wartime industrial buildings in the district; later the Muni Harrison Street car barn. Built by Columbia Steel.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  4. 1955

    Occupied by U.S. Steel from 1955.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  5. Apr 1987
    Permit 8705578 $$$ $300,000

    Interior remodeling, concrete slabs, pit walls, heating.

  6. Sep 2008
    Issued Permit 200809262725 $$$ $1

    Obtain final inspection for app#200309053929.

  7. Feb 2010
    Permit 201002086125 $$$ $140,000

    Replace existing diesel fuel dispensing units (4) each. replace/reoute portions of existing steel fuel piping. remove piping from trench and relocate to overhead. replace concrete covers.

  8. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507212057 $$$ $20,000

    Add breaker to existing electrical panel. run electrical lines in conduit to dis server. install small antennas on building and 2nd ballast mount. run fiber optic, dc and coaxal, cable in conduit in building and external building. n/a for maher.

  9. Dec 2016
    Permit 201612285971 $$$ $343,991

    Demolish existing fire alarm control units, devices and fire alarm cabling. provide new fire alarm control units, devices and fire alarm cabling, per nfpa72.

  10. Feb 2017
    Permit 201702139312 $$$ $958,524

    Remove 2 waste tank system located in an underground concrete vault wall, replace with two new double walled above ground tank system and new tank monitoring system. ul142 n/a ordinance #155-13.

  11. Aug 2021

    As-builts fire alarm system for pa201612285971. added monitoring of existing water curtain sprinkler switches, clarified mounting heights of existing bus bay horns/strobes.

  12. Oct 2022
    Issued Permit 202210063914 $$$ $1

    Fire alarm t.i.. adding 1 cellular communicator to existing notifier nfs-320 fire alarm system.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor dates the building to 1941; the city's 2011 survey of Showplace Square and the northeast Mission dates it to 1942. The statement's narrative dates it to 1942 in one passage and 1941 in another; the survey data table gives 1941.

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