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District 9 · Block 3615, Lot 023 · ZIP 94110

Wigwam Theatre

2555–2557 Mission Street · Mission

  • 2 stories
  • 18,654 ft2
  • 10,776 ft2 lot area
  • 3 residential units
  • 5 rooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • Zoned NC-3
  • Historic resource
  • Sold May 28, 1998
Land$798,377
Improvements$910,969
Total assessed$1,709,346
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  1. 1912

    Built.

  2. September 12, 1912

    Judson Manufacturing company contracted for cast iron bases, steel and structural work on a class A theater, then going up, at $11,500.

    The San Francisco Call, 12 September 1912, p. 17
  3. December 22, 1912

    John G. Sutton company contracted for the heating and ventilating system of a theater, at $3,400. Lot as recorded: 88 by 122:0. Cross streets: E line of Mission Street, 215 feet N of 22nd, lot 88 by 122:0.

    The San Francisco Call, 22 December 1912, p. 57
  4. 1913

    Wigwam Theatre, designed by William H. Crim.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  5. 1958

    By the late 1950s the Cine Latino, earlier the New Rialto and the Crown, was showing Spanish-language films here.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  6. August 12, 1964

    Photographed, showing the Crown theater.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  7. Apr 1986
    Permit 8603921 $$$ $17,500

    Installation of plumbing, electrical, air conditioning.

  8. May 1986
    Permit 8606241 $$$ $1,000

    Install air cond.in existing building.

  9. Dec 1986
    Permit 8616185 $$$ $5,000

    Electric - new inside service - lights, plugs.

  10. May 1987
    Permit 8706112 $$$ $790

    Fabricate & install awning.

  11. Nov 1991
    Filing Permit 9122039S $$$ $700,000

    Erect a two story offices/coml structure.

  12. May 1994
    Filing Permit 9406958 $$$ $24,900

    On north & south sides of building demol dsamaged parapet.

  13. Jun 2001
    Reinstated Permit 200106131442 $$$ $2,000,000

    Renovation of existing theater to establish a helath fitness facility, level existing sloping grnd, horiz. ext.

  14. Sep 2001
    Permit 200109269324 $$$ $11,000

    Parapet safety program, parapet walls/ roof ties.

  15. Dec 2005
    Revoked Permit 200512099984 $$$ $25,010

    Renewal permit application 2001/06/13/1442s2 (foundation, excavation, underpionning, retaining walls, grading).

  16. Aug 2007
    Withdrawn Permit 200708220507 $$$ $2,000

    Non-electric wall mounted single faced sign - 7'x16' on mission street.

  17. Apr 2009
    Revoked Permit 200904075794 $$$ $1,000,000

    To complete work amd obtain final inspection for work approved permit application 2001/06/13/1442 (remainder of work).

  18. Jul 2009
    Reinstated Permit 200907031957 $$$ $40,000

    Demolition and bracing/shoring to prepare site for execution of approved superstructure. scope of work and change of use under appl. 200106131442 s-3. (interior work only).

  19. Mar 2014
    Revoked Permit 201403312028 $$$ $500,000

    To complete and finalize work approved under permit application 200106131442.

  20. Mar 2015
    Reinstated Permit 201503191342 $$$ $128,000

    Install fire sprinkler system through-out entire building with class 1 standpipe system to nfpa 13 & 14-2013. renovate existing 4" fire service. provide property line window speaker protection 200106131442.

  21. Oct 2016
    Withdrawn Permit 201610049520 $$$ $25,000

    Under construction revision to app#200106131442 s3/r5. addition of exterior wall and roof at penthouses to provide protection from weather at elevator and stair doors. addition of approx 18"-24" to existing parapet wall to provide code compliant min 44" at occupied roof.

  22. Apr 2019
    Withdrawn Permit 201904168165 $$$ $2,000,000

    Per sq ft planning 3.11.19 notice of enforcement-applt is submit new permit to complete mission st fcade &est a health fitness facility. shell wk: exterior weather proofing, complete facades, shell building, electrical&mechanical.interior tenant wk: interior partitions, lockerrooms, bathrooms exercise rms&assoc electrical/mechanical.

  23. Oct 2022
    Permit 202210265261 $$$ $1

    Required deferred spray on fireproofing permit submittal. ref pa 2001-0613-1442 s4.

  24. Dec 2022
    Issued Permit 202212228982 $$$ $1

    Required "deferred elevator" permit submission. ref pa 2001-0613-1442-s4).

  25. Jul 2023
    Filed Permit 202307212704 $$$ $220,000

    T.i. on 2/f: empty floor to be divided into individual work spaces. work to include partition walls & common accessible bathroom facilities.g/f lobby to be reconstructed. all base building.accessibility works, mep, sprinklers, fire l/s under permit application 200106131442 s-4.

  26. Jan 2026
    Issued Permit 202601153896 $$$ $35,000

    New roll down security gate/doors front of building. 75% open to view, not a solid roll down door.

DBI holds 55 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 55. 24 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. This building's context statement dates the work 1913; the assessor's roll records the parcel as built 1912.

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