San Francisco Juvenile Court and Detention Home

1. 1914

   The Board of Supervisors appointed Louis Christian Mullgardt to design the nine-story San Francisco Juvenile Court and Detention Home here, his first government building in the city and his tallest surviving work.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
2. December 1916

   The Juvenile Court and Detention Home was completed, commissioned by the Board of Supervisors in 1914 for $160,000 after a decade's campaign by reformers such as Katharine Felton. Designed by Louis Christian Mullgardt at the height of his career, it separated the children held here by sex, age and offence and had playgrounds and a medical and psychiatric ward, among the most advanced in the country. It is Mullgardt's most important surviving government building.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
3. 1950

   The juvenile court and detention home moved out to the new Youth Guidance Center on Woodside Avenue; from 1957 the building held city offices.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
4. September 24, 1970

   The city-owned building at 150 Otis Street was occupied by the Department of Social Services.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
5. 1976

   The old Juvenile Court and Detention Home, by then the Department of Social Services, took the top grade of 5 in the city's 1976 architectural inventory.

   Otis/Mission: Initial Study, 1982
6. Jun 1992

   Permit 9210580 $$$ $64,000

   Cti 1 fl 01.

7. July 2005

   The ground floors were fitted out as a shelter for homeless men.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
8. Jul 2005

   Permit 200507087214 $$$ $421,000

   Newwork to provide ada access, finishes, newbathroom & showers, newdoor/hardware, newelectrical &.

9. 2006

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 248, Juvenile Court and Detention Home.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
10. Oct 2007

    Issued Permit 200710094911 $$$ $1,000

    Install 1 smoke detector in basement. complaint #200122070 ces.

11. May 2010

    Permit 201005142521 $$$ $6,500,000

    Conversion of former juvenie detention center to 76 apts low income seismic upgrade, mep, finishes upgrade. new fire & sprinkler system, new pg&e vod vault, new elevator tower and new decks at back of the building, existing high rise.

12. Mar 2011

    Permit 201103071531 $$$ $400,000

    Reference permit application 2010-0514-2521-install new fire sprinkler system with fire pump, double detector check assembly. standpipe system & new 6" underground fire service.

13. April 8, 2011

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its place in the development of juvenile justice in the early twentieth century and as Louis Christian Mullgardt's most significant surviving government building.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
14. Sep 2011

    Permit 201109124312 $$$ $13,437

    Basement level hsa it room clean agent fire suppression/preaction detection and control system, fa under separate permit.

15. Feb 2012

    Permit 201202174378 $$$ $150,000

    Addition of a fire alarm sys for the building. work includes installation of 2 fire control panels, 2 annunciators, 56 monitor modules, 1 pull station, 149 smoke detectors, 3 duct detectors, 10 heat detectors, 83 speaker/strobes, 74 speakers, 27 strobes, 31 phone jacks, & 17 magnetic door holders.

16. Aug 2012

    Permit 201208026450 $$$ $2,700

    Submittal for approval of evacuation map signs. reference permit application 2010.05.14.2521.

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