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District 9 · Block 3576, Lot 062 · ZIP 94110

645–647 Valencia Street

3-unit apartment building with a ground-floor store · Mission

  • 2 stories
  • 5,250 ft2
  • 2,800 ft2 lot area
  • 10 rooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned NCT1
  • Not a historic resource
  • Sold December 14, 2018
Land$2,454,138
Improvements$2,063,707
Total assessed$4,517,845
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  1. 1915

    Built.

  2. 1978

    The Gaslight club operated here in the 1960s and early 1970s; in 1978 the building became Amelia's, a bar whose dance nights drew crowds large enough to need a doorkeeper and identified as an exceptionally significant lesbian bar. Threatened with demolition.

    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
  3. 1989

    Photographed, showing the exterior of Amelia's.

    Rikki Streicher and Mary Sager Photograph Albums (GLC 131), San Francisco Public Library
  4. Mar 2015
    Withdrawn Permit 201503050103 $$$ $2,500,000

    Erect 5-story, type 5-a over 1-a, 9 dwelling units over mercantile & parking building.

  5. Mar 2015
    Withdrawn Permit 201503050109 $$$ $10,000

    Demolish 2-story, type 5, bar building.

  6. Nov 2016
    Reinstated Permit 201611142504 $$$ $1,600,000

    Preserving & renovating 2story commercial structure. add new 3 story addition for a total height of 5 stories or 55' tall. the renovated addition/alteration building will be mixed use consisting of grd floor comm, residential entry and parking accessed from sycamore st. uppper 4 stories will house 7 units.

  7. Dec 2018
    Permit 201812289325 $$$ $50,000

    Renovate existing restrooms. install accessible complaint restroom.

  8. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903205832 $$$ $7,500

    Patch stucco and paint exterior building with window trim repairs with scaffolding.

  9. Apr 2019
    Issued Permit 201904269052 $$$ $1

    For dph review only as dph was bypassed under permit application 2018-1228-9325.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown. Two of the city's context statements date the opening of Amelia's differently — one to 1978, the other to 1980, the latter closing it in 1991.

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