1032 Broadway

1. 1853

   Built by Joseph M. Atkinson. Attributed.

2. 1853

   Italianate house, probably built by Joseph M. Atkinson — the oldest and most intact of the three houses on the hilltop that predate the Civil War; its west wing followed a few years later. San Francisco Landmark No. 97.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
3. 1890s

   Catherine Atkinson made the house a meeting place for young artists and writers — her cousin Gelett Burgess, Bruce Porter, Willis Polk and the rest of Les Jeunes, the circle that produced the little magazine The Lark.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
4. c. 1893

   Polk & Polk remodelled the house, and Willis Polk's woodwork survives on the entry floor.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
5. 1894

   Bruce Porter designed the garden, whose walled, overgrown informality set the pattern for the rest of the hilltop.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
6. April 1906

   Came through the 1906 earthquake and fire apparently untouched, one of the few frame houses on the hilltop spared when their occupants stayed behind to fight the flames with water from old cisterns.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. 1916

   Sold to Jane and Florence Paul, who ran a small school in the house until the early 1930s.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
8. 1931

   A fire badly damaged the upper floor; the designer Bruce Porter was brought in to repair the house, and charred beams remain in the attic.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
9. 1977

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 97, Atkinson-Escher House.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
10. March 10, 1977

    The City Planning Commission unanimously approved designating the house a city landmark as the Atkinson-Escher House, keeping that name over its owner's wish to add his own (Resolution 7679).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
11. March 10, 1977

    With the house designated a landmark, the City Planning Commission unanimously authorised its use as a law office, on ten conditions including a limit on building on the owner's adjoining lot (Resolution 7680).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
12. Sep 1997

    Permit 9717892S $$$ $55,000

    Build an underground garage separate from existing building.

13. Feb 2000

    Permit 9907006S $$$ $8,000

    Site permit; infill 98 sq ft at first fl to create expansion.

14. Feb 2000

    Permit 9909683 $$$ $35,000

    Revision to permit application 9717892/s as approved by landmarks board.

15. Apr 2000

    Permit 200004197606 $$$ $40,000

    Renewal of application 9813592, 9900846, 99042300, 9903611, 9911817.

16. May 2000

    Permit 200005129811 $$$ $20,000

    Temporary shoring for new garage #9909683.

17. May 2000

    Permit 200005129810 $$$ $1

    Revision to app #9909683.

18. Jul 2000

    Permit 200007276348 $$$ $1

    As built.

19. Jan 2002

    Filed Permit 200201187254 $$$ $600,000

    Exterior window and door replacements removal of 2/f bay alt of rar foof brick walkwy steps landscap.

20. May 2016

    Permit 201605046501 $$$ $28,000

    Repair roof deck waterproofing; replace brick patio in-kind; not v isible from street; n/a maher ord. 155-13.

21. Nov 2019

    Permit 201911147311 $$$ $300,000

    Revision to pa 2019-0326-6241 interior remodel to existing residence including kitchen and bathrooms, and reconfigured floor plan. no exterior changes. no increase habitable area or conditioned volume.

22. Mar 2021

    Permit 202103096190 $$$ $39,000

    Reroofing. weight of material less than 5psf.

23. Sep 2021

    Permit 202109138316 $$$ $30,000

    Ext repair work, partial replacement windows and ext door, stucco repair, exterior brick fire pit removal, new interior gas fireplace, replace skylights.

24. Jul 2022

    Permit 202207088101 $$$ $100,000

    To obtain final inspection for work approved nder permit application 2019-0326-6241. ref pa 2020-0919-4555: permit application 2019-1114-7311. all work is complete.

25. Aug 2022

    Permit 202208059990 $$$ $10,000

    Legalize guardrail on 2nd fl roof, facing rear yard per complaint #202293948.

26. Feb 2024

    Permit 202402075380 $$$ $35,000

    Replace exterior doors in-kind to watch existing. 8 doors. proposed project consists of the replacement of non-historic, multilite wood doors with new multilite wood doors matching the material, configuration and operation of the existing doors in the existing openings at 5 locations at the south and west ele.

27. Aug 2025

    Filed Permit 202508062400 $$$ $10,000

    Garage door replacement at an existing detached garage; remove existing full lwidth garage door, replace it with new narrower garage door of same appearance; add 1 swinging door for egress & package delivery; add secure package drop box; all call box with camera; add exterior lighting fixture. does not.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 8 expired permits are not shown. Willis Polk's remodelling of the house is dated around 1900 in its landmark designation and about 1893 in the National Register nomination.