906 Broadway

1. 1907

   Built.

2. 1912

   The church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, established in 1875, was completed in this building in 1912.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. 1912

   The church was rebuilt, after the first church of 1875–80 was lost in the fire, as one of the first in the country built of reinforced concrete: a Mission Revival cruciform church with Renaissance and Baroque ornament inside, paid for by gifts from the Mexican, Central and South American and Spanish communities of North Beach's Latin Quarter.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. 1916

   Luigi Brusatori, a Milan-trained painter who had come to San Francisco in 1911 and also painted St. Francis of Assisi and Saints Peter and Paul, finished the frescoes covering the walls and ceiling; the faces of the angels on the ceiling were modelled on members of the children's choir.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
5. 1950

   Construction of the Broadway Tunnel began catty-corner to the church, demolishing a row of buildings and speeding the Latino community's move out of North Beach; the congregation dropped sharply.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
6. 1992

   The Archdiocese closed the church; the Latino Heritage and Landmark Preservation Fund led the campaign that won its designation the next year. St. Mary's, a Chinese school, used the building from the mid-1990s until 2011, and former parishioners were let in each December 12 for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
7. 1993

   Listed as San Francisco City Landmark No. 204 — Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe / Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

   SF Planning, Article 10 landmarks SF Planning, Article 10 landmarks North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
8. Aug 1994

   Filing Permit 4912536 $$$ $25,000

   Install of auto, fire sprinkler system.

9. Apr 1998

   Permit 9805771 $$$ $1

   Renew expired appl #9408875, #9418090, #9412536, #9408816.

10. Jun 2012

    Permit 201206283715 $$$ $40,000

    Remove classrm partitions inculding all walls, ceilings, remove boys' & girl's bathrm walls & ceilings. remove electrical connections to classrms & bathrms. cap off all plumbing lines. building & area tenant improvement under seperate permit. interior demolition to remain vacant per ab-017.

11. Nov 2012

    Permit 201211023433 $$$ $5,000

    Demolition of built-up flooring, restore to previous condition at original floor level.

12. 2016

    The Archdiocese sold the church to private investors.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
13. Aug 2016

    Permit 201608175258 $$$ $1

    Revision to ref permit application 201605278662 - for minor reconfiguration of floor plans.

14. 2019

    The landmark designation was amended by Ordinance No. 76-19 to take in the church's interior — its murals, altars and ornament — which the 1993 designation had left out.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
15. Feb 2025

    Permit 202502059749 $$$ $17,846

    Replacing the existing sprinkler monitoring system with a new fire alarm control panel, pull station, smoke detector and modules which now compatible with new system.

16. Jun 2025

    Permit 202506279697 $$$ $25,000

    Permit to abate nov 202421513 & 2024-002795 enf to remove masaic tile on facade, waterproof & reinstall mosaic tile per preservation.

17. Jun 2026

    Filed Permit 202606052670 $$$ $220,000

    Conditional use authorization per 2024-002799prj, converting a vacant church from an institutional use to event space. cou to general entertainment. scope includes removal of existing non conforming rr at rear yard, add of n rrs in basement remoce e stair from rear yard to basement, add n int stair.

6 expired or cancelled permits are omitted. The city's own records disagree about this church. Its statement on Progressive Era styles dates the building to 1907 and calls it San Francisco Landmark No. 244; the landmark listing on this page gives 1912 and No. 204. The amended designation report dates the Archdiocese's sale of the church to 2016; a public letter filed with it says 2013.