901–905 California Street

1. 1954

   The Stanford Court Hotel, a men-only residential hotel with community showers, recorded in a 1954 journal at fifty dollars a month; the building is partially extant.

   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
2. July 11, 1968

   The Stanford Court Apartments held 126 units, 30 of them without cooking facilities; business and professional offices had been illegally placed in the building in recent years. A landmark stone wall bounds the property. The City Planning Commission approved, with conditions, converting the Stanford Court Apartments into a hotel of up to 424 rooms with incidental commercial uses, retaining the exterior walls and the boundary stone wall.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
3. October 2, 1969

   The south part of the Stanford Court site was a steep landscaped bank, bounded by a stone retaining wall along Pine and Powell Streets. The City Planning Commission modified the conditions of its 1968 hotel-conversion approval to allow a three-floor addition of about 17,600 square feet on the south side, holding a ballroom seating 400, with a rooftop lounge and terrace.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
4. 1971

   Built.

5. 1971

   A residential garden laid out in 1971 by the landscape architect Thomas D. Church, who designed more than 150 gardens in San Francisco and is widely counted the founder of Modern California landscape design.

   Modern Architecture and Landscape Design Context Statement, adopted 2011
6. September 1, 1977

   The City Planning Commission unanimously let the Stanford Court Hotel enclose 2,200 square feet of its 4,125-square-foot Powell Street terrace for a larger restaurant and lounge and a wine cellar, the landmark retaining wall to stay unaltered (Resolution 7796).

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
7. Sep 1989

   Permit 8916276 $$$ $138,027

   Reroofing.

8. Jan 1990

   Permit 9000871 $$$ $393,511

   Add fire sprinkelr system.

9. Mar 1990

   Permit 9005188 $$$ $350,000

   Remodel restaurant and main level into meeting rooms.

10. Apr 1990

    Permit 9007516 $$$ $625,000

    Fire alarm system and voice ecavuation upgrade.

11. Jul 1990

    Permit 9014552 $$$ $165,000

    Lobby renoliation-relocation desk.

12. Oct 1990

    Permit 9021247 $$$ $170,000

    Administration office renovation enlarge/restructure office.

13. May 1991

    Permit 9108314 $$$ $175,000

    Add architectural woodwork, paint to existing corridor fl.

14. Jun 1991

    Permit 9110829 $$$ $80,000

    Install new entry doors, glass & planter boxes.

15. Sep 1994

    Permit 9415616 $$$ $125,940

    Convewrt 2 guestrms to health club, add exiting dis to mtgs.

16. Apr 2002

    Permit 200204184346 $$$ $260,000

    Rrevise exist. guestroom (ada).

17. Apr 2004

    Permit 200404191632 $$$ $75,000

    Install propane lpg system as backup source for existing natural gas fired emergencey power generato.

18. Nov 2007

    Permit 200711208651 $$$ $730,000

    Interior remodel to provde new interior finishes and furnishings for all guest rooms, replace hvac in guest rooms-under sep. application, construct new elevator lobbies on floors 2-8, new ceilings, lighting and wall finishes in public corridors. fire alarm, sprinkler, mep under sep. application.

19. Dec 2007

    Permit 200712059709 $$$ $3,000,000

    Renovation of main level food service and dining areas upgrade bathrooms to full compliance. fire alarm & sprinkler under seperate permit. reduction in scope of work from orginal application.

20. Feb 2008

    Permit 200802084349 $$$ $200,000

    Reference 200711208651 refurbishment of interior finishes and furnishing of all guest rooms. mep only. fire sprinlkers and life safety separage permit.

21. Dec 2012

    Issued Permit 201212176373 $$$ $425,000

    Remove and replace one 300 ton water cooled chiller. replacement is like for like. new refrigenant leak detector and detector controller. provide new exhaust fan to be run continously and controlled by new detector controller.

22. Oct 2015

    Permit 201510270932 $$$ $910,000

    Reroofing.

23. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612155120 $$$ $2,003,538

    Renovation of public areas of existing hotel. interior work @ existing lobby, dining & bar includes demolition, new partitions, casework, wall, ceiling & floor finishes. electrical, plumb work per plans. existing hvac system to reamin. existing diffusers may be relocated as required by work. exterior work include new glazed entry.

24. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612286055 $$$ $439,810

    Conversion of existing fitness on 1st floor level to 4 new guestrooms, conversion of existing business center & guest lounge on 6th floor level to 3 new guest rooms, 1 of which is proposed to be fully accessible modification to other accessible room as levels 1-8 to meet current accessible code req'd. interior.

25. Apr 2024

    Issued Permit 202404290962 $$$ $150,000

    Basement lvl: demolition e) centrifugal fan & install new supply fan.

DBI holds 87 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 87. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.