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District 3 · Block 0285, Lot 009 · ZIP 94108

Elks Lodge of San Francisco

540 Powell Street

  • School building
  • 4 stories
  • 30,037 ft2
  • 6,873 ft2 lot area
  • 34 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1908

    Elks Lodge of San Francisco, designed by Alexander Aimwell Cantin.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  2. November 28, 1908

    Webster-Mace construction company contracted to put up a four-storey and basement building for the San Francisco Elks building association.

    The San Francisco Call, 28 November 1908, p. 17
  3. 1909

    Built.

  4. May 1, 1909

    Otis elevator company contracted for elevator machinery on a four-storey and basement building for the San Francisco Elks' Building Association, at $3,800.

    The San Francisco Call, 1 May 1909, p. 21
  5. July 2, 1964

    Photographed, showing the San Francisco State College Downtown Center.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  6. 1968

    The National Sex Forum, founded here by Glide Memorial Church in 1968; its staff conducted a mandated training for 400 city employees in 1978, and in 1976 it became the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.

    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
  7. Sep 1982
    Permit 8207643 $$$ $40,000

    Building use: academy of arts.

  8. Dec 1991
    Permit 9122859 $$$ $1,800

    Remove temporary wall and added counter.

  9. Aug 1992
    Permit 9214035 $$$ $1,600

    2 canvas dome awnings (windows).

  10. Feb 1998
    Permit 9801788 $$$ $15,000

    Emergency repair on water damaged ceilingat 1, 2, 3, 4 floor.

  11. Aug 2003
    Permit 200308061361 $$$ $10,000

    Patch & repair sidewalk per sq ft city notice to repair.

  12. Apr 2008
    Withdrawn Permit 200804018449 $$$ $5,001

    Erect an electric double faced illuminate projecting sign.

  13. May 2011
    Withdrawn Permit 201105095675 $$$ $1,000

    Painted non-structural sign.

  14. Jun 2011
    Issued Permit 201106067509 $$$ $16,500

    Academy of art university. repair the roof parapet due to cracking at the roof level.

  15. Sep 2015
    Issued Permit 201509247952 $$$ $700

    To abate planning violation, remove painted wall signs.

  16. Jan 2018
    Issued Permit 201801310035 $$$ $1

    Renew bpa #201106067509 to final.

  17. Aug 2020
    Filed Permit 202008212325 $$$ $35,000

    Priority process - change the use of all portions of 540 powell not currently entitled for post-secondary educational institutional use to post-secondary educational institution.- security camera, lighting and associated conduit.

  18. Nov 2020
    Filed Permit 202011058271 $$$ $6,500

    To install electric, projecting, double faced blade sign. ** maher: n/a **.

4 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. This building's context statement dates the work 1908; the assessor's roll records the parcel as built 1909.

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