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District 3 · Block 0221, Lot 125 · ZIP 94108

Chambord Apartments

1298 Sacramento Street

  • 11-unit apartment building
  • 6 stories
  • 11,330 ft2
  • 2,550 ft2 lot area
  • 43 rooms
  • 22 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RM-4
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark
  • Individually listed on the National Register
  • Sold February 25, 1993
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  1. 1921

    The Chambord Apartments, designed by James F. Dunn. Dunn died in 1921 before the building was finished; his former partner Albert Schroepfer completed it later that year.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  2. 1922

    Built.

  3. 1926

    A metal structure was added at roof level and one apartment's floor plan altered; the original single-unit plan was reinstated, with further additions, in 1950.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  4. 1926

    Bought by Herbert E. Law — owner of the Monadnock Building and, from 1906, with his brother, of the Fairmont Hotel — who added the sixth-floor penthouse; his family lived in the building for many years.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  5. 1978

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 106, Chambord Apartments.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  6. Aug 1982
    Permit 8206623 $$$ $35,000

    Building use: resid.

  7. Sep 1982
    Permit 8207758 $$$ $1,500

    Building use: apts.

  8. Sep 1982
    Permit 8207967 $$$ $346,000

    Building use: dwg.

  9. Oct 1982
    Permit 8208740 $$$ $65,000

    Building use: apts.

  10. Dec 1982
    Permit 8209918 $$$ $10,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  11. Jan 1983
    Permit 8300163 $$$ $60,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  12. Dec 1983
    Permit 8312283 $$$ $21,000

    Remove.

  13. Jun 1993
    Permit 9310766 $$$ $13,800

    Reroofing.

  14. May 2004
    Issued Permit M27498

    Streetspace.

  15. Sep 2020
    Permit 202009295454 $$$ $12,000

    Like for like fire system replacement with new panel, smokes & pull stations at the same locations. install new radio comm, low frequency horns inside units to meet new sc. 1103.7.6.1 tie in existing horn/strobes to new panel.

  16. Mar 2022
    Permit 202203250879 $$$ $25,000

    Water restoration in kind: one unit: gut out due to water damage. replace drywall, insulation & finishes. new plaster at entryway. replace plumbing fixtures, in kind. replace electrical fixtures in kind. one unit: new drywall insulation and finishes in restroom. new plaster at livingroom wall. replace.

5 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. The assessor's roll gives 1922; the city's statement on Progressive Era and early revival styles gives 1921.

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