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District 3 · Block 0150, Lot 027 · ZIP 94133

1637 Taylor Street

Three-flat · Nob Hill

  • 2 stories
  • 3,400 ft2
  • 3,632 ft2 lot area
  • 11 rooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic resource
Land$1,321,142
Improvements$1,104,455
Total assessed$2,425,597
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  1. 1853

    What stands here is half of a house of 1853 — the architect William Ranlett's own, one of the first three on Russian Hill, known as the House of Many Corners for the stepped setbacks that left only a third of its bulk against the street. In the 1890s it was divided in two and the northern half moved away; the southern half remained, and a new facade was added in 1975.

    1000 and 1020 Broadway; 1629 Taylor Street mitigated negative declaration, SF Planning Dept., 2012
  2. c. 1867

    A retaining wall of large coursed stone was built along Taylor Street, with an arched entry and an enclosed stone stair, when the street was cut down to grade; Laura Ingalls Wilder described the wall and its stair in a letter home.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  3. 1907

    Assessor’s “built” date.

  4. 1955

    Altered by the contractor Frank Portman.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  5. 1975

    The architects Anderson-Colley designed the modern wood-sided front; the older north and west walls remain.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  6. May 2002
    Permit 200205096195 $$$ $10,000

    Renewal for final inspection 9001004.

  7. May 2009
    Permit 200905299385 $$$ $6,000

    Remove existing water damage single siding. replace with 4' x 8' brecken ridge siding at south side 25' x 40' above. not visible from street. with type "d" building. paper.

  8. Aug 2016
    Permit 201608165120 $$$ $40,000

    One unit, 2nd floor kitchen remodel - structural work at kitchen space, to remove wall, remove existing rear wall to patio & replace rear window in-kind due to dry rot & interior foundation.

  9. Aug 2016
    Permit 201608175301 $$$ $20,000

    Replacement in kind of all existing front and side wood windows and front door. no other exterior work.

  10. Mar 2021
    Permit 202103166641 $$$ $48,000

    Reroofing.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown. Recorded as built c. 1854; the assessor's roll gives 1907. This house is also dated about 1854, from its attributed architect's ownership of the lot, against 1853.

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