37.7887, −122.4216 A locator map appears here once a Mapbox token is configured.
Know This Place

District 3 · Block 0667, Lot 010 · ZIP 94109

1400 Van Ness Avenue

Office building

  • 3 stories
  • 19,405 ft2
  • 4,748 ft2 lot area
  • 4 rooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
  • Sold May 26, 2022
37.7887, −122.4216 Street View appears here once a Google Maps embed key is configured.
  1. 1912

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. Dated 1912–1913. Designed by Herman Barth. Reo, Packard, Chevrolet and Ford were sold here over the years.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. August 24, 1912

    The 50 by 95 ft corner lot was sold for $40,000. A four-storey and basement fireproof building was being planned for it, already leased for ten years to the Consolidated Motor Car company at $84,000.

    The San Francisco Call, 24 August 1912, p. 23
  3. October 24, 1912

    B. C. Van Emon contracted for one direct connected electric freight elevator on a building, then going up, at $3,100.

    The San Francisco Call, 24 October 1912, p. 18
  4. 1913

    Built.

  5. Feb 1983
    Permit 8301302 $$$ $105,000

    Build new entrance.

  6. Sep 1983
    Permit 8309618 $$$ $16,500

    Fire sprinkler system for basement only.

  7. Oct 1983
    Permit 8310838 $$$ $25,000

    Sign - erect.

  8. Oct 1983
    Permit 8310839 $$$ $7,500

    Furnish and install theatre type marque.

  9. May 1989
    Permit 8907224 $$$ $28,000

    Parapet.

  10. May 1989
    Permit 8907520 $$$ $48,100

    Relocate fixtures and moveable displays.

  11. Oct 1989
    Permit 8920304 $$$ $25,000

    Ewo.

  12. May 1990
    Permit 9009109 $$$ $27,500

    Reroofing.

  13. Nov 2001
    Permit 200111092904 $$$ $23,095

    Reroofing.

  14. May 2007
    Permit 200705111030 $$$ $750,000

    Renovation & alteration to existing retail building. seismic & structural upgrade; provide new elevator to all stories. 2 new exit stairs; ada toiletson all stories, upgrade mechanical/heating systems. upgrade electrical panel system.

  15. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712039459 $$$ $350,000

    G/f, 2nd, 3, 4th floor: alter to existing office space, construct interior partitions, alter to exit stair, ada toilets, mechanical/heating system & electrical panel/systems. increase in floor area of mezz.level on 2/f and classification as floor level. alteration are ref. to previously appl#200705111030.

  16. Apr 2008
    Issued Permit 200804280787 $$$ $73,230

    Provide and install fire sprinkler system on all floors per drawings and calculations. total 228 heads. building. app#200705111030.

  17. Jul 2008
    Permit 200807106424 $$$ $220,000

    Construct a new coffee cafe. work includes new walls, new lighting, new mechanical eqpmt, new walls, new finishes, new casework, new equipment, fire protection under seperate permit.

  18. Jul 2008
    Permit 200807318126 $$$ $5,000

    Install 2 illuminated wall signs.

  19. Aug 2008
    Permit 200808260107 $$$ $5,000

    Install fire alarm system.

  20. Sep 2008
    Permit 200809182054 $$$ $16,000

    Erect electric double faced projecting sign.

  21. Jun 2009
    Permit 200906029599 $$$ $6,000

    Erect a non-electric wall single faced non-illuminated new sign.

  22. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  23. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707273048 $$$ $7,500

    G/f -coffee shop: upgrade existing restroom. barrier removal (ada restroom). electrical under sep. permit.

  24. Sep 2019
    Permit 201909192089 $$$ $148,000

    Reroofing.

  25. Mar 2024
    Permit 202403268608 $$$ $195,000

    At&t: install new mobility unmanned telecom facility: (12) antennas within (3) faux frp radomes, 3 frp enclosures, 12 rrus, gps (1), (4) surge suppressors, power trunk/fiber/conduit, new steel platform pad on rooftop for equipment, (4) cabinets, new h-frame with ciena hoffman box, 200ac power panel.

DBI holds 39 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 39. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor's roll gives 1913; this address is recorded as built 1912.

Nearby