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538–542 Green Street

North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1913
  • 3-unit building with a ground-floor store
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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4,950 sq ftBuilding area
1,860 sq ftLot area
12Rooms · 3 baths
  1. 1913

    Standard flats with ground-floor stores below residential units.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. 1982

    Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as a contributor to the Upper Dupont Street / Grant Avenue District.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  3. Apr 1984

    Original use of building was 1 store and 5 dwellings present.

    Cancelled Permit 8403492 $$$ $50
  4. Jun 1987

    Replace glass window (front).

    Complete Permit 8707994 $$$ $1,000
  5. Aug 1991

    Tear off existing old roof.

    Expired Permit 9113654 $$$ $4,950
  6. May 2003

    Fire repair/reframe roof as needed in like and kind/1 new kchn upper unit.

    Complete Permit 200305194916 $$$ $35,000
  7. Jan 2014

    Comply with compliant #201342572 replace sidewalk door in kinds, replace plumbing fixtures, upgrade wiring.

    Complete Permit 201401106055 $$$ $13,500
  8. May 2015

    Wood frame soft story program, sesismic retrofit as per 2012 iebc appendix a-4 sec. a-403.3 to comply with soft story program. residential portion.

    Complete Permit 201505015148 $$$ $40,000
  9. May 2015

    (aka: 538-542 green street) part of the soft story seismic retrofit affects the commercial space, therefore handicap checklist is required. per 2012 iebc appendix a-4. permit for commercial portion.

    Complete Permit 201505196737 $$$ $30,000
  10. Dec 2016

    Revision to pa 2015-0519-6737 (commercial soft story), instead of cuilding the handicap bathroom a new handicap entry will be built as part of the 20% handicap improvement.

    Withdrawn Permit 201612165189 $$$ $1
  11. Jun 2017

    Revision to pa 2015-0519-6737 instead of combining two bathrooms to create 1 handicap bathroom, the new proposal will keep one of the existing bathroom and enlarge the second one to comply with handicap requirements.

    Complete Permit 201706139250 $$$ $1
  12. Nov 2025

    Sheetrock repair in downstairs storage room. interior only.

    Issued Permit 202511069048 $$$ $500

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder and the early residents. Submit an update