610 Vallejo Street
North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133
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1860
The church of St Francis of Assisi, founded in 1849 as the city's first Roman Catholic parish after Mission Dolores, was dedicated in this building in 1860; it holds the first parochial school in San Francisco and the first ordination of priests.
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1968
Listed in the 1968 citywide survey of San Francisco's architectural heritage as Church of St. Francis of Assisi.
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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.
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Sep 1988
Reroofing.
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Jun 1991
Remove old brick chimney from roof to basement.
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Jan 1995
Install fire alarm system for day care.
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Mar 1996
Reroofing.
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Jul 1996
Change occupancy on 1st floor by adding new stores, window.
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Jan 1998
Repair dry rot, bath, replace conc slab, plaster @ basement.
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Mar 1998
Repairs throughout building.
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Jan 2001
Street space permit.
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Dec 2006
Seismic upgrade, mechanical, electrical & plumbing.
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Oct 2009
Reroofing.
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Oct 2009
Mta permit.
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Jan 2012
Revision to appl #200612200219: remove & install forced air furnaces (1) to heat sancuary & (1) to heat basement. 3 smoke/duct detectors. in kind replacement.
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Mar 2013
Revision to permit application 2006-1220-0219-cut through 2nd floor for vertical life installation (handicap lift).
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Apr 2014
Repair basement floor, re-frame stage stairs, and install new floor finish.
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2018
Listed as California Point of Historical Interest SFR-003 — St. Francis of Assisi.
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2018
Listed as San Francisco City Landmark No. 5 — St. Francis of Assisi Church.
5 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.
The city's survey prints the address of St Francis of Assisi as 610 Vallejo Street in its landmark list and figure captions and as 620 Vallejo Street in its property-type chapter, which also gives the reconstruction date as 1912. Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update