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District 2 · Block 0587, Lot 027 · ZIP 94115

2515 Fillmore Street

Church · Pacific Heights

  • 3 stories
  • 77,641 ft2
  • 33,497 ft2 lot area
  • 53 rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-2
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark
  • Individually listed on the National Register
Land$853,223
Improvements$12,407,365
Total assessed$13,260,588
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  1. 1900-1902

    The church and its education building went up under one contract, the education building first, to the design of the architectural firm McDougall Brothers; the cornerstone of the church was laid on 4 July 1901.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. 1928

    The church was remodelled, and renovated again in 1957.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  3. 1968

    Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1968, by George T. Rockrise.

    Modern Architecture and Landscape Design Context Statement, adopted 2011
  4. September 1, 1977

    Calvary Presbyterian Church's 33,498-square-foot site held the church on the corner and, beside it on Fillmore Street, a 50-foot educational building of 20,000 square feet.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  5. September 22, 1977

    The Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board had initiated landmark designation of both Calvary Presbyterian Church and its education building.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. September 22, 1977

    The City Planning Commission unanimously, one member abstaining, approved Calvary Presbyterian Church's plan to replace its education building with a three-level, 38-foot multi-purpose building, subject to a Certificate of Appropriateness for the demolition and to a redesign of the east front to suit its neighbours (Resolution 7805).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  7. October 27, 1977

    The City Planning Commission unanimously approved landmark designation of the Calvary Presbyterian Church sanctuary (Resolution 7828), and, by 4 to 3 against its staff's advice, of the church's education building beside it (Resolution 7829).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  8. 1978

    Listed as San Francisco City Landmark No. 103 — Calvary Presbyterian Church.

    SF Planning, Article 10 landmarks SF Planning, Article 10 landmarks Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  9. 1980

    Assessor’s “built” date.

  10. Jul 1983
    Permit 8306567 $$$ $45,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  11. Oct 1987
    Permit 8715041 $$$ $35,000

    Move partition & closet at ground floor.

  12. Dec 1987
    Permit 8717403 $$$ $360,000

    Extend existing chancel platform and reconfigure choir riser.

  13. Feb 1990
    Permit 9003953 $$$ $5,557

    Reroofing.

  14. Jul 1993
    Permit 9312281 $$$ $75,000

    Parapet bracing.

  15. Jun 2001
    Issued Permit 200106201941 $$$ $425,000

    Adding 409 heads & relocating 12 heads, on all floor and basement.

  16. Apr 2004
    Permit 200404090971 $$$ $32,881

    Reroofing.

  17. Oct 2008
    Permit 200810083676 $$$ $100,000

    Replace existing stair treads with new, install new handrails. no change to exits, life safety under seperate permit.

  18. Jul 2013
    Permit 201307242649 $$$ $15,000

    Phase 1 per sffd approved plan of action fire alarm scope: replacement of fire alarm system, like for like, (49) smoke detectors, (1) heat detector, (2) mps, (2) monitor module, (3) nac module, (3) control relay, (64) horn strobe, (4) pilot relay, (1) facp, (3) rps, (1) ann.

  19. Feb 2015
    Issued Permit 201502279615 $$$ $1

    Fire alarm as built drawing set 201307242649- deleting 13 horns/stobes, new floor plans with changes, orginal fire alarm is 2013/07/24/2649; maher n/a.

  20. Aug 2017
    Issued Permit 201708296234 $$$ $3,500

    Remove stucco locate window leak, replace in kind at rear of building.

DBI holds 31 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 31. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 13 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The nomination dates the church to 1900–02; the assessor's 2025 roll gives 1980 for the building on this parcel. The education building went up in 1902–1904 by one 1977 account, and in 1900–1902, before the church, by another.

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