1801 Octavia Street

1. 1900

   Built.

2. 1939

   St Francis Xavier Mission, a Catholic Japanese American parish founded in a small Buchanan Street building in 1912, had moved to this corner by 1939, into a new building designed by the architect H.A. Minton to reflect the church's Eastern and Western connections.

   Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
3. September 13, 1951

   Photographed, showing the Japanese Catholic Mission.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
4. Jul 2001

   Permit 200107194050 $$$ $1,000

   Exploratory demolition include: remove plaster from walls, chipping out concrete at drains, barricad.

5. Sep 2002

   Issued Permit 200209055690 $$$ $5,000

   Rev. appl#200206provide temporary support for retaining wall.

6. Aug 2003

   Permit 200308061383 $$$ $1

   To renew app#2001/05/30/0224s, 2002/09/05/5690 & 2002/06/07/8504 for final inspection.

7. Jan 2004

   Permit 200401063380 $$$ $33,000

   Repair retaining wall & access path to area of remodel (landing at door & path to grade).

8. Mar 2004

   Permit 200403229296 $$$ $27,500

   Replace wood steps with concrete steps.

9. Jul 2008

   Issued Permit 200807247525 $$$ $8,000

   Remove & replace rear yard stairs in compliance with s.f. building code.

10. 2009

    Recorded in the city's 2009 survey of Japantown as St Francis Xavier Church, a mixture of Japanese architectural elements and Western building forms.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown. The assessor dates the building to 1900; Planning's historic resource survey records 1890. The city's Japantown context statement has St Francis Xavier Mission in a new building on this corner by 1939; the assessor's roll records 1900 and Planning's historic resource survey 1890.