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District 2 · Block 0587, Lot 018 · ZIP 94115

2475 Pacific Avenue

Single-family house

  • 1 story
  • 2,760 ft2
  • 6,040.64 ft2 lot area
  • 9 rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-1
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark
  • Sold July 27, 1989
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  1. 1853–1854

    The lot was part of a 25-acre tract that Joel Clayton ran as a milk ranch from autumn 1853 to autumn 1854.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  2. c. 1860

    Probably built within a few years of 1860, as a square four-room house with the present facade; the front porch was added later.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  3. March 16, 1886

    Bought by Captain John Leale, the San Francisco Bay ferry captain, for $4,069.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  4. 1900

    Built.

  5. December 9, 1971

    The City Planning Commission approved designating the Leale House as a City Landmark on historical, architectural and aesthetic grounds, on the recommendation of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. 1972

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 45, Leale House.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  7. August 9, 1973

    The designated landmark Leale House, an irregular residence of about 40 by 66 feet set back 28 feet behind a four-foot retaining wall, stood on a 68.75-by-137.5-foot (8,265 sq ft) lot with two small rear outbuildings and no off-street parking. The City Planning Commission unanimously approved a certificate of appropriateness for the landmark Leale House to add a 13-by-17-foot garage, a partial second storey and a small rear addition.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  8. May 1991
    Withdrawn Permit 9108099S $$$ $122,000

    Add second floor addition, enlarge garage, remodel basement.

  9. Apr 2008
    Permit 200804109399 $$$ $50,000

    Remove existing roof glazing & replace with flat tar & garvel roof to stop water leakage rear office, partial metal frame/flat skylight structure & replace with architecturally appropriate wood frame structure to occupy same square footage.

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 3 expired permits are not shown. The building is dated c. 1860 in its landmark designation; the assessor's roll gives 1900.

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