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District 3 · Block 0048, Lot 020 · ZIP 94109

944 Chestnut Street

Single-family house · Russian Hill

  • 3 stories
  • 9,699 ft2
  • 11,000 ft2 lot area
  • 13 rooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-1(D)
  • Historic resource
  • Sold January 31, 2018
Land$5,464,637
Improvements$2,375,690
Total assessed$7,840,327
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  1. 1900

    Built.

  2. 1956

    A residential garden laid out in 1956 by the landscape architect Thomas D. Church, who designed more than 150 gardens in San Francisco and is widely counted the founder of Modern California landscape design.

    Modern Architecture and Landscape Design Context Statement, adopted 2011
  3. March 25, 1976

    The 10,000-square-foot lot held a large single-family house to which a second dwelling unit had been added without a permit; the Russian Hill Improvement Association asked for, and the City Planning Commission granted, discretionary review of legalising it.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  4. Feb 2003
    Permit 200302077018 $$$ $51,000

    Volentary seismic upgrades.

  5. May 2014
    Permit 201405297045 $$$ $980,000

    Remodel & addition to a class a historic residence, work includes demolition of existing non-historic 1976 3 story additional dwelling unit & new third story addition over the existing orig. structure.

  6. Oct 2015
    Withdrawn Permit 201510291134 $$$ $750,000

    Residential interior remodel, street-front exterior to remain. back of house to be landscaped. demolition of non original addition on back and east side. new building addition will occupy demolished location.

  7. Aug 2016
    Permit 201608185428 $$$ $24,000

    Revision to 201405297045; modify existingeast garage, northwest corner to include box at ceiling for existingtree root ball well and door to neighboring property.replace existingretaining wall at east prop line for safety & update loc of west ret.wall & stair to west garage to maintain grade.

  8. Aug 2016
    Permit 201608266080 $$$ $1

    Revision to pa 2014-0529-7045, add door to (east garage) open to neighboring property.

  9. Jul 2018
    Permit 201807124449 $$$ $1

    Revision to permit application 2014-0529-7045 s1. maintains approved exterior volume & addition. revision includes a reconfigured interior layout @ all floors & relocated windows & doors @ side & rear facades.

  10. Jun 2019
    Permit 201906173555 $$$ $9,500

    Construct a new site wall along west prop line at 9'-11" high (above finish grade).

  11. Jun 2019
    Permit 201906274610 $$$ $1

    Revision to approved permit application 201807124449. scope of work for this revision includes reconfigureation of the proposed first floor kitchen & great room & new gas fireplace insert in the library. reconfiguration of 3 bathrooms on the 2nd fl & a new skylight above 2nd fl.

  12. Jul 2019
    Permit 201907246825 $$$ $1

    This is a revision pa 2018-0712-4449 & 2019-0627-4610 reconfiguration of previously approved exterior window & door locations at side and rear elevators. replacement of exsting front window sashes and door panels in kind, and replacement of existing plaster (chimney in-kind).

  13. Aug 2019
    Permit 201908229546 $$$ $90,000

    Temp shoring support of residential structure for retrofit of the foundation.once the fouadation & frraming are sufficiently complete for removel, the shoring will be removed. ref pa201807124449. maher n/a.

  14. Aug 2020
    Permit 202008141799 $$$ $10,000

    Reroofing. replace roof shinges in kind. new roofing material is asphalt composition shingle. weare replacing an old existing roof. ( material wt, not more than 5 psf).

  15. Aug 2020
    Permit 202008212318 $$$ $29,700

    Installation of nfpa 13r combo fire sprinkler system (56 heads). ref permit application 201807124449/r4; underground on separate permit.

  16. Oct 2020
    Permit 202010136385 $$$ $20,000

    Revision to permit application #201807124449, 2019-0627-4610, 2014-0529-7045 - framing alterations.

  17. Feb 2021
    Permit 202102044058 $$$ $1

    Recommencement and completion of work approved under permit applications #201405297045, 201807124449, and 201907246825. 30% of work remaining.

  18. Mar 2021
    Permit 202103116341 $$$ $8,000

    Interior stair design (part of deferred submittal).

  19. Mar 2021
    Permit 202103126470 $$$ $10,000

    Rear horizontal expansion of existing detached s.w. front garage from existing rear wall of garage, lower partial floor slab inside garage. new roof at addition. replacement of existing garage door in kind. rear expansion is less than 7' vertical from existing grade to top of existing garage height. no work existing sfd.

  20. Jun 2021
    Permit 202106253240 $$$ $8,000

    Install 2"underground combo (fire+domestic) water service. ref# 2020-0821-2318.

  21. Jan 2022
    Permit 202201125817 $$$ $4,800

    Install a new sprinkler monitoring system per nfpa 72-2016 section 23.8.5.6.1 with (1) fire alarm contril unit (1) wireleass commerical fire communicator (1) smoke detector above the facu, (1) manual pull station.

  22. Mar 2022
    Permit 202203160177 $$$ $8,000

    Revision to permit application 201608185428. structural detail for front garden retaining wall.

  23. Feb 2023
    Permit 202302091727 $$$ $6,000

    Revision to permit application 202103126470r2. as built drawings. minor revison to foundation.

6 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 1 cancelled permit is not shown.

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