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898 Francisco Street

Russian Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Single-family house
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RH-1(D)
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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Beside the Powell–Hyde cable car line. Nicolas Cage lived here; no dates are recorded.

6,305 sq ftBuilding area
5,832 sq ftLot area
13Rooms · 6 baths
  1. 1914

    Built.

  2. Jul 1989

    Kitchen remodelling — one of five small filings that year, most of which expired.

    Complete Permit 8912174 $$$ $5,000
  3. Mar 1996

    Termite work per report 952047, and a filing to revive the lapsed 1989 bathroom permits.

    Complete Permit 9604035 $$$ $3,000
  4. May 1996

    Renewal of the lapsed 1989 bathroom permits 8916194, 8916196 and 8919101.

    Complete Permit 9607927 $$$ $500
  5. Sep 1996

    Relocate walls, partitions and fixtures; replace ten windows.

    Complete Permit 9618517 $$$ $85,000
  6. Dec 2000

    Replace nine metal windows with wooden double-insulated casement sash, frames to remain.

    Expired Permit 200012067367 $$$ $2,000
  7. Mar 2001

    Restore the fence on the Hyde Street side of Francisco Street, destroyed by the storm of 4–5 March.

    Complete Permit 200103083795 $$$ $1,500
  8. Jan 2004

    Repair dry rot per termite report 42301.

    Complete Permit 200401264767 $$$ $9,000
  9. Mar 2014

    Expand the two-car garage and add a rear addition to the house. Still recorded as issued, not completed.

    Issued Permit 201403110470 $$$ $950,000
  10. Nov 2020

    Kitchen remodel; four rear windows replaced in the same size and location.

    Complete Permit 202011138863 $$$ $100,000
  11. Oct 2022

    Remodel two bathrooms and remove a non-load-bearing wall.

    Cancelled Permit 202210275350 $$$ $80,000
  12. Nov 2022

    Remove the natural slate roof and install composite synthetic shingle with copper valleys and ridges.

    Complete Permit 202211015626 $$$ $70,000

The 1989 filings are a cluster of five small bathroom and kitchen jobs, most of which expired and were renewed together in 1996. A corner parcel at Francisco and Hyde. A 2001 permit to rebuild a storm-destroyed fence names the Hyde Street side, confirming the corner frontage.

How Category A was reached

This parcel's Category A status comes from a Historic Resource Evaluation Response — a determination Planning issues in response to a specific project — rather than from a survey sweep or district membership. It is not a designated landmark and lies in no historic district.

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