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District 3 · Block 0045, Lot 076 · ZIP 94109

898 Francisco Street

Single-family house · Russian Hill

  • 3 stories
  • 6,305 ft2
  • 5,832 ft2 lot area
  • 13 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-1(D)
  • Historic resource
  • Sold December 23, 2021
Land$5,619,096
Improvements$3,746,064
Total assessed$9,365,160
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Beside the Powell–Hyde cable car line. Nicolas Cage lived here; no dates are recorded.

  1. 1914

    Built.

  2. Jul 1989
    Permit 8912174 $$$ $5,000

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

  3. Mar 1996
    Permit 9604035 $$$ $3,000

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

  4. May 1996
    Permit 9607927 $$$ $500

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

  5. Sep 1996
    Permit 9618517 $$$ $85,000

    Relocate walls, partitions and fixtures; replace ten windows.

  6. Mar 2001
    Permit 200103083795 $$$ $1,500

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

  7. Jan 2004
    Permit 200401264767 $$$ $9,000

    Repair dry rot per termite report 42301.

  8. Mar 2014
    Issued Permit 201403110470 $$$ $950,000

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

  9. Nov 2020
    Permit 202011138863 $$$ $100,000

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

  10. Nov 2022
    Permit 202211015626 $$$ $70,000

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

The 1989 filings are a cluster of five small bathroom and kitchen jobs, most of which expired and were renewed together in 1996. 2 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. 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. Category A status here comes from a Historic Resource Evaluation Response — a project-driven determination — rather than a survey or district.

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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