Wharf J-10

1. 1849

   The Gold Rush–era ship Tonquin sank in San Francisco Bay in 1849; an 1853 U.S. Coast Survey chart places the wreck at roughly this site.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
2. 1850

   The Gold Rush–era ship Carlota, sunk in 1850, may also lie within or near the site; a third wreck, the Samoset (sunk 1852), was once placed in the area but judged unlikely to be here.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
3. 1880–1893

   The site was originally part of the bay's shallow margin; the area was filled gradually from the 1850s, and the timber retaining wall the wharf sits on was built between 1880 and 1893. The site was not occupied until the wharf went up in 1919.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
4. 1900

   Built by State Board of Harbor Commissioners.

5. 1919

   The State Board of Harbor Commissioners built Wharf J-10 for the fishing industry: a Mission Revival wood-frame fish-processing building with eight arched recessed openings and a red-tile skirt roof, designed by A.A. Pyle and erected in two phases on wood piles over a wood substructure with a concrete topping slab, housing fish-packing departments, storerooms, waterside docking and offices.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
6. 1940s

   The building stayed in continuous use for net storage and fish packing. The F. Alioto Fish Company was a long-term tenant traceable to at least the 1940s; other tenants included the fish wholesalers Standard Fisheries Corporation, Consolidated Fisheries and the California Shell Fish Company (Cal Shell), and Oswald Machine Works, a diesel-engine distributor.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
7. Nov 1996

   Issued Permit 9622659

   Sign.

8. Nov 1996

   Permit 9622660 $$$ $5,400

   Fabricate & install @lean to style awnings.

9. 1997

   The east end of the building was repaired after fire damage; over its life the building also gained interior mezzanines and replacement doors and windows.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
10. August 2000

    After an engineering study found the wharf's structural elements in danger of imminent collapse, the Port issued a notice to vacate and condemned the building; the remaining tenants, the F. Alioto Fish Company and Cal Shell, had to leave, utilities were cut, and steel bracing was installed to shore the northwest corner.

    San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
11. September 2001

    A historic-resources evaluation for the Port identified Wharf J-10 together with 2907–2909 and 2911 Jones Street as potentially eligible for the California Register as a small historic district, significant for the boat-building and fishing industries along Fisherman's Wharf from the 1910s through the early 1940s; the wharf was also listed as a contributor in the Planning Department's draft Fisherman's Wharf Area Plan, which was never adopted.

    San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
12. December 2003

    Between 500 and 1,000 square feet of the wharf decking at the northwest corner collapsed into the water.

    San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
13. March 28, 2004

    A fire charred three truss structures at the east end of the vacant building, one substantially; firefighters removed roughly 5 to 10 percent of the roof for access.

    San Francisco Planning Department, Wharf J-10 Demolition and Improvements: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 2005.
14. Nov 2007

    Issued Permit 200711027135 $$$ $32,800

    Reroofing.

15. Feb 2008

    Issued Permit 200802013773 $$$ $4,290

    Reroofing.

16. Sep 2010

    Issued Permit 201009080383 $$$ $4,000

    Furnish and install one ansul r-102 fire system in the main kitchen area on the ground floor.

2 expired permits are omitted. The assessor's roll dates the structure on this parcel to 1900; the wharf was built in 1919.