2043–2047 Taylor Street

Russian Hill · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1907
  • 3 flats
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RM-1
  • One parcel, two numbers
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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Three flats packed onto a 1,907-square-foot lot on the north slope of Russian Hill, the building covering more than twice the ground it stands on. A published guide to notable residences records it as where Joe DiMaggio grew up.

4,608 sq ftBuilding area
1,907 sq ftLot area
19Rooms

Permit history

Four permits, 2005–2019. Only the garage amounts to much: filed four months after the recorded sale, estimated at $89,000 and revised down to $50,000 before it was signed off in July 2020.

  1. Mar 2019

    Revision to the garage permit — driveway grading for a minor sidewalk encroachment.

  2. Jan 2019

    Widen the garage door, open the garage space, enclose the garage light wells, and provide a new rated corridor access way.

    Complete Permit 201901140291 $$$ $50,000 revised
  3. Jun 2010

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201006255301 $$$ $6,500
  4. Apr 2005

    Repair the back stair in kind, under 50 percent.

    Complete Permit 200504210600 $$$ $1,000

Not yet documented: the architect, builder and original permit; when the building was divided into three flats; and any primary-source basis or dates for the DiMaggio claim. The same guide gives 2150 Beach Street as his later address. Know any of it? Tell us — just describe it in plain words.