129–131 24th Avenue

Ansel Adams's childhood home.

1. 1903

   Built.

2. Oct 2000

   Permit 200010173261

   Renewal of the 1998 addition permits for final sign-off.

3. Apr 2004

   Permit 200404010238 $$$ $900

   Build a 7-foot fence along the north property line and remove a shed.

4. Oct 2020

   Permit 202010287644 $$$ $12,000

   Emergency repair of the deck over the garage — structural beams, guardrails, waterproofing, deck surface.

5. Jul 2024

   Issued Permit 202407166594 $$$ $1,500,000

   Interior remodel — rebuild the lower-level stair, remodel the sunroom, kitchen, bath and upper bedrooms; revised to add an elevator and equipment room.

6. Oct 2024

   Issued Permit 202410082508 $$$ $30,000

   Revision to permit 202407166594 — add an elevator and equipment room at the existing laundry room and crawlspace.

DBI files the shared foundation permits under both lot 002 and lot 002A, so the raw query returns each twice; duplicates are collapsed here. The 1995–96 run is repeated underpinning and stem-wall foundation work along the north side of the building. 7 expired permits are not shown. One structure spanning two contiguous lots. Lot 002A is classed 'Single Struct on Multi Lot' and reports 0 building area — the building is carried on lot 002. Both parcels' assessor property_location reads 129 24th Avenue. Building measurements are from lot 002. The lot area shown is lot 002's alone; lot 002A adds 3,245 sq ft, 8,999 sq ft across the two. No sale recorded on the current roll for either parcel. The assessed values shown are lot 002's; lot 002A adds $72,055 of land and $82,789 of improvements, $357,551 across the two.

The city treats 129 and 131 as a single structure on two parcels. The 131 lot is classed “Single Struct on Multi Lot” and reports zero building area — the building is carried entirely on the 129 lot — and both parcels' assessor records give the location as 129 24th Avenue. This site documents them as one building, which is why the page is titled with the range.

A published guide records 129 as Ansel Adams's childhood home, giving his birth on 20 February 1902, and 131 as a later property with a studio it says was destroyed in a sinkhole. The city data does not separate the two numbers into two buildings, so the guide's account of two houses is set out here rather than adopted.