1 Mission Street

1. 1889

   The Audiffred Building was built for Hippolite d'Audiffret: a rectangular brick building in the French Mansart or Second Empire manner, with a saloon on the ground floor. It is one of the oldest buildings in downtown San Francisco to have escaped the fire of 1906.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Mission-Steuart Hotel: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 98.348E, 1999.
2. 1889–1968

   The ground floor stayed a saloon — the Bulkhead, later the Silver Dollar — for most of eighty years, and for many years also held the Bank of America's Embarcadero branch. The upper floors housed sailors' rooms, artists' and musicians' studios, a breakaway art school, Scandinavian seamen's associations, the Seven Seas Club rescue mission, and the headquarters of the seamen's union that became the Sailors' Union of the Pacific.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. April 1906

   One of the few privately owned buildings in the area to survive 1906. By the account of Audiffret's son, the soldiers and firemen dynamiting buildings to stop the fire were talked out of blowing it up by the saloon's bartender, for two quarts of whiskey a man and a hose cart full of wine.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. August 10, 1964

   Photographed, showing the Audiffred Building.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. 1968

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 7, Audiffred Building.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
6. 1979

   The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is City Landmark No. 7 and a Category I building under Article 11 of the Planning Code.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Mission-Steuart Hotel: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 98.348E, 1999.
7. Apr 1981

   Permit 8009772 $$$ $1,500,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

8. 1983

   The building was restored.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Mission-Steuart Hotel: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 98.348E, 1999.
9. Nov 1992

   Permit 9220141 $$$ $630,000

   T.i. for restaurant/bar at basemt & grnd levels. minor struc.

10. Jun 1993

    Permit 9309732 $$$ $20,000

    Ref to #718100 new awning over existingwindows new liting @ colum.

11. Jul 1993

    Revoked Permit 9311770 $$$ $37,300

    Reroofing.

12. Jul 1993

    Permit 9312712 $$$ $60,000

    Mechanical alter-roof & related work for hvac systrom retro.

13. Jul 2003

    Permit 200307078826 $$$ $25,000

    Replace existing cooling tower same model size weight height.

14. Jul 2006

    Permit 200607318036 $$$ $110,000

    Oti-1 3rd fl el, me, ls, sp (suite 300).

15. Sep 2006

    Permit 200609293797 $$$ $60,000

    Oti-2 3rd floor el, me.

16. Oct 2010

    Permit 201010072507 $$$ $47,350

    Reroofing.

17. Feb 2012

    Permit 201202174410 $$$ $323,785

    Tenant improvement on 3rd fl to include new non structural partitions, doors, and finishes. mechanical, electrical, sprinklers, life safety on separate permits.

18. Mar 2012

    Issued Permit 201203266864 $$$ $19,018

    3rd fl office tenant improvement. add 3, relocate 4, demolition 2 sprinkler heads due to new walls and ceilings. 37 total.

19. May 2012

    Permit 201205049807 $$$ $47,533

    3rd floor - t-24, electrical plans to show new lighting & fixtures. reference to permit application 2012.02.17.4410 for t.i. reference.

20. Jan 2019

    Permit 201901150426 $$$ $30,000

    Interior demolition of existing office area. no modifcations will be made to the building structural systems. no work will be done on the exterior. remain vacancy under ab-017. maher n/a.

21. Feb 2019

    Permit 201902223582 $$$ $670,000

    T.i. of existing off space. no change of occupancy, no change to ext building facade. no change to existing structure or fire rated walls or ceilings. new interior off space, partitions with conf rm & lib. all work non struct. remodel existing bathrooms in existing locations, including adding new accessible shower.

22. May 2019

    Permit 201905079992 $$$ $1

    Mep for 201902223582 & 201904258927.

23. May 2019

    Permit 201905281800 $$$ $50,000

    New kitchen and bar area within a new office renovation under pa 2019-0222-3582 and 2019-0425-8927. two new non-visible mechanical exhaust ducts included under the scope of this permit.

24. Jun 2019

    Issued Permit 201906032270 $$$ $30,000

    2nd floor fire sprinklers: delete 50 sprinklers and install 59 new sprinklers on 2nd fl. ref ti #201902223582.

25. Jan 2022

    Permit 202201206308 $$$ $40,000

    Basement level: banquet room: install (2) new folding partitions, new interior door, new back bar appliances, replace existing lighting, renovate existing finishes on floors/wall/ceiling.

26. Sep 2022

    Issued Permit 202209071984 $$$ $13,000

    T.i. ref 202201206308. relocate 2 pendents and add 1.

27. Jan 2023

    Permit 202301120102 $$$ $32,000

    Hvac: replace existing air conditioner with new in kind. reconnect to existing utilities. part of permit application 202201206308.

28. Jul 2025

    Issued Permit 202507301927 $$$ $25,000

    Demolition interior of existing 4th fl office space. no exterior work.

DBI holds 45 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 45. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.