201 8th Street

1. 1900

   Built.

2. 1970s

   The Club Baths, picketed by Bay Area Gay Liberation over a door policy that turned away customers who were effeminate, elderly or African American.

   Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
3. 1976

   The Club Baths of San Francisco, a bathhouse, occupied this address from 1976 to 1986. The building later became the Episcopal Sanctuary homeless shelter.

   Damon Scott for the Friends of 1800, Sexing the City: The Development of Sexual Identity Based Subcultures in San Francisco, 1933–1979, historic context statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted 2004
4. Jun 1987

   Permit 8708950 $$$ $1,000

   Under #8611088, replace roll-up door, a new window.

5. Jul 1987

   Permit 8710620 $$$ $1,000

   Re #8611088, correct opening.

6. Aug 1987

   Permit 8711798 $$$ $895

   Install fire suppression system in approved kitchen.

7. Sep 1989

   Permit 8916466 $$$ $3,730

   Install parapet bracing.

8. Feb 1990

   Permit 9003943 $$$ $6,900

   Reroofing.

9. Aug 1998

   Permit 9817316 $$$ $21,300

   Reroofing.

10. Feb 2000

    Issued Permit 9905544S $$$ $141,000

    New outdoor smoking area, covered entrance, bathrm&handicp.

11. Feb 2004

    Permit 200402095887 $$$ $1

    Renew#200104257667, #99055445, #200203070826 for final inspect.

12. Feb 2004

    Permit 200402095891 $$$ $1

    Renew#8611269, #8804772 for final inspect.

13. May 2004

    Permit 200405254821 $$$ $750

    Add 2 sprinklers to e bathr and laundry. per f.d. request.

14. Jun 2004

    Permit 200406025297 $$$ $10,000

    Revise permit application 9905544s and change orders performed to this org permit -addition handrail to interior stairs.

15. Oct 2004

    Permit 200410207294 $$$ $58,000

    Remove partition walls on floors 1 & 2 non load bearing existing partitions are 6'6" that surround existi.

16. Feb 2009

    Issued Permit 200902242697 $$$ $3,000

    Remove non ul 300 ansul wet chemical system, add new ul 300 ansul wet chemical system.

17. Mar 2010

    Issued Permit 201003188507 $$$ $4,000

    Change revision to pa no. 200902242697. ul 300 ansul system to existing fire suppression system. add additional 3-gallon bottle of agent to existing 3- gallon ansul system.

18. Mar 2023

    Permit 202303214130 $$$ $25,000

    Repair to 2 ea existing columns within building.

19. May 2025

    Permit 202505086090 $$$ $5,000

    Replace firelite ms-9200 with a new firelite es-200x. convert existing dact to a new cellular communicator. all other existing system components and sequence of operation remain unchanged. ref permit 200310066642.

DBI holds 31 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 31. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired permits are not shown.