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201 8th Street

South Of Market · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1900
  • Industrial building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned WMUG
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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19,432 sq ftBuilding area
18,906.25 sq ftLot area
24Rooms · 4 baths
  1. 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
  2. Sep 1986

    Add kitchen & dining facility, remodel shower.

    Expired Permit 8611088 $$$ $300,000
  3. Sep 1986

    Interior demolition for phased project, see alteration.

    Expired Permit 8611269 $$$ $15,000
  4. Jun 1987

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

    Complete Permit 8708950 $$$ $1,000
  5. Jul 1987

    Re #8611088, correct opening.

    Complete Permit 8710620 $$$ $1,000
  6. Aug 1987

    Install fire suppression system in approved kitchen.

    Complete Permit 8711798 $$$ $895
  7. Apr 1988

    Renovate admin offices & client laundry area, provide vct.

    Expired Permit 8804772 $$$ $83,200
  8. Sep 1989

    Install parapet bracing.

    Complete Permit 8916466 $$$ $3,730
  9. Feb 1990

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9003943 $$$ $6,900
  10. Apr 1991

    Renew application no.8611088.

    Expired Permit 9105213 $$$ $100
  11. Aug 1998

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9817316 $$$ $21,300
  12. Dec 1998

    Renew permit application 9105213-additional work to be done.

    Expired Permit 9826058 $$$ $500
  13. Sep 1999

    Renew permit application 9826058 to complete work.

    Expired Permit 9919546 $$$ $5,001
  14. Feb 2000

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

    Issued Permit 9905544S $$$ $141,000
  15. Mar 2002

    Remove/install new fire alarm panel smoke det, pull stations, horn strobes, for device location only.

    Expired Permit 200203070820 $$$ $40,000
  16. Oct 2002

    Renew appln #9905544s and 200104257667.

    Expired Permit 200210048260 $$$ $1,200
  17. Feb 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200402095887 $$$ $1
  18. Feb 2004

    Renew#8611269, #8804772 for final inspect.

    Complete Permit 200402095891 $$$ $1
  19. May 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200405254821 $$$ $750
  20. Jun 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200406025297 $$$ $10,000
  21. Oct 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200410207294 $$$ $58,000
  22. Feb 2009

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

    Issued Permit 200902242697 $$$ $3,000
  23. Mar 2010

    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.

    Issued Permit 201003188507 $$$ $4,000
  24. Mar 2023

    Repair to 2 ea existing columns within building.

    Complete Permit 202303214130 $$$ $25,000
  25. May 2025

    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.

    Complete Permit 202505086090 $$$ $5,000

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.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update