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District 6 · Block 3728, Lot 048 · ZIP 94103

Western Manufacturing Company Building

149–155 9th Street

  • Office building
  • 4 stories
  • 27,729 ft2
  • 7,500 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned RCD
  • Historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
  • Sold December 19, 2012
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  1. 1899

    Before the 1906 fire the corner held a store and saloon, a furniture store, a wood and coal yard and a stable; after it, the lot stood empty for years.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  2. May 1923

    Permitted as a three-storey steel-frame brick factory with a mezzanine, built by the South of Market developer Samuel F. Schell in yellow and brown polychrome brick, for the Western Manufacturing Company, makers of leather goods, canvas and sporting goods, who sold and shipped from the ground floor, kept offices on the mezzanine and manufactured upstairs until 2011.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  3. 1946

    A double-faced horizontal neon sign for the Western Manufacturing Company was put up.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  4. Jun 1999
    Permit 9913100 $$$ $20,000

    Umb parapet bracing.

  5. Oct 2002
    Permit 200210118894 $$$ $76,000

    Install steel beams&column to support wood floor framing.remove project building from umb list.

  6. Oct 2004
    Permit 200410076260 $$$ $76,000

    Renew permit application 2002/10/11/8894: additional work includes beams, columns, & concrete work.

  7. May 2008
    Permit 200805283067 $$$ $15,862

    Revision to 200210118894. replace entry doors in kind, da improvments to toilet.

  8. Mar 2011
    Permit 201103212502 $$$ $21,000

    Interior demolition per ab17. demolition non struc. partition walls, doors, electrical outlets, lighting, plumbing fixtures, fl finishes and cabs for future ti. interior only on basement, 1st and 2nd fl. space currently vacant.

  9. Oct 2011
    Permit 201110197151 $$$ $70,000

    Tenant inprovement to existing retail space, minor ada upgrades on 1st and 2nd fl, no exterior changes.

  10. Sep 2012
    Permit 201209260736 $$$ $2,500

    Demolition of existing non bearing walls & build new non bearing interior partition walls, relocate doors, etc. electrical work will be under seperate permit.

  11. Feb 2019
    Issued Permit 201902042028 $$$ $85,000

    Extend existing elevator & stair to rooftop creating stair/elevator enclosure with roof deck and trellis. 1st floor facade alterations at 9th and natoma.

  12. Jul 2019
    Withdrawn Permit 201907196390 $$$ $202,125

    Fire sprinkler, add new sprinkler system to existing building. add 92 upright sprinkler on basement level, add 58 upright sprinklers on 1st floor. add 74 upright sprinklers to 2nd, 3rd & 4th floors. add 4 upright sprinklers on the roof. new underground ti 201904036993. ** maher: n/a **.

  13. Oct 2019
    Permit 201910013192 $$$ $12,500

    Exterior brick re-pointing as required to match existing mortar color, and depth of reveal. no structural work.

  14. Oct 2019
    Permit 201910104090 $$$ $202,125

    Add new sprinkler system to existing building, add 68 upright sprinklers on the basement level, add 54 upright sprinkler on the 1 st fl. add 66 upright sprinklers and 7 pendents on the 2nd & 3rd floors, add 73 uprigt sprinklers and 7 penden and 9 sidewalls to the 4th fl. add 4 upright on the roof.

  15. Oct 2019
    Issued Permit 201910235338 $$$ $149,000

    T-24 mechanical for work under pa 2019-0403-6993.

  16. 2020

    The elevator and stair were extended to the roof, with an enclosure and roof deck, after the brick had been repointed and the façade altered the year before.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination (draft), California Office of Historic Preservation
  17. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001172152 $$$ $27,000

    Ref pa 2019-0205-2065 - install a new fire alarm system. add 1 fire alarm control unit, 1 annunciator, 1 booster power supply, 1 pull station, 9 smoke detectors, 11 duct detectors, 18 notification appliances, 13 fa system modules.

  18. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001232589 $$$ $6,500

    Fire sprinklers; add 9 pendent sprinklers on the basement level add 4 pendent sprinklers on the 1st, 3rd & 4th floors. ref permit application 201912038542.

  19. Mar 2020
    Issued Permit 202003167194 $$$ $1

    Permit to document all scope of work associated with permit application 's 201611042069, 201902052065, 201904036993, 201910013192, 201907196390, 201910235338, 201911076723, 201902042028, 201912038544, 201912038542, 201912230318, 201910104090, 202001232589, 202001172152, accounts for all scope of work.

  20. Jul 2020
    Issued Permit 202007109975 $$$ $65,800

    Install transformer vault in sidewalk and sub-sidewalk area.

  21. Jan 2025
    Permit 202501238902 $$$ $369,026

    Recommencement and completion of work approved unde 201904036993, 201902052065, 201912230318.

DBI holds 50 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 50. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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