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District 6 · Block 3706, Lot 061 · ZIP 94103

Carroll and Tilton Building

735 Market Street

  • Office building
  • 6 stories
  • 59,300 ft2
  • 9,199 ft2 lot area
  • 28 rooms
  • 7 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
  • Sold July 21, 1997
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. December 1908

    Permitted for Claus Spreckels: a six-storey steel and masonry commercial building, shops below and offices above, 50 feet on Market Street and 170 feet deep, its sandstone front composed as base, shaft and capital with paired Tuscan and Corinthian pilasters and a cornice of lion heads and swags. Designed by Willis Polk while he ran Daniel Burnham's San Francisco office.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  3. March 12, 1909

    James Campbell contracted to put up a building.

    The San Francisco Call, 12 March 1909, p. 17
  4. September 1927

    The Schwabacher-Frey Stationery Company extended the shop window across the whole east side of the front; it put up a neon sign in 1938.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  5. 1963

    The Diamond National Corporation refitted the offices floor by floor and remodelled the storefronts and lift lobbies.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  6. Aug 1982
    Permit 8206516 $$$ $20,000

    New construction.

  7. Jul 1988
    Permit 8810427 $$$ $275,000

    Tenant improvement.

  8. Jul 1988
    Permit 8810428 $$$ $50,000

    Tenant improvements.

  9. Oct 1988
    Permit 8816030 $$$ $175,000

    Revisions as noted on revised plans.

  10. Dec 1998
    Permit 9825171 $$$ $3,100,000

    Umb-to comply with 3403-new 2 hr roof and stairs to elevator.

  11. January 1999

    A certified tax-credit rehabilitation began: a seismic retrofit with shotcrete walls and a new steel roof, the sandstone front re-anchored and the cornice repaired, all the original front windows kept, a new storefront, and openings on the fifth floor into the new hotel built next door to the west.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  12. Sep 2000
    Permit 200009150676 $$$ $40,000

    Oti-1 el, me, ls, sp at 1st fl.

  13. Oct 2000
    Permit 200010243978 $$$ $50,000

    Oti-2 1st fl me.el.

  14. Jun 2004
    Permit 200406237192 $$$ $90,000

    Partial remodel of offices on 3rd floor removal of condo "model" features (from sales office).

  15. July 27, 2004

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a significant example of Willis Polk's commercial Beaux Arts work.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  16. Apr 2005
    Permit 200504271037 $$$ $275,500

    Remodel existing space to include partitions new furniture fixtures and finishes no exterior work.

  17. Jun 2005
    Permit 200506225750 $$$ $60,000

    Hvac adding 1-f/c unit with related duct work etc. and revisions 2 existing fan coil units ground fl.

  18. Apr 2006
    Permit 200604249699 $$$ $385,000

    Oti-1, 4th floor, sp.

  19. Nov 2015
    Permit 201511203244 $$$ $60,000

    4th fl ti. minor demolition of 1 wall and finishes. minor counter work in pantry.

  20. Feb 2017
    Permit 201702280350 $$$ $60,000

    Add a men's and woman's restroom on the basement level. mep and life safety under separate permit.

  21. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707242773 $$$ $85,000

    Remove existing walls, doors, finishes. construct new walls, doors, sidelights and install new finishes.

  22. Sep 2018
    Permit 201809109599 $$$ $700,000

    Update finishes on level 5 reception space. constructur new reception space and sales office on level 6 insertion of convience stairs between level 5 & 6., ep/sprinklers/fir alarm on sep permit.

  23. Nov 2018
    Issued Permit 201811075279 $$$ $20,000

    6th fl - demolition only - north side of floor existing restroom to remain. selective demolition of non bearing walls, finishes. maintain sprinkler & fire alarm.

  24. Jan 2019
    Permit 201901311760 $$$ $180,400

    6th fl: partial floor ti. new non-bearing partitions, ceilings, finishes, sprinkler, fire alarm & mep under separate permit.

  25. Mar 2026
    Issued Permit 202603207976 $$$ $1,600,000

    T.i. for 1st floor + basement interior built out of existing sapce to create museum-style immersive exhibits. new non-load bearing partition, finishes, lighting, mep. fire sprinkler on separate permit.

DBI holds 95 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 95. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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