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District 6 · Block 3704, Lot 013 · ZIP 94103

Chronicle Hotel

936–940 Mission Street

  • Hotel
  • 6 stories
  • 7,997 ft2 lot area
  • 3 residential units
  • 164 rooms
  • 64 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3G
  • Historic resource
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  1. June 25, 1910

    The store and basement of the building then standing at 936-938 Mission were leased for a term of years at $7,200 in all.

    The San Francisco Call, 25 June 1910, p. 14
  2. 1915

    Built as the Land Hotel and later renamed the Chronicle Hotel for its proximity to the newspaper: five storeys of brick masonry with patterned polychrome brickwork and terra cotta beltcourses, strongly representative of the mixed-use residential hotels put up in the Central SoMa area after 1906.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  3. Aug 1982
    Permit 8206704 $$$ $25,000

    Building use: hotel.

  4. 1984

    Known as the Hotel Chronicle; it was among the rated buildings of the city's Downtown Plan inventory.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, The Downtown Plan: Environmental Impact Report, Draft, 1984.
  5. Aug 1991
    Permit 9115680 $$$ $19,000

    Reroofing.

  6. Jan 2000
    Permit 20000120566 $$$ $1,500

    Non structural sign.

  7. May 2001
    Issued Permit 200105189571 $$$ $87,000

    Umb seismic retrofit works-general procedure.

  8. Dec 2003
    Issued Permit 200312182571 $$$ $64,000

    Comply with nov 200341339: install fire sprinllker system to comply with ord#170-02.

  9. May 2004
    Permit 200405214578 $$$ $150,000

    Seismic upgrade.

  10. Nov 2004
    Issued Permit 200411159116 $$$ $1,000

    Fire alarm system dialer installation for sprinkler monitoring.

  11. Sep 2005
    Permit 200509011868 $$$ $1

    Renew appl#200312182571, 200402035670 for final.

  12. Mar 2006
    Permit 200603307955 $$$ $1

    Revision to permit application 2004/05/21/4578. detail change & nov will taken care under seperate permit.

  13. Aug 2006
    Issued Permit 200608219988 $$$ $1

    Renew permit application 200411159116 for final inspection.

  14. Jul 2007
    Permit 200707177006 $$$ $1

    Renew permit application 2004/05/21/4578 for final inspection only.

  15. Nov 2012
    Permit 201211093930 $$$ $25,000

    Continous hand-dug underpinning piers along south side of building. sequential pours are required.

6 expired or cancelled permits are omitted.

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