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936–940 Mission Street

South Of Market · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1915
  • Hotel
  • 6 stories
  • Zoned C3G
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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7,997 sq ftLot area
164Rooms · 64 baths
  1. 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
  2. Aug 1982

    Building use: hotel.

    Complete Permit 8206704 $$$ $25,000
  3. Aug 1991

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9115680 $$$ $19,000
  4. Jan 2000

    Non structural sign.

    Complete Permit 20000120566 $$$ $1,500
  5. Jun 2000

    Replace 10 hallway windows.

    Expired Permit 200006193047 $$$ $3,600
  6. Oct 2000

    In-fill prop. line opening per n.o.v.#200 04662, items#12 only.

    Expired Permit 200010274327 $$$ $1,000
  7. Feb 2001

    Umb seismic retrofit works-general procedure.

    Cancelled Permit 200102152287 $$$ $81,700
  8. May 2001

    Umb seismic retrofit works-general procedure.

    Issued Permit 200105189571 $$$ $87,000
  9. Dec 2003

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

    Issued Permit 200312182571 $$$ $64,000
  10. Feb 2004

    To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ord#170-02 (1st fl only) commercial area only. addition.

    Expired Permit 200402055670 $$$ $16,400
  11. May 2004

    Seismic upgrade.

    Complete Permit 200405214578 $$$ $150,000
  12. Nov 2004

    Fire alarm system dialer installation for sprinkler monitoring.

    Issued Permit 200411159116 $$$ $1,000
  13. Sep 2005

    Renew appl#200312182571, 200402035670 for final.

    Complete Permit 200509011868 $$$ $1
  14. Dec 2005

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 200512089905 $$$ $14,000
  15. Mar 2006

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

    Complete Permit 200603307955 $$$ $1
  16. Aug 2006

    Renew permit application 200411159116 for final inspection.

    Issued Permit 200608219988 $$$ $1
  17. Dec 2006

    As built drawings for previous appl#200608219988 & 200411159116 annunicator shown and final devices location.

    Expired Permit 200612139763 $$$ $1
  18. Jul 2007

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

    Complete Permit 200707177006 $$$ $1
  19. Nov 2012

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

    Complete Permit 201211093930 $$$ $25,000

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