California Casket Company Building

1. 1906

   Built.

2. 1906

   The seven-storey building was nearing completion at the time of the earthquake and was rehabilitated afterwards. San Francisco Architectural Heritage's 1979 Downtown Survey, published as Splendid Survivors, gave it one of its top ratings.

   Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
3. 1906-1907

   The California Casket Company building, designed by architect Albert Pissis.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
4. September 24, 1970

   The Department of Social Services occupied rented quarters at 965 Mission Street.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
5. May 1982

   Permit 8203443 $$$ $2,500

   Additions alterations or repairs.

6. Feb 1990

   Permit 9003907 $$$ $135,000

   Ewo-ns.

7. Jul 1998

   Permit 9813884 $$$ $27,000

   Create one office area by putting two suite together.

8. Jul 2001

   Permit 200107304825 $$$ $35,000

   Installation of a wireless communication facility install 9 panel antennas to penthouse parapet wall.

9. Dec 2002

   Permit 200212062966 $$$ $17,000

   Rev to existing appr building#200107304825 s-1. change out of dbs battery system to mod cell bettery sys.

10. Aug 2009

    Permit 200908285808 $$$ $45,000

    Wts facility installation. 1-bts equipment cabinet in basement: (3) rf panel antennas, (1) internet service exchange switch antenna and (1) gps antenna on the roof top.

11. Jan 2010

    Permit 201001124587 $$$ $10,000

    Replace entire existing fire alarm system for the 7 stories over basement building with new fire alarm system.

12. 2011

    The Filipino American Arts Exposition: one of the Filipino-related organizations and institutions active in the Central SoMa Plan area.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
13. Nov 2012

    Issued Permit 201211053563 $$$ $20,000

    Demolition interior walls & removing of suspended ceiling to comply with nov# 201270342. future t.i. will be under seperate permit.

14. Feb 2013

    Permit 201302019306 $$$ $65,000

    6th floor: tenant improvement, new lighting, one new ada bathroom, remodel women's bathroom to provide ada stall. electrical under separate permit. fire alarm separate permit reference permit application 201211073785.

15. Aug 2013

    Issued Permit 201308154391 $$$ $57,000

    Tenant improvement. modify e bathroom to ada compliance. open ceiling. electrical work under separate permit. fire alarm separate permit. plumbing separate permit. comply with 201280023.

16. Jul 2014

    Issued Permit 201407282299 $$$ $33,550

    1st floor - demolitoin & relocation of minna st egress doors. remove existing 1st floor minna st side windows - replace with new windows. new trash access placed at existing egress opening. new egress doors at mission st.

17. Sep 2015

    Issued Permit 201509116687 $$$ $40,000

    Sidewalk repair at minna st sub sidewalk.

18. Sep 2015

    Issued Permit 201509167135 $$$ $45,000

    1st floor demolition & renovate, ti work. ref pa 2014 0117 6578.

19. Jan 2016

    Issued Permit 201601086695 $$$ $25,000

    Install 4 new replacment forced air gas furnace split system ac. ref t.i. approved permit #201509167135. building envelope unchanged.

20. Mar 2017

    Issued Permit 201703060749 $$$ $45,000

    6th fl ti work, phone rooms, small offices, meeting rooms.

21. Nov 2018

    Issued Permit 201811024905 $$$ $20,000

    Sprint - modification to wirless site. r&r 3 existing antennas, 1 per sector, r&r 3 existing rrh replace with 3(p)2.5 rrh, 1 per sector. install 3 4port 800 mhz rrh, install 3 1900mhz rrus, r&r existing equip rack with charles cabinet. r&r existing cables with (p)hybrid cables in (p) cable tray.

22. Dec 2018

    Issued Permit 201812128057 $$$ $32,000

    4th fl. suite #480 t.i. work - remove one wall & add (1) meeting room & add (3) phone rooms, remove (1) glass wall.

23. Mar 2019

    Permit 201903195724 $$$ $25,000

    7th fl - ti work provide new wall at storage 705 - add office space @ 716, 3 new huddle rooms.

24. Jun 2019

    Filed Permit 201906072830 $$$ $25,000

    T-mobile modification to replace 3 antennas with new & install 3 rrus.

25. Nov 2020

    Permit 202011199264 $$$ $25,000

    T-mobile. modification to an unmanned telecommunications facility: remove 3 antennas. install 3 air6449 antennas. install 3 rrhs. install 3 hcs 6x12 awg 40m. install bb6648 and bb6630. propose new radome for beta sector.

DBI holds 87 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 87. 8 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.