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District 5 · Block 0334, Lot 007 · ZIP 94109

420 Eddy Street

Hotel

  • 3 stories
  • 13,408 ft2
  • 4,331.25 ft2 lot area
  • 56 rooms
  • 14 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1906

    Built.

  2. 1907

    Built as the Fairfax Hotel, rooming house with 56 rooms and 14 baths, to the design of the architects Stone & Smith. Three storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  3. February 21, 1907

    Frank J. Klimm contracted to put up a two-storey and basement hotel, at $5,390.

    The San Francisco Call, 21 February 1907, p. 10
  4. October 1971

    The Fairfax hotel was operating as a residential hotel, its 46 units showing one vacancy.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  5. Jun 1983
    Permit 8305019 $$$ $10,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  6. Nov 1987
    Permit 8716641 $$$ $9,200

    Renovate exist fire sprklr system.

  7. Apr 1990
    Permit 9007939 $$$ $8,000

    Parapet.

  8. May 2014
    Permit 201405125528 $$$ $3,200

    Replacing damaged door with solid corr doors for six units. plaster patching & painting of rooms.

  9. Sep 2014
    Issued Permit 201409035357 $$$ $10,000

    Remodel one kitchen plumbing and electrical. new cabinets. non-structural.

  10. Dec 2014
    Permit 201412083326 $$$ $2,000

    Raise existing fire sprinkler branch lines in storage room upwards to 1'-o" below ceiling.

  11. Dec 2016
    Permit 201612225750 $$$ $80,000

    Modification to existing basement space to provide ancillary residential dining room, warming kitchen, restroom, rated stair/exit passageway and corridor enclosure. arch, mechanical, ele, plumbing. fire sprinkler modifications.

  12. Jan 2018
    Permit 201801249371 $$$ $10,000

    Fire sprinkler for the basement. ref #201612225750. n/a for maher.

  13. Apr 2018
    Permit 201804267470 $$$ $12,000

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system, ref permit application 201612225750, ref sprinkler permit application 201801249371 adding 46 new low frequency sounders, 9 new door holders, 1 new flow 1 new tamper water monitoring, upgrading facu to ifp-1.

  14. Sep 2018
    Issued Permit 201809069286 $$$ $3,000

    Fire underground. ref app#201801249371.

  15. Mar 2022
    Filed Permit 202203109725 $$$ $2,535

    Emergency evacuation signs "fire permit only".

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 1 expired permit is not shown.

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