201–229 Ellis Street

1. 1910

   Built as stores and rooming house with 25 rooms and 11 baths, to the design of the architect Smith O'Brien. Three storeys over a basement, brick structure, two-part vertical composition.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. 1910

   Built as bath house with salt water plunge, to the design of the architect Smith O'Brien. Three storeys over a basement, brick structure, two-part commercial composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
3. 1911

   The Burns Hammam baths opened here around 1911 and traded until the early 1940s, when the name changed to the San Francisco Turkish Baths; the business ran through the 1980s.

   Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
4. July 1931

   John Galen Howard, the architect of the University of California campus, died in the building.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
5. 1974-1976

   The 225 Ellis Street building was rated 0 on the 0-to-5 scale of architectural significance in the citywide inventory.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration, Glide Residential Development Project (Initial Study, Case No. 2002.1077E), 2006.
6. Apr 1983

   Permit 8303633 $$$ $6,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

7. Feb 1997

   Issued Permit 9702611 $$$ $10,000

   Repair, remove and replace.

8. Jul 2001

   Permit 200107304791 $$$ $35,000

   Seismic retrofit for umb ordinance bolts install to be routed to umb phase i of bolts plus.

9. Oct 2005

   Permit 200510075081 $$$ $35,000

   Umb, retrofit phase ii, interior bracing to reinforce existingmasonry structure.no other work.structural work only.

10. 2006

    The building's upper two floors ran as the Globe Trotter's Inn, a 15-room hostel; the ground floor held retail spaces, among them the former Red's Corner and Siam Noodle.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration, Glide Residential Development Project (Initial Study, Case No. 2002.1077E), 2006.
11. Jan 2007

    Withdrawn Permit 200701222232 $$$ $19,500

    Temporary shoring for work on adjacent property (125 mason - reference permit application 200608038557s). complain #200340273. 200557129 & 200557131.

12. May 2007

    Withdrawn Permit 200705151363 $$$ $31,000

    Shoring and underpinning for work on adjacent property at 149 mason street (refer permit application 200608038553s).

13. Jun 2007

    Permit 200706204507 $$$ $120,000

    Seismic rehab for unreinforced brick masonry (umb) building. 'special procedure". install new handicap push button auto door opener, partial handicap upgrade in existing restroom. no mep. work under this permit.

14. Jul 2016

    Withdrawn Permit 201607182565 $$$ $100,000

    Foundation work for future addition, future addition under seperate permit. (vacant building, all ada upgrades to be under future buildout).

15. Feb 2017

    Permit 201702099100 $$$ $20,000

    Demolition of interior non load bearing partitions, plumbing, finishes, lighting and non structural components. ab-017.

16. May 2017

    Permit 201705085950 $$$ $1,300,000

    Structural only demolition & seismic upgrade project in an existing unoccupied residential building.

17. Sep 2019

    Permit 201909040684 $$$ $150,000

    Ref #1490885. new nfpa 13 & 13r sprinkler system in basement, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th floors, & 6th fl stairwells #1 & 2; & corridors/common areas & manual wet type class i standpipe (ref permit application 201804277608).

18. Sep 2019

    Issued Permit 201909131629 $$$ $52,000

    Installation of hydrponic hot water heating system with boilers & hydronic wall hung heat emitters.

19. Oct 2019

    Permit 201910235340 $$$ $160,000

    Mechanical only: replace existing ventilation install all new bath exhausts, kitchen exhausts, corridor ventilation, laundry ventilation, new heating & cooling systems for top floor residential units. ref permit application 2018-0427-7608.

20. Jul 2020

    Permit 202007210571 $$$ $1

    Title 25 electrical/lighting compliance plan check only. ref permit application 201804277608 & e/p ew201909193634. maher n/a.

21. Apr 2021

    Permit 202104027842 $$$ $1,500

    Install new fire alarm system.

22. May 2024

    Withdrawn Permit 202405081665 $$$ $50,000

    Update kitchhen, shower room, toilet, laundry room. no residential guest room will be removed, converted or demolished.

23. May 2024

    Permit 202405293209 $$$ $50,000

    28 window replacements like for like existing wood new wood 1st and 2nd floors.

24. Sep 2024

    Permit 202409261700 $$$ $15,000

    Revision to permit application 202405293209 adding 10 window replacements like for like. existing wood to new wood at front and back.

DBI holds 57 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 57. 9 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The nomination's inventory places John Galen Howard's death at 227–231 Ellis Street; its statement of significance gives the address as 227–231 Eddy Street. The parcel's rating in the citywide 1974–1976 architectural inventory is reported two ways: the unreinforced masonry survey's appendix gives 1 of 5 at 229 Ellis Street, while the Glide development study gives 0 for the 225 Ellis Street building. The parcel holds more than one building; the difference is recorded, not reconciled.