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District 5 · Block 0333, Lot 020 · ZIP 94102

441 Ellis Street

81-unit apartment building

  • 6 stories
  • 50,532 ft2
  • 11,343.75 ft2 lot area
  • 210 rooms
  • 48 bedrooms
  • 81 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1914

    Built as the Hotel Adair, hotel, to the design of the architect J.R. Miller. Six storeys over a basement, brick structure with galvanized iron cornice and four-story bay windows, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. 1915

    Built.

  3. 1980

    Converted to apartments with 83 2-room units.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  4. Aug 1981
    Permit 8107113 $$$ $3,401,450

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  5. Nov 1982
    Permit 8209048 $$$ $31,677

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  6. Jan 1983
    Permit 8300004 $$$ $15,000

    Enlarge existing elevator shaft, pit and constr. penthouse.

  7. Nov 2001
    Permit 200111012295 $$$ $260,000

    Kitchen remodels @ 81 one unit.gf1 installed in kitchen @ counter new cabs new counters new flooring.

  8. Jul 2002
    Permit 200207181704 $$$ $55,000

    Rev.appl#200111012295 remove/replace unit entry doors with 1-hr rated entry doors, total of 81 doors.

  9. May 2018
    Permit 201805189478 $$$ $70,000

    Reroofing.

  10. Dec 2018
    Permit 201812188665 $$$ $10,000

    Provide repair to the balcony repair over the main entrance to a 6 story multi story nit residential building.

  11. Dec 2020
    Permit 202012161155 $$$ $6,000

    Upgrade fire alarm system.

  12. Sep 2022

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 2020-1216-1155 all work is complete.

  13. Dec 2023
    Permit 202312142493 $$$ $10,000

    Install additional fire alarm notification devices to existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc 1103.7.6.1, install power supply, monitor modules, install lf sounders in all units potential sleeping area to comply with sffc 113.7.6.1.

  14. Mar 2024
    Permit 202403228452 $$$ $2,500

    Install additional devices to existing fire alarm system due to elevator modernization. install smoke detector in elevator machine room for emr smoke detector detection. install new relay modules for elevation primary recall alternate elevel recall. ref# 202012161155 original facu permit, #202312142493.

  15. Jan 2026
    Permit 202601143800 $$$ $100,000

    Stucco in-kind replacement & brick repoint. brick repoint street visible.

  16. Apr 2026
    Issued Permit 202604109216 $$$ $53,500

    Create emergency egress window, street level windows in the west bay were replaced with cmu. project is to restore a window with emergency egress compliant function serving an apartment unti. saw cut existing cmu to created window at same overall dimensions. an added not reated opening in a 1 hr rated.

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

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