518–530 Ellis Street

1. 1915

   Built as the Arundell Apartments, apartment building with 36 2-and 3-room units, to the design of the architect O.R. Thayer. Five storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. 1962

   The Why Not, the first leather bar in San Francisco, which opened here in 1962 and closed within a few months.

   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
3. Jun 1988

   Permit 8808332 $$$ $6,000

   New medical office on the ground floor.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown.