706–710 Ellis Street

1. 1907

   Built as the Marathon Apartments, apartment building with six 4- and 5-room units on each floor, to the design of the architects Crim and Scott. Four storeys over a basement, brick structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. 1908

   Built.

3. March 11, 1908

   Thomas H. Day's Sons, J. Looney and J. E. Steere contracted to put up a four-storey and basement brick building for the Moffatt estate company, at $46,931.

   The San Francisco Call, 11 March 1908, p. 15
4. 1982

   Converted by 1982.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
5. Aug 1982

   Permit 8206443 $$$ $1

   Building use: apts.

6. May 1983

   Permit 8304329 $$$ $12,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

7. Sep 1990

   Permit 9018445 $$$ $20,000

   Parapet.

8. Jun 1993

   Permit 9310879 $$$ $4,000

   1 fully partial basement of vietnam ii restaurant sprinkler.

9. Jan 1999

   Permit 9901310 $$$ $500

   Temp.repairs to ornamental soffit at roof line.

10. Jun 2001

    Permit 200106151686 $$$ $92,000

    Umb-seismic retrofit works, general procedure(metal collectors and steel frames).

11. Jun 2001

    Permit 200106212092 $$$ $6,800

    Closing of doors to abandoned elevator with layers.

12. Apr 2003

    Permit 200304112144 $$$ $85,000

    Umb special procedure.

13. Jan 2009

    Issued Permit 200901280999 $$$ $950

    Install fire system. 2-pcl 460, 1-pcl 300.

14. Mar 2014

    Permit 201403281918 $$$ $1,800

    Comply with ord 029-13 installing grab bars in public bathroom.

15. Apr 2014

    Permit 201404072552 $$$ $12,000

    Renewal of permit application 201211023465 and complete work.

16. Aug 2014

    Permit 201408073344 $$$ $2,500

    Repair cracked wall with epoxy as recommened by santos & urrutia structual engineers, letter is attached for remedy of complaint #201344661.

17. Aug 2014

    Issued Permit 201408194212 $$$ $500

    To make minor repairs of sheetrock and paint in the retail space. 160 sq. feet of sheetrock patching.

18. Mar 2015

    Permit 201503100357 $$$ $15,000

    3rd and 4th floor: remodel eixsting bathrooms (4-1/2 bathrooms) to comply with nov # 201524571. four and 1/2 bathrooms total (2) on 3rd floor and (2 -1/2) on 4th floor. work in kind. n/a maher ordinance 155-13.

19. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507242393 $$$ $2,500

    Remodel bathroom on 1st floor above ground. to comply with nov # 201524571. existing light and window to remain. no change. no walls to be moved / no structural.

20. Apr 2016

    Permit 201604013785 $$$ $1,200

    To replace windows in the hallways to comply with nov 201608152 and also to repair 3 stairs & repair hand rails, install 26 guage stell, galvanized sheets in the garbage room, items to be corrected 3, 4, 5, 9, 21.

21. Apr 2016

    Issued Permit 201604185044 $$$ $3,200

    Like for like voluntary fire system replacement with new control panel, smoke det. and pull stations at the same location, tie-in existing bells to new panel. install new monitor modules to connect existing waterflow and tamper switches to new panel.

22. Feb 2018

    Issued Permit 201802221971 $$$ $9,000

    To comply with nov# 201830391 items # 2, 3 & 14, nov# 201835782 items # 2, noc# 201835781 items # 3, 5 & 6, repair or replace kitchen cabinets & counters also to repair or repace laminate flooring & r & r tile in bathrooms in 14 units.

23. May 2018

    Permit 201805240112 $$$ $250

    To repair a broken piece of sheetrock in the basement ceiling an walls to comply with nov #201850491 item #7 and item #8 on 2nd floor.

24. Jun 2024

    Issued Permit 202406285508 $$$ $5,000

    To comply with nov 202423261. remove and replace acoustic ceiling damaged by water leak. non load bearing wall to be removed and put back. remove and reinstall kitchen hood. replacement of wood front entry dbl door in kind.

25. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504083964 $$$ $3,500

    In-kind replacement of existing old sliding gate in the front of shop. same size, no additional dimension.

DBI holds 32 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 32. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.