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840–850 Ellis Street

Tenderloin · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1920
  • Garage
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 5
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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6,686 sq ftLot area
7Rooms · 4 baths
  1. 1919

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as a public garage. The survey dates the work to 1919–1920.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Aug 1991

    Install 1 aluminum window in existing frame in residence.

    Expired Permit 9113711 $$$ $1,335
  3. Aug 1995

    Install spray booth toilet to be remodeled, handicap access.

    Expired Permit 9512680 $$$ $8,700
  4. Oct 1995

    Install a pyro-chem fire suppression system.

    Expired Permit 9517344 $$$ $3,000
  5. May 1998

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9808867 $$$ $23,189
  6. May 2005

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 200505112073 $$$ $11,880
  7. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 6Z — not individually eligible for the California Register.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  8. Jan 2010

    Structural repairs to second floor slab 840 ellis st. expoxy inject moderate horizontal craks in ribs & slabs. spalling concrete chip-off loose concrete & patch. provide carbon fiber wrap repair. severe joist shear craking. provide carbon fiber wrap repair of entire length of joist & beam.

    Complete Permit 201001205020 $$$ $46,000
  9. Jan 2010

    New handicapped bathroom, water heater, kitchen cabinets & sink. new handicapped lift. new electrical lights switches, data receptacles.

    Complete Permit 201001285496 $$$ $22,000
  10. Jan 2022

    Reface 1 existing wall sign, no changes to existing cabinet.

    Issued Permit 202201045308 $$$ $2,000
  11. Jan 2022

    Re-face existing projecting electric sign and change lighting to led.

    Issued Permit 202201045310 $$$ $3,500
  12. Mar 2026

    Repair of existing damaged floor framing members. cracked concrete floor joists are to be repaired by epoxy injection and carbon fiber wrap. a portion of the floor slab and one beam near the north/west corner will be rebuilt.

    Filed Permit 202603187805 $$$ $188,000

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update