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District 5 · Block 0349, Lot 021 · ZIP 94102

121 Golden Gate Avenue

Store building

  • 2 stories
  • 46,233 ft2
  • 1,088.28 ft2 lot area
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
  • Sold August 23, 2012
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  1. 1912

    Built as the Junipero Serra Center and St. Anthony Foundation, film exchange and offices, converted to social services center and dining room. Two storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, two-part commercial composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. August 24, 1912

    Work began on a two-storey brick building on this corner, 137 ft 6 in on each street, designed by Henry H. Meyers: seven stores on Golden Gate Avenue, and the rest for the Loyal Order of Moose, with a lodge room on the ground floor and clubrooms above.

    The San Francisco Call, 24 August 1912, p. 23
  3. Jun 1984
    Permit 8405981 $$$ $750,000

    Interior alterations in 1st & 2nd fl.

  4. Oct 1984
    Permit 8411564 $$$ $5,000

    Interior alterations in 1st & 2nd fl.

  5. Nov 1984
    Permit 8411844 $$$ $8,500

    Remove 2 fire escapes for golden gate ave. side of building.

  6. Nov 1986
    Permit 8613766 $$$ $75,000

    Relocation of partitions (lighting, duct & sprinkler alter.).

  7. May 1990
    Permit 9008738 $$$ $20,000

    Parapet bracing.

  8. Dec 2010
    Permit 201012156753 $$$ $25,000,000

    Erect 10 stories, 90 dwelling units, 1 basement, dining, social services, affordable apartments building.

  9. Dec 2010
    Permit 201012207036 $$$ $2,000,000

    T.i to shell building t0 be contructed at 121 golden gate av. work including new partitions, kitchen equipment, iinterior improvements & mep. ref permit application 2010/12/15/6753-s. 1st time tenant improvement.

  10. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204198654 $$$ $384,000

    To demolish office / dining hall building.

  11. May 2012
    Permit 201205029613 $$$ $50,000

    Temporary shoring for city streets frontages corner of jones& golden gate-necessary for construction of new 10 story & basement type i building under separate appl 2010-1215-6753s.this shoring permit to be reviewed by tom le-the plan checker for 2010-1215-6753s.

  12. May 2012
    Permit 201205029618 $$$ $50,000

    Excavation shoring for construction of 121 golden gate ave 10 story & basement type i building under separate appl 2010-1215-6753.this shoring permit to be reviewed by tom le-the plan checker for 2010-1215-6753.

  13. Jan 2013
    Permit 201301238524 $$$ $250,000

    Continous flight auger pile submittal. design build auger pile system for 121 gg 162 piles total. reference building/foundation permit #2010-12-15-6753.

  14. Jan 2013
    Permit 201301238533 $$$ $10,000

    Tower crane foundation permit. reference building/foundation permit #2010 1215 6753.

  15. Jun 2013
    Permit 201306210127 $$$ $25,000

    Installation of rescue air system for firefighter.

  16. Jul 2013
    Withdrawn Permit 201307262892 $$$ $400,000

    Installation of a new notifier fire alarm system in new mixed use building. ref approved building p/a#201012156753 & 201012207036.

  17. Aug 2013
    Withdrawn Permit 201308295539 $$$ $25,000

    Installation of 2 emergency generators & fuel oil system. new building permit application 2010-1215-6753.

  18. 2014

    Current structure built.

  19. Aug 2014
    Permit 201408143782 $$$ $3,000

    Furnish and install 1 pyrochem fire system in the kitchen area.

  20. Jun 2015
    Issued Permit 201506048063 $$$ $60,000

    Install a solar hot water heating system. roof-mounted collectors and storage tank (roof mechanical room).; maher n/a.

  21. Sep 2020
    Permit 202009265085 $$$ $8,000

    Install non-electric porjecting double-faced blade sign "st. anthony's".

DBI holds 35 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 35. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. This address is dated 1912 in its National Register nomination; the assessor's roll gives 2014 for the building on this parcel. The corner's 1912 building is recorded both as built for the Loyal Order of Moose, with seven stores, and as built as a film exchange and offices.

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