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District 5 · Block 0337, Lot 014 · ZIP 94102

240 Hyde Street

Hotel

  • 7 stories
  • 22,810 ft2
  • 4,375 ft2 lot area
  • 82 residential units
  • 86 rooms
  • 82 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
  • Sold August 29, 1990
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  1. 1928

    Built as the Hotel LaFayette, mid-priced hotel with 82 units, all with baths, to the design of the architect E.H. Denke. Seven storeys over a basement, steel frame and reinforced concrete structure, two-part vertical composition, Spanish Colonial Revival ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. 1929

    Built.

  3. January 12, 1965

    The Office of the Assessor-Recorder photographed the property for tax assessment.

    Assessor-Recorder Photographs (SFP 23), San Francisco Public Library
  4. October 1971

    The Lafayette, a residential hotel, had 75 units, of which 2 were vacant.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  5. Feb 1988
    Permit 8801719 $$$ $5,000

    Parapet reinforcement.

  6. May 1990
    Permit 9009986 $$$ $221,100

    Handicap accessible ground floor, substantial alterations.

  7. Jul 1990
    Permit 9013751 $$$ $16,000

    Parapet reinforcement upgrade.

  8. Feb 1992
    Permit 9202908 $$$ $200

    Repair garbage chute.

  9. Oct 1995
    Permit 9517094 $$$ $19,000

    Reroofing.

  10. Jan 2000
    Permit 20000107517 $$$ $1,300,000

    Rehabilitation of interior & exterior finishes.

  11. Jul 2001
    Permit 200107173870 $$$ $15,000

    Replace fire alarm ccontrol panel.to accomodate req. elevator recall.

  12. Sep 2002
    Issued Permit 200209196902 $$$ $9,000

    Phase 2 fire alarm system replacement, panel replaced under 200107173870, this app to replace exist.

  13. Dec 2009
    Permit 200912082841 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work done under app#200209196902. all work is complete.

  14. Aug 2011
    Permit 201108182766 $$$ $40,000

    Install new backflow preventer, install 3" control valve & fire hose valve at each floor on all stairwells and fire escape- one standpipe to roof-. add 273 sprinkler heads as needed to comply with full sprinkler building, total of 273 heads- replace all heads in residential with new heads.

  15. Dec 2011
    Permit 201112130577 $$$ $5,000

    Add 18 point modules to existing fire system.

  16. Jun 2012
    Permit 201206122397 $$$ $50,000

    Replace window in kind on south, north, and east rear. total 133.

  17. Apr 2023
    Permit 202304105392 $$$ $1

    Fire alarm ti adding 1 cellular comminucator to existing notifier afp 200 fire alarm system.

  18. Jun 2026
    Filed Permit 202606153230 $$$ $160,000

    Reroofing. mod bit with torch down.

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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