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District 5 · Block 0343, Lot 013 · ZIP 94102

132–140 Jones Street

Hotel · Tenderloin

  • 6 stories
  • 22,410 ft2
  • 4,530 ft2 lot area
  • 5 residential units
  • 60 rooms
  • 61 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
  • Sold October 7, 1994
Land$1,632,870
Improvements$879,232
Total assessed$2,512,102
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  1. 1924

    Built as the Hotel Lyric, mid-priced hotel with 61 rooms with baths, to the design of the architect Erie J. Osborne. Six storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. March 1966

    The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property, then the Hotel Lyric.

    Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
  3. October 1971

    The Lyric hotel at 140 Jones Street was operating as a residential hotel, its 60 units showing 4 vacancies.

    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.
  4. Jun 1983
    Permit 8304998 $$$ $13,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  5. Nov 1987
    Permit 8716891 $$$ $3,000

    New counter top, cabinets. repair concerete floor.

  6. Jul 1995
    Permit 9511961 $$$ $1,450,000

    Horizontal.

  7. Apr 1996
    Permit 9606744 $$$ $85,000

    Elevator upgrade rehabilitation up to code (sec 3003 titl 24.

  8. Jul 1996
    Permit 9613692 $$$ $88,406

    Replacement of existing windows with new, aluminum in rear.

  9. Sep 1996
    Permit 9617872 $$$ $8,000

    Fire alarm system only.

  10. Oct 1996
    Permit 9618892 $$$ $28,000

    Provide new fire sprinkler system.

  11. Mar 1997
    Permit 9705657 $$$ $250

    Revision to approved pa9511961.

  12. Mar 1997
    Permit 9705660 $$$ $50

    Revision to approved permit application 9511961.

  13. Nov 2007
    Issued Permit 200711148079 $$$ $4,500

    Tie in modules for 1 water flow device on the ground floor, install 7 tampers from ground floor through 6th floor. programming to be done by others. no work to done in units.

  14. Apr 2008
    Withdrawn Permit 200804018480 $$$ $8,000

    Fire alarm system: added new iam monitoring modules on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6th floor to monitor sprinkler water flow & tamper switches.

  15. Apr 2009
    Permit 200904307447 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under appl#200711148079. all work has been completed.

  16. May 2009
    Permit 200905218838 $$$ $1

    Renew permit application 2007/02/14/4140 to obtain final inspection. all work has been completed.

  17. Feb 2014
    Permit 201402067951 $$$ $80,000

    Finish remodel at hotel entrance: new metal gate, new glass entry door. n/a for the maher ordinance #155-13.

  18. Jun 2026
    Issued Permit 202606102911 $$$ $60,000

    Reroofing hot work.

3 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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