240–288 Jones Street

1. 1924

   A hotel designed by Albert Joseph Fabre.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
2. 1925

   Built as the Roosevelt Hotel, stores and mid-priced hotel with 160 rooms with baths, to the design of the architects Fabre and Hildebrand. Five storeys, steel frame and reinforced concrete structure, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

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

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

   Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
4. Jul 1983

   Permit 8307188 $$$ $11,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

5. Nov 1985

   Permit 8513100 $$$ $9,500

   Office addition to existing mezzanine.

6. Aug 1986

   Permit 8609326 $$$ $6,500

   Repair fire damage to two rooms non structural.

7. Dec 1987

   Permit 8717891 $$$ $25,000

   Repair fire damage comprising framing, sheetrock, electrical/plumb.

8. Jan 1991

   Permit 9100629 $$$ $50,000

   Reroofing.

9. Jul 1992

   Permit 9211547 $$$ $8,000

   Clean up after fire damage replace corridor doors & hardware.

10. Oct 1992

    Permit 9217862 $$$ $150,000

    Repair 12-15 joists & n/b studs, sheetrock, clean & paint.

11. Feb 2001

    Permit 200102202506 $$$ $3,500

    Replacing of deteriorated sidewalk access doors to sub bsmt. replace doors in kind. including frame.

12. May 2001

    Permit 200105300249 $$$ $6,000,000

    Structural upgrade/replace existing windows/life safety improvement/accessible access.

13. May 2002

    Permit 200205035670 $$$ $152,000

    Bsmt & 1/fl.- install fire sprinkler.

14. Jul 2002

    Permit 200207262420 $$$ $10,000

    Install fire alarm system 2nd to 6th flooor residential and basement & 1st floor commercial.

15. Jun 2003

    Permit 200306308346 $$$ $30,000

    New partitions, finishes, mechanical systems, casework. grd floor only. electrical & lighting under a separ.

16. Aug 2003

    Permit 200308182330 $$$ $4,200

    Erect a projecting, non-electric, double faced sign.

17. Aug 2003

    Permit 200308182333 $$$ $3,000

    Erect a non-electric, single faced, wall sign.

18. Feb 2004

    Permit 200402267259 $$$ $6,000

    Addt of walls @ bsmnt & rm change @ grnd floor.

19. Jul 2004

    Permit 200407239676 $$$ $5,000

    Ceiling shall be one hour rated with 5/8" type x gyp-replace drywall at ceiling in bedrm of one unit.

20. Nov 2004

    Permit 200411129003 $$$ $44,000

    Grame new wall, frame in stairwell, new electrical, new mechanical on ground floor.

21. Oct 2013

    Permit 201310230068 $$$ $30,000

    Remodel existing lobby at gr fl. and mezzanine. new reception desk, 2 dividing partitions. new flooring and paint. no change on the interior column and historical details. no heater.

22. between 2014 and 2016

    Judi Iranyi photographed the property, showing Casbah Cafe at 295 Eddy Street.

    Judi Iranyi Photographs of the Tenderloin (SFP 179), San Francisco Public Library
23. between 2014 and 2016

    Judi Iranyi photographed the property, showing Downtown Grocery at 289 Eddy Street.

    Judi Iranyi Photographs of the Tenderloin (SFP 179), San Francisco Public Library
24. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406027282 $$$ $12,000

    Tenant improvement at gr fl for new meat and deli service in existing retail space. add one 3 compartment sink, hand sink, mop sink, tile floor waterproff wall line.

25. Feb 2015

    Permit 201502188632 $$$ $3,000

    Add 1 pendent.

26. Apr 2023

    Issued Permit 202304175812 $$$ $65,000

    Five units: drywall replacement in (8) units, approximately 150 sq ft./unit. water damaged.

DBI holds 40 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 40. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired permits are not shown.