450 Jones Street

1. 1909

   Built as the Athmore Apartments, apartment hotel with 54 rooms and 15 baths in 2- and 3-room units, to the design of the architects Sutton and Weeks. Six storeys over a basement, brick structure, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. October 12, 1909

   Alexander Coleman and John G. Sutton company contracted for plumbing and heating on five-storey apartments for the Sheridan-Proctor company, at $10,903.

   The San Francisco Call, 12 October 1909, p. 13
3. 1910

   Built.

4. October 1971

   The Five-Forty Jones, a residential hotel, had 91 units, of which 1 was 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. Mar 1982

   Permit 8202218 $$$ $10,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

6. Dec 1983

   Permit 8312903 $$$ $20,000

   Reinforce building parapet us per plans.

7. Aug 1988

   Permit 8811969 $$$ $4,000

   Bring building to code.

8. Sep 1988

   Permit 8813382 $$$ $14,000

   Replace bathrm windows, drywall @ hallway #101, 102, 201, 202.

9. Jul 1989

   Permit 8913543 $$$ $80,000

   Part of sixth floor caught fire and need to be repaired.

10. Feb 1990

    Permit 9002649 $$$ $2,500

    Relocate 1 partition, provide new swith for lighting.

11. Sep 2006

    Permit 200609223061 $$$ $10,000

    Permit extension for app#200107194087, #200407068061, #200511077577.

12. Apr 2007

    Issued Permit 200704269748 $$$ $30,000

    To renew permit application 2006/09/22/3061, 2001/07/19/4087, 2004/07/06/8061, 2005/11/07/7577.

13. Apr 2008

    Permit 200804170016 $$$ $2,000

    Comply with nov# 200700761 to remove 3 ft x 4 ft (neon) and awning approx 14 ft x 5 ft. install 3' ht x 6' dome awning.

14. Jun 2009

    Permit 200906059869 $$$ $8,000

    Fire sprinkler system in existing space to be upgraded to meet current code. 450 jones st. one unit. - commercial space. upgradeing 3/4" pipe to 1" pipe, 1-1/4" & 1-1/2" new piping and hyro calcs.

15. Jun 2009

    Issued Permit 200906160553 $$$ $3,500

    Hood & duct work, install ansul ul300 fire suppression system.

16. May 2013

    Withdrawn Permit 201305156985 $$$ $2,500

    Basement - add (2) sprinklers to existing system.

17. Jun 2013

    Permit 201306179738 $$$ $2,500

    Add 2 sprinklers to existing system.

18. Jul 2018

    Issued Permit 201807205093 $$$ $3,000

    Replace defective toilet, sink, and shower in one guest room.

19. Nov 2023

    Permit 202311221330 $$$ $52,000

    Upgrade existing fire alarm sys in non-sprinkled building to comply with sffd sec 1103.7.6.1. replace existing facu with es-200xp with a radio. replace smokes and pull statiosn with new. bells will be replaced with horns/strobes.install power supply for low freq sounder inside sleeping rooms.nov202316229.

20. Jul 2024

    Issued Permit 202407257292 $$$ $10,000

    As-builts to permit application 202311221330. due to elevator modernization 8 new smoke detectors and 3 new relay modules will be installed.

DBI holds 55 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 55. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.