37.7866, −122.4130 A locator map appears here once a Mapbox token is configured.
Know This Place

District 5 · Block 0317, Lot 014 · ZIP 94102

552–556 Jones Street

Hotel

  • 7 stories
  • 17,395 ft2
  • 1,976.56 ft2 lot area
  • 41 residential units
  • 41 rooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
  • Sold November 2, 2018
37.7866, −122.4130 Street View appears here once a Google Maps embed key is configured.
  1. 1913

    Built as the Hotel Towanda, mid-priced hotel with 56 rooms and 46 baths, to the design of the architect A.A. Schroepfer. Seven storeys over a basement, steel frame and reinforced concrete structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. Dec 1988
    Permit 8819694 $$$ $40,000

    Tear out plaster in bathrm, replace with sheetrock-tile.

  3. Nov 1989
    Permit 8922979 $$$ $12,000

    Fabricate and install awning.

  4. Jan 1990
    Permit 9000735 $$$ $6,000

    Electric sign.

  5. Jul 1992
    Permit 9211033 $$$ $20,000

    Fire repair-storefront glass, doors, sheetrk, flring, paint.

  6. Nov 1996
    Permit 9622791 $$$ $4,275

    Replace shtrock/sink/toilette/tile in bathrm/light fixt/wir.

  7. Aug 2003
    Issued Permit 200308192412 $$$ $27,000

    To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ordinance 170-02.

  8. Feb 2011
    Permit 201102079752 $$$ $20,000

    Renovation of restaurant kitchen and dining area. update electrical, minor plumbing for appliances, new bathroom fixtures, relocate entry door, new store front facade.

  9. Jun 2013
    Issued Permit 201306078976 $$$ $3,000

    To comply with ordinance 029-13 only; installation of grab bars in sro at the following location(s): 40 bathrooms with toilet & 1 bathroom in manager unit. total grab bars installed: 41.

  10. May 2014
    Permit 201405276799 $$$ $1,000

    Re-install window in like kind, remove atm installed with out benefit of permit. to comply with n.o.v. 201255843.

  11. Aug 2015
    Issued Permit 201508053381 $$$ $5,000

    Abatement of nov #201558951: remove unpermitted aluminum window at front sister 6 dry rotted floor joists in kind, replace (e0 sheathing as required, replace (e0 title flooring as required.

  12. Nov 2016
    Permit 201611223336 $$$ $10,000

    Abatement of nov 201558951: remove unpermitted alteration at facade. restore original facade windows and doors. restore original layout.

  13. Dec 2016
    Permit 201612285979 $$$ $95,600

    Concrete repair to the upper portion of the exterior south wall. complaint 2016473111.

  14. Feb 2018
    Permit 201802090853 $$$ $50,000

    Install new wireless facility with 9 antennas, 3 rrus, 1 new cabinet, 2 new racks, and 4 frp screens for t-mobile.

  15. Jun 2018
    Permit 201806051075 $$$ $1,500

    Comply with n.o.v 201844393 and 201863229. replace ventalation at southwest corner bathroom.

  16. Mar 2024
    Permit 202403278681 $$$ $25,000

    Tmobile: install 3 antennas- remove exsting antennas. install 3 rrus- remove exsting rrus. add 6160 cabinet & battery rack.

DBI holds 36 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 36. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 9 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

Nearby