Native Sons Building

1. April 16, 1910

   Construction contracts were awarded for the Native Sons of the Golden West's new building, on the site of the society's former building, with a time limit aimed at completion by Admission Day; an eight-storey class A fireproof building at $210,000, whose social hall, the city's largest, was to be decorated with scenes from California's history. Righetti & Headman with C. H. Hildebrand, architects.

   The San Francisco Call, 16 April 1910, p. 14
2. 1911

   Built.

3. 1911

   Hildebrand, later of Fabre & Hildebrand, was associated with Righetti & Headman in the design.

   Corbett Heights Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
4. 1911

   Eight storeys, beautifully detailed, and notable for its top-story arcade — the most prestigious commission of Paul Righetti's career.

   The West Slope of Russian Hill: A Historical Context and Inventory of Historic Resources, 2006, revised 2009
5. 1920s–1940s

   Native Sons Hall here was one of the venues the Russian community hired for events in the interwar years.

   Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
6. July 5, 1964

   Photographed, showing the Stagedoor Theater.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
7. Jan 1982

   Permit 8200683

   Otc alterations permit.

8. Jun 1985

   Permit 8506661 $$$ $30,000

   Construction of temporary field offices.

9. Sep 1985

   Permit 8510544 $$$ $30,000

   Remodel office suite.

10. Nov 1985

    Permit 8512929 $$$ $40,000

    Remodel public rest rooms for movie theater.

11. Feb 1986

    Permit 8601632 $$$ $20,000

    Office remodel.

12. Mar 1990

    Permit 9005028 $$$ $19,000

    Install hangers to support lighting grid.

13. Aug 1990

    Permit 9017409 $$$ $25,000

    Install prefabricated aluminum frame platform.

14. Dec 1998

    Permit 9826222S $$$ $1,500,000

    Demolish existingstage door theater new night club full kitchen.

15. Aug 1999

    Permit 9916418 $$$ $16,866

    Install fire alarm-basement, 1st and 2nd floors only.

16. Aug 1999

    Permit 9917891 $$$ $35,000

    Install sprinkler system & add fire pump.

17. Jan 2005

    Permit 200501213774 $$$ $30,000

    Demolition non structural wall, flooring, tile, plumbing, fixture, bar exist duct and chase. non structura.

18. Feb 2005

    Permit 200502145479 $$$ $475,000

    Interior t.i. -bar, restrooms, electrical, plumbing, framing, paint, drywall, tile, ceiling tile.

19. Jan 2006

    Permit 200601313470 $$$ $18,450

    Fire sprinkler improvements for t.i. in basement. slide night club.

20. Aug 2006

    Permit 200608149389 $$$ $20,000

    Slide installation - custom built aluminum slide to fit in night club all astm standards have been met or exceeded see ref materials designed and built by certified playground inspector entrance to sldie to be gated and supervised during working hours.

21. Apr 2008

    Permit 200804078990 $$$ $176,297

    Reroofing.

22. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708306467 $$$ $800,000

    Demolition int. non-struct. walls, lobby floor section for accessible entrance, lobby finishes, existing service bars, existing bathrm fixtures, finishes & existing entry slide in preparation of new interior alteration. new basement work includes new lounge and restaurant seating, new bowling lanes, & int. finishes.

23. Nov 2017

    Permit 201711224673 $$$ $17,500

    To erect electric, single faced sign. sign a per plans (2) individual letter sets mounted on marquee reader board. ** maher: n/a **.

24. Dec 2017

    Permit 201712065693 $$$ $9,000

    Due to interior remodel in basement, 1st, 2nd fl club area increasing occpancy load, new voice evac panel installed near e fire control panel 1st fl for voice evac system. ex notification appliances replaced w speaker strobes, new is install and tie into e panel.200605121520 & 2017-0830-6464.

25. Oct 2020

    Permit 202010035812 $$$ $50,000

    Replace smallflue cooler like for like. weights and measures are the same as existing. maher n/a.

26. Apr 2025

    Issued Permit 202503192582 $$$ $35,000

    Demolition only, no ti. ab017.

27. Nov 2025

    Issued Permit 202505277287 $$$ $16,000

    Demolition unpermitted storage room with loft at 4/f ste #402, new non-combustible storage room with storage loft at same size & location as existing.

DBI holds 74 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 74. 13 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.