400 Mcallister Street

1. 1860

   The first buildings on this block went up in the late 1860s, and by 1886 about half the block was developed.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, San Francisco Courts Building: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1994.
2. 1929

   The City leased this lot, empty in a photograph of the Civic Center taken in 1926, to the Standard Oil Company for a service station.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, San Francisco Courts Building: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1994.
3. 1930

   Built.

4. 1977

   The service station closed, after forty-eight years on the lot.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, San Francisco Courts Building: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1994.
5. 1986

   The former service station was demolished and the surface car park put in.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, San Francisco Courts Building: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1994.
6. Jun 1986

   Permit 8606394

   Demolish gas station.

7. Sep 1986

   Permit 8612093 $$$ $1,000

   Sign - erect.

8. August 18, 1994

   Under the Sunlight Ordinance the City Planning Commission found, 7-0, that the proposed courthouse building's shadow on Civic Center Plaza would not be significant.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
9. Oct 2008

   Permit 200810103882 $$$ $50,000

   Repair damaged stone facade.

10. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803163873 $$$ $300,000

    Reroofing replace existing tpo single ply roofing with new class "a" fire rate roof.

11. Feb 2023

    Issued Permit 202302212290 $$$ $3,100,000

    Elevator upgrade of 6 traction cars & 1 hydraulic, electrical & control & motors replaced.

12. Sep 2023

    Issued Permit 202309136485 $$$ $2,000

    Demolition (6) heads in elevator shaft.

13. Sep 2023

    Issued Permit 202309227195 $$$ $12,000

    Basement and penthouse: modify existing fa system to accommodate elevator modernization project, add 4 smoke detectors, 1 heat detector, 1 monitor module, 12 dual relay, 1 accessory relay, ref sprinkler permit application 202309136485.

14. Sep 2024

    Issued Permit 202409181112 $$$ $30,000

    Revision to permit application 2023-0221-2290 to document the creation of a temporary access hole in roof.

15. Dec 2024

    Permit 202412207189 $$$ $53,434

    Install one new 1.5 ton ductless mini -split unit to serve recently refurbished elevator machine room no architctural work machine room was recently refurbished under permit application 2023-0922-7195 & 2023-0221-2290.

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