456 Mcallister Street

1. 1912

   The building here was put up as a reinforced-concrete truck showroom to the design of Norman R. Coulter, its McAllister Street front a two-part vertical composition with a plain window wall.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, San Francisco Courts Building: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1994.
2. 1913

   Built.

3. 1937

   The building was sold to the Society of California Pioneers, having been let to a warehouse and moving concern before 1917, and was remodelled by the architect John H. Ahnden in a way that kept most of the original design.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, San Francisco Courts Building: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1994.
4. June 2, 1938

   Photographed, showing the Pioneer Hall.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. 1946

   The front the building carried in 1994 came from a remodelling by the architects Ryan & Lee.

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

   Permit 8613890 $$$ $10,000

   Demolition only in preparation for construction.

7. March 10, 1994

   The two-storey Society of California Pioneers building stood here, one of three buildings and a 65-space parking lot to be cleared for a new courts building.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
8. Aug 1994

   Permit 9412537

   Demolish museum.

7 expired or cancelled permits are omitted.