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District 2 · Block 0720, Lot 028 · ZIP 94109

1135 O'Farrell Street

Church

  • 2 stories
  • 14,600 ft2
  • 9,626 ft2 lot area
  • 4 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Zoned RM-4
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark
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  1. 1894

    Built.

  2. June 24, 1894

    The cornerstone was laid for the German Lutheran congregation of St. Mark's, which had sold its Geary Street church for $105,000 and bought this lot for $17,500; the church was dedicated on 10 March 1895.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  3. 1895

    St Mark's Lutheran Church, designed by architect Henry Geilfuss.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  4. 1906

    Came through 1906 with little damage, Van Ness Avenue having held back the worst of the fire, and sheltered many of the injured and homeless.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  5. July 18, 1906

    Western Iron Works contracted for ironwork for the church tower on St. Mark's Lutheran Church, at $1,175.

    The San Francisco Call, 18 July 1906, p. 11
  6. 1938

    Services in German were given up.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  7. June 19, 1964

    Photographed, showing St. Mark's Lutheran Church.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  8. 1971

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 41, St. Mark's Lutheran Church.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  9. January 21, 1971

    The City Planning Commission designated Saint Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church a Landmark, on the recommendation of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  10. Feb 2004
    Permit 200402136398 $$$ $975,000

    Seismic upgrade as per u.m.b.ordinance, general procedure.

  11. Sep 2006
    Permit 200609071588 $$$ $25,000

    Install new 6" fire service into church buildig from 8" main on ofarrell.

  12. Nov 2006
    Permit 200611087172 $$$ $100,000

    To appl#200402136398 addendum to seismic upgrade, provide mechanical and plumbing per plans.

  13. Sep 2016
    Permit 201609147716 $$$ $400,000

    Addition of special access elevator at the north end of the west side of the existing church bld.

  14. Jun 2017
    Issued Permit 201706270498 $$$ $2,069

    Fire sprinkler ti. ref pa 2016-0914-7716. add 4.

  15. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707141914 $$$ $1

    Add vent fan to elevator machine room. ref pa 2016-0914-7716.

  16. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707141915 $$$ $5,000

    Add vent fan to elevator machine room. ref pa 2016-0914-7716.

  17. Oct 2017
    Permit 201710020082 $$$ $1

    Revision to app#201609147716. detail revisions to original approved drawings to install new special access elevator.

  18. Jan 2018
    Issued Permit 201801047855 $$$ $150

    Provide updated existing diagrams and emergency evacuation signs to incorporate new elevator addition. ref 201609147716.

The assessor's roll gives 1894; this address is recorded as built 1895.

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