401–411 O'Farrell Street

1. 1909

   Built as the Columbia Hotel, stores and mid-priced hotel with 110 rooms and 82 baths, to the design of the architects Sutton and Weeks. Five storeys over a basement, steel frame structure with brick walls, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. 1910

   Built.

3. December 17, 1910

   A $145,000 loan was made to build a hotel on this 72 by 92 corner.

   The San Francisco Call, 17 December 1910, p. 9
4. Jun 1982

   Permit 8204384 $$$ $5,200

   Additions alterations or repairs.

5. Feb 1996

   Permit 9603121 $$$ $50,000

   Comply with violation related to fire damage repair.

6. Sep 2003

   Issued Permit 200309296041 $$$ $40,000

   System upgrade fire sprinklers for sro.

7. Sep 2004

   Permit 200409224861 $$$ $63,000

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

8. Jul 2005

   Issued Permit 200507016685 $$$ $4,000

   Monitor new water flow devices.

9. Aug 2012

   Issued Permit 201208137250 $$$ $10,000

   Resize and alter store front and upgrade front door to comply with ada requirements.

10. Oct 2012

    Issued Permit 201210091522 $$$ $4,500

    Upgrade fire suppression system to comply with ul 300 standards. existing 9'-6" hood and duct.

11. Aug 2013

    Issued Permit 201308023393 $$$ $25,500

    Reroofing.

12. Sep 2014

    Permit 201409126171 $$$ $50,000

    Tenant improvement to existing 759 s.f. enclosed mezzanine space located behind double height lobby in youth hostel - work to include removal of interior partiiton & construction of interior millwork project also includes minor plumbing & electrical alteration. n/a maher ordinance.

13. Mar 2016

    Permit 201603313666 $$$ $100,000

    To comply with nov 201254442: interior work only: remodel existing hoste lobby on ground floor. relocate existing ada restroom. voluntary upgrade of stair handrail from lobby to mezzanine level. fire/mep - under sep permit. remove atm machine from interior. other pa 2014-0912-6171 for related site. n/a maher.

14. Dec 2017

    Permit 201712227292 $$$ $20,000

    New store front upgrade. maher n/a.

15. Jan 2018

    Permit 201801249437 $$$ $1

    Revision to 201603313666 ada restroom revision only maher na.

16. Mar 2018

    Issued Permit 201803133511 $$$ $18,000

    Like for like fire system replacement with upgrade elevator modernization with new panel smoke detector & pull stations at the same location. existing bells will be tie-in to new panel. new smoke detectors & relay modules will be installed for elevator recall will comply with new sffc by 2021. n/c maher.

17. Jan 2019

    Issued Permit 201901100037 $$$ $27,500

    T.i. to install new power supply panel and smoke detector above on 2nd, 4th, & 6th floors. install low frequency sounder in every room to meet new sffd. sec. 1103.7.6.1 and tie-in to new power supply panel. new devices will be tie-into existing control panel. #201803133511.

DBI holds 41 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 41. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.