415–421 O'Farrell Street

1. 1908

   Built as the Strand Hotel, to the design of the architects Sutton and Weeks. Six 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. January 13, 1910

   William Helbing contracted to put up a six-storey and basement steel and brick building, at $58,500.

   The San Francisco Call, 13 January 1910, p. 15
3. May 1987

   Permit 8706004 $$$ $3,500

   Remove old bar to across location in the same room, paint.

4. Nov 1991

   Permit 9121602 $$$ $1,100

   Install a new canvas canopy over store front entrance.

5. Mar 1998

   Permit 9803585 $$$ $80,000

   Umb upgrade-bolt plus.

6. Aug 2007

   Issued Permit 200708109451 $$$ $1

   Renew permit application 9803585, permit application 9907358 for final inspection only.

7. Oct 2008

   Permit 200810063440 $$$ $1,000

   Place 1/2" thick sound board on existing ceiling for reduction of noise to upstairs 300 sq ft approx over stage area. no structural work.

8. Oct 2008

   Issued Permit 200810144124 $$$ $2,000

   Reface existing projected sign(non structural).

9. Dec 2008

   Permit 200812037734 $$$ $1

   To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9907358. all work has been completed.

10. Feb 2009

    Permit 200902111912 $$$ $2,500

    Remove e non ul 300 system. add new wet chemcial ul 300 fire system.

11. Aug 2011

    Permit 201108253269 $$$ $2,200

    Re-opening 2 existing windows on the first floor (restore window alligment) in existing openings below fire escape. 3/4 hour (45 minute) rated windows and frame assembly required.

12. Jan 2018

    Issued Permit 201801199013 $$$ $36,000

    Bathroom remodel only: demolition of tile on walls and floors. repair dry rot. retile walls and floors, paint. units to be altered include: 208/308/408/508/608 & 318/418/518/618.

13. Jun 2019

    Issued Permit 201906183793 $$$ $9,000

    Like for like fire alarm replacement. replacing facp, smoke detectors. manual pull, installing aes radio monitoring module and relay modules. bells will remain and used as osrigingally installed. ref app#200812037734. n/a for maher.

14. Oct 2019

    Issued Permit 201910316160 $$$ $25,000

    Smoothing out walls in hallways, installing wall paper, installing tile on floor, painting.

DBI holds 26 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 26. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 12 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.