545 O'Farrell Street

1. 1910

   Built as the Atherstone Apartments, apartment building with 79 2-room units, built by the builder L.H. Sly, to the design of the architect E.L. Malsbary. Five storeys over a basement, brick structure, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. February 19, 1910

   A permit was taken out to build a five-storey brick apartment house here, to cost $120,000.

   The San Francisco Call, 19 February 1910, p. 16
3. Jul 1994

   Permit 9412070 $$$ $14,000

   Replace portion of footing wall with reinforced concrete.

4. Sep 2006

   Permit 200609273459 $$$ $10,000

   Replace (1) 4x4 window header & (1) 2x12 ceiling joint damaged by fire in one unit. replace dry wall in three units bathroom only. replace sub floor & linoleum in one unit. replace windows in three units. total 3 windows. windows not visible from street. repair siding in.

5. Apr 2015

   Issued Permit 201504174006 $$$ $18,000

   #410 - kitchen and bath remodel; to comply with cec150.0(k)3 & 5; redo hardwood or apply vinyl flooring.

6. May 2015

   Issued Permit 201505206857 $$$ $18,000

   #110- remove kitchen and bath cabinets, supply plumbing & electrical to new remodeled areas, provide counters and fixtures, redo hardwood or replace vinyl flooring. paint apartment. n/a ordinance #155-13.

7. Jul 2015

   Permit 201507070862 $$$ $18,000

   One unit: one kitchen & one bath remodel.

8. Jan 2016

   Issued Permit 201601056380 $$$ $18,000

   One unit: kitchen & bathroom remodel.

9. Apr 2016

   Issued Permit 201604084300 $$$ $18,000

   One unit: kitchen & bathroom remodel. replace fixtures in-kind. no walls altered, removed, moved or modified.

10. May 2016

    Issued Permit 201605096877 $$$ $1

    One unit: relocation of kitchen from existing bedroom area, revision to 201604084300; maher n/a.

11. Jul 2016

    Permit 201607253190 $$$ $20,000

    One unit: kitchen & bathroom remodel. as like, new fixtures.

12. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612054100 $$$ $25,000

    One unit: kitchen, bathroom & bedroom renovation. using current layout. no structural changes.

13. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708094329 $$$ $20,000

    One unit: kitchen and bathroom remodel. no structural changes.

14. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803012618 $$$ $62,000

    To comply with nov# 201724591. repair 4th floor hallways after fire in one of the units, replace affected electrical, replace insulation, drywall & trim.

15. Apr 2018

    Permit 201804035312 $$$ $46,000

    Two units: kitchen and bathroom remodel.no structural changes. to comply with nov. #201723361.

16. Apr 2018

    Permit 201804035380 $$$ $46,000

    Two units: kitchen and bathroom remodeling. no structural changes.

17. Apr 2018

    Permit 201804035382 $$$ $46,000

    Two units: kitchen and bathroom remodel. no structural changes.

18. May 2018

    Permit 201805088530 $$$ $52,610

    Demolition of wet walls, ceiling 2nd and 3rd floors. removal acm sprayed acoustic ceiling 1st floor comply with 201724591.

19. Aug 2018

    Issued Permit 201808066554 $$$ $45,000

    To comply with nov#201724591, item #2. replace insulation and drywall trim on floors 1, 2, 3. paint to match, install 12 courtesy outlets and repair all plumbing in walls. reattach existing conduit.

20. Jan 2019

    Issued Permit 201901230997 $$$ $30,000

    Voluntary replacement of existing fa system with new on one-for one basis, convert new devices to new facu. phase 2 will be on separate permit. ** maher: n/a **.

21. Aug 2019

    Issued Permit 201908148829 $$$ $10,000

    Add fire sprinkler protection to 4 trash rooms in floors 1-4. no modifications to the rest of the building. total 4 upright f/s, 1 per floor. all work to be done per nfpa 13.

22. Jun 2026

    Issued Permit 202606173382 $$$ $15,000

    To comply with nov 202652838: repair fire damage in lobby area. same size same location two units: repair 1 window in each unit.

DBI holds 39 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 39. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.