641 O'Farrell Street

1. 1907

   Built as the Cornelia Hotel Apartments, apartment building with 95 2-room units. Five storeys, brick structure, two-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. Sep 1985

   Permit 8509832 $$$ $28,000

   Parapet reinforcement.

3. Oct 1985

   Permit 8500096 $$$ $2,000

   Comply with rap reports, continuation of 8300027.

4. Jun 1997

   Permit 9711249 $$$ $2,000

   Replace kitchen and bathroom sink fixtures.

5. Oct 1997

   Permit 9721383 $$$ $1,500

   Resheetrock for water damage three units.

6. Apr 1998

   Permit 9806875 $$$ $750

   Renew 9721383.

7. Feb 2001

   Permit 200102132060 $$$ $3,500

   Repair fire damage 602, 702, 704.

8. May 2001

   Issued Permit 200105229752 $$$ $120,000

   Umb seismic retrofiting general procedure.

9. May 2002

   Issued Permit M20114 $$$ $8,000

   Street space permit.

10. Mar 2010

    Permit 201003198586 $$$ $108,000

    Kitchen cabinets in multiple units. comply with nov 201030962 no window and no door work on this permit.

11. Jun 2010

    Issued Permit 201006174727 $$$ $10,000

    Drywall patching after electrical work. area = 1'x10' long.

12. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406138330 $$$ $1,800

    One unit - install bathroom fan, sheet rock replacement - 50 sq ft in bathroom, 75 sq ft in living area, 5/8" type x sheet rock. upgrade of electrical to outlets & lights in bath, kitchen, living area, existing panel. lighting & control per cace 150(k).

13. Jan 2015

    Permit 201501276771 $$$ $70,350

    Seven units - remodel kitchen and bathroom (kitchen size 7' x 7', bathroom 7' x 7').

14. Jun 2015

    Issued Permit 201506058266 $$$ $57,967

    Seven units - remodel kitchen & bathrooms; one unit- remodel kitchen only; all to comply with cec150.0(k)3& 5. n/a for maher.

15. Aug 2016

    Permit 201608316458 $$$ $20,000

    Replace metal faux brick siding at rear of building, 7 floors total on bays only. will retain existing windows and window features including sills below each band of windows and cornices along top of bays. to comply with n.o.v. 20157991, item #2 "repair weather proofing on siding" n/a maher ord.

16. Sep 2025

    Permit 202509306441 $$$ $1,200

    One unit: remove 2 windows and replace in existing space, opening. windows are in the rear of the building. not visible from street, u<=0.30.

DBI holds 31 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 31. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 9 expired permits are not shown.