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District 5 · Block 0319, Lot 013 · ZIP 94109

656 O'Farrell Street

17-unit apartment building

  • 4 stories
  • 13,524 ft2
  • 4,499 ft2 lot area
  • 49 rooms
  • 17 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Historic resource
  • Sold March 8, 2001
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  1. 1916

    Built as the Hermione Apartments, apartment building with 17 2- and 3-room units, to the design of the architect Edward E. Young. Five storeys over a basement, brick structure, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. Oct 1982
    Permit 8208634 $$$ $6,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  3. Jun 1984
    Permit 8406427 $$$ $15,000

    To comply the parapet safety program.

  4. Sep 1996
    Permit 9616816 $$$ $65,000

    U.m.b. seismic retrofit--special procedure.

  5. Sep 2023
    Issued Permit 202309015813 $$$ $150,000

    Comply with nov 202306009. remove & repair drywall in kitchen, new kitchen cabinets, new kitchen floor, covering fur to fire damage. all work is non-structural. no moving walls. no layout changes.

  6. Dec 2024
    Issued Permit 202412247390 $$$ $44,900

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1.

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 1 expired permit is not shown.

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