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845 Polk Street

Tenderloin · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1919
  • Garage
  • 1 story
  • Zoned NC-3
  • District 5
  • Historic status: historic resource
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2,922 sq ftLot area
2Rooms · 1 bath
  1. 1919

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto repair shop. The survey dates the work to 1919–1920.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. 1920

    A small shop, plain but for a shaped parapet recalling the Mission Revival manner. Auto repair shops worked here for 38 years.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  3. Jun 1988

    Parapet reinforcing.

    Complete Permit 8808118 $$$ $4,000
  4. Jan 1995

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9501234 $$$ $11,650
  5. Nov 2000

    Seismic retrofit of umb.

    Complete Permit 200011145648 $$$ $40,000
  6. May 2001

    Street space permit.

    Expired Permit M16150 $$$ $48,000
  7. Nov 2001

    Rev. appl#200011145648 for handicapp restroom.

    Complete Permit 200111092926 $$$ $1
  8. Dec 2001

    Re. to 2001/11/09/2926 & 2000/11/14/5648 to request hardship for entrance more than 20%.

    Complete Permit 200112286009 $$$ $1
  9. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criterion 1.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update