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District 5 · Block 0317, Lot 002 · ZIP 94102

Hotel Californian

405–415 Taylor Street

  • Garage
  • 2 stories
  • 26,524 ft2
  • 13,277 ft2 lot area
  • 2 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3G
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1912

    Built as the Dow and Green Garage, engineered by William Helbing Company. Two storeys over a basement, reinforced concrete structure, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

    National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
  2. 1925

    One of the two downtown buildings of any prominence among the roughly 600 its architect designed.

    The West Slope of Russian Hill: A Historical Context and Inventory of Historic Resources, 2006, revised 2009
  3. Mar 1983
    Permit 8302427 $$$ $20,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  4. Mar 1988
    Permit 8802655 $$$ $17,000

    Interior partitions & finish work @ 1st floor.

  5. May 1992
    Permit 9208574 $$$ $25,000

    Remove & replace sheet metal panels at roof.

  6. Nov 1998
    Permit 9824450 $$$ $125,000

    Installation of a highrise fire alarm & life safety system.

  7. Feb 1999
    Permit 9902885 $$$ $30,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  8. Feb 1999
    Permit 9903685 $$$ $22,000

    Revision to appli#-09824450.

  9. Apr 1999
    Permit 9906462 $$$ $200,000

    One stop: redecorate existing rest., food prep, on mezzanine, etc.

  10. Jan 2004
    Issued Permit 200401083590 $$$ $30,986

    Erect double face electric projecting sign.

  11. Dec 2009
    Permit 200912233787 $$$ $1,800,000

    Exterior window replacement, painting, and masonry and sheet metal maintenance/repair. highrise building no rescue window required. new doors on roof.

  12. Apr 2011
    Permit 201104154183 $$$ $21,000

    Remove existing fabric awning & install new exterior metal awning.

  13. May 2015
    Withdrawn Permit 201505277223 $$$ $183,500

    Scope of work is replacement of existing mezzanine level windows with new windows to match existing, glazing shall be vision glass, convert two (2) existing conference rooms into 5 guestrooms. also improve existing fitness room & existing office space in basement level. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  14. May 2017
    Permit 201705166678 $$$ $260,500

    Project scope consists of the select demolition & renovation of public space areas. hotel lobby, work includes demolition & construction of walls, ceilings, floors, fixtures & finishes. no exterior work. no change in egress. no plumbing work perform on this permit.

  15. Jan 2018
    Permit 201801239293 $$$ $30,000

    Fire alarm ti - add 17 speaker/strobes in sleeping room 17 strobes in bathrooms, 17 smk det with sounder bases, 17 control modules, 2 monitoring modules for power monitoring & 1 power supply- low fregancy sound addedref # 201706300767.

  16. Jul 2023
    Issued Permit 202307273145 $$$ $36,000

    Replace existing f/a panel with new notified nfsz-3030, new speakers will be added in bedrooms/guest rooms to match sq ft sleeping, (1) f/a control unit, (182) smoke detectors, (3) duct detectors, (1) heat detector, (16) speaker ceiling mounts.

  17. May 2025
    Permit 202505307599 $$$ $68,219

    Provide new fire smoke damper at top of the stairwell for smoke relief. tie the fire smoke damper into the existing fire alarm system.

DBI holds 73 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 73. 11 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor dates the building to 1912; the city's historic context statement for this area gives 1925.

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