124–126 Turk Street

1. 1907

   Built as the Hotel Portola, rooming house with 57 rooms and 32 baths, to the design of the architect Albert Fair. Six storeys over a basement.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. July 19, 1907

   J. C. McLeod and R. Zelosky contracted to put up a six-storey brick building.

   The San Francisco Call, 19 July 1907, p. 13
3. November 26, 1910

   The hotel here was leased for a term of years at $24,000 in all.

   The San Francisco Call, 26 November 1910, p. 10
4. April 29, 1942

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. 1983

   Altered since.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
6. May 1985

   Permit 8505367 $$$ $25,000

   Parapet bracing work.

7. Nov 1985

   Permit 8512918 $$$ $950

   Erect sign.

8. Dec 1987

   Permit 8717429 $$$ $1,000

   Replace windows, facebowels, holes in lightwells, lock, leak.

9. Dec 1989

   Permit 8923801 $$$ $3,000

   E.w.o. (ns).

10. Nov 1999

    Permit 9925054 $$$ $50,000

    Interior demolition per plans siesmic.

11. May 2000

    Permit 200005028807 $$$ $150,000

    Seismic retrofit of masonry building.

12. Sep 2000

    Permit 200009180825 $$$ $500,000

    Renovation of existing 53 rooms sro hotel with shared bathsin compliance with ced abatement file.

13. Oct 2001

    Issued Permit M17453 $$$ $700,000

    Street space permit.

14. Feb 2002

    Permit 200202259896 $$$ $12,900

    Reroofing.

15. Jun 2002

    Permit 200206270133 $$$ $7,000

    Grnd floor, fresh air ventilation system, refer to active permit 200009180825.

16. Sep 2002

    Permit 200209186744 $$$ $1

    As built sprinkler drawings as requested by insp. reyes original app # 200009180825 r-2.

17. Oct 2002

    Issued Permit 200210048277 $$$ $1

    To abatement notice under permit application 200009180825.

18. Aug 2005

    Permit 200508311700 $$$ $1,500

    Response to notice of violation 2004-56203 to seal off windows at right side (east).

19. Apr 2009

    Permit 200904136096 $$$ $55,400

    Renovation to comply with housign complaint #200866873/his - renovate existing wc room to be new trash room @ floors 2 to 6.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 4 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.