200–220 Kearny Street

1. 1908

   Built.

2. 1908

   The Adams Building went up to the design of Washington J. Miller — four storeys and a mezzanine, of masonry and steel with a wood-framed interior, clad in white matte terra cotta and detailed in glazed terra cotta, with Gothic-inspired ornament, large square windows and a hanging cornice. It was characteristic of the retail buildings of its moment. Its decorative corner canopy had since been removed and its mezzanine windows altered.

   222 Kearny Street DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1983
3. 1979

   The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage rated the building here "A" in the 1979 downtown survey it published as Splendid Survivors — the top of its four grades, which it reserved for the buildings it judged individually most important downtown. The Department of City Planning's 1976 Architectural Inventory coded it 3-F1-3.

   333 Bush Street draft initial study, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1981
4. 1979

   The Robins Building, listed at 220–226 Kearny Street, was rated "0" in the Department of City Planning's architectural inventory and "C" in the Splendid Survivors survey.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, 333 Bush Street: Environmental Impact Report: Draft, 1982.
5. May 29, 1980

   The building was on the City Planning Commission's list of architecturally or historically significant buildings in the downtown, adopted May 29, 1980.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, 333 Bush Street: Environmental Impact Report: Draft, 1982.
6. October 6, 1982

   The Adams Building was named as one of six buildings in the Hallidie Building Block - Retail Historic District, which the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board recommended to the City Planning Commission for designation as a city historic district. The district was centred on the Hallidie Building at 130 Sutter Street and covered that side of the block; it also lay within the larger Retail-Shopping Historic District that Heritage had identified as eligible for the National Register.

   222 Kearny Street DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1983
7. May 1984

   Permit 8404602

   Demolition of office/commerical.

8. Jul 1985

   Permit 8507076 $$$ $9,000

   Tenant development.

9. Aug 1985

   Permit 8508580 $$$ $300,000

   Installation of new escalators.

10. Sep 1985

    Permit 8510572 $$$ $67,000

    Temporary partitioning for leasing office.

11. Oct 1985

    Permit 8512063 $$$ $1,500

    Sign - erect.

12. Nov 1985

    Permit 8512850 $$$ $1,500

    To erect non-electric single faced sign.

13. Mar 1986

    Permit 8602866 $$$ $160,000

    Drywall partitions, acoustical ceiling, painting.

14. Jun 1986

    Permit 8606508 $$$ $55,000

    Minor modifications tomechanical, electrical and life safety.

15. Sep 1986

    Permit 8610958

    Non-structural sign.

16. Nov 1996

    Permit 9622071 $$$ $2,500

    Remodel existing restroom for ada compliance.

17. Dec 1996

    Issued Permit 9624109

    Erect an electric sign.

18. Dec 1996

    Permit 9624364 $$$ $250

    Revision to 9622071, modify toilet configuration.

19. Dec 1996

    Permit 9624427 $$$ $1,000

    Relocate one fire sprinkler head.

20. Jan 1997

    Permit 9700249 $$$ $1,000

    Add 4 fire sprinkler heads, rev. to 9624427.

21. Jun 2022

    Issued Permit 202206095986 $$$ $25,459

    Repair cracked terra cotta blocks on the 3rd fl water table as per specifications and drawings. waterproof as per attached specification & drawings.

22. May 2023

    Issued Permit 202305308803 $$$ $5,000

    Installatoin of the new control & supervisory system with new panel, smoke detectors at the lobbies & relay modules for the elvator recall only due to modification ot the existing elevator.

2 expired permits are omitted.