254–262 West Portal Avenue

1. 1925

   Built.

2. 1941

   Opened in 1941 as the eleventh Sherry's liquor store, its neon sign installed the same year. The storefront keeps its shape; the Vitrolite structural-glass cladding was replaced with ceramic tiles in 1970 and the neon sign has since gone.

   Neighborhood Commercial Buildings Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. December 20, 1941

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
4. Dec 1989

   Permit 8925282 $$$ $1,000

   Rewrap (exist) awning.

5. Aug 1998

   Issued Permit 9816671 $$$ $2,500

   Pacific bell mobile svcs to replace 2 omni whip antennas.

6. Nov 2000

   Permit 200011176072 $$$ $1

   Renew permit application 9912731.

7. Aug 2006

   Permit 200608300932 $$$ $2,000

   Replace 2 windows in kind, white vinyl no structural changes. not visable from street.

8. Aug 2012

   Issued Permit M343007 $$$ $371

   Add address to block 2988a, lot 014 as 254, 258, 262 west portal ave.

9. May 2014

   Permit 201405155803 $$$ $8,000

   Revision to permit application 2012.0830.8597 - for vacant retail - install wood clothing display shelves into existing space, new ada cashiers center, 20% ada upgrade to existing restroom, new 42" grab bar to ada standards.

10. Oct 2015

    Permit 201510018533 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 201208308597. all work is complete.

11. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708185325 $$$ $10,000

    Soft story retrofit per sfebc chapter 4d: 2016 cebc appendix a-4. commer.cial.

12. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708245783 $$$ $140,000

    Soft story retrofit per sfebc chapter 4d: 2016 cebc appendix a-4. residential.

13. Jun 2021

    Permit 202106212894 $$$ $1

    Revision to app# 201708185325.

14. Mar 2022

    Permit 202203160139 $$$ $1

    File permit toinclude detail sheet s41 that was not in the revision permit 2021-0621-2894 which revised pa 2017-0818-5325.

15. Apr 2024

    Issued Permit 202404039248 $$$ $20,400

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system in non sprinkled building to comply with 2022 cbc/cfc, nfpa 72 and sffc sec 1103.7.6.1. replace existing facu with new and a radio to monitor system. smokes in common areas and pulls each level and exit. horn/strobes in common areas and install lf sounders inside sleeping rooms.

16. Jun 2025

    Permit 202506027763 $$$ $700

    Legalize e awning through amning amnesty program: nelson louie and wong accounting".

17. Jun 2025

    Permit 202506027764 $$$ $1,000

    Legalize e awning through amning amnesty program: siren boutique.

7 expired or cancelled permits are omitted.