98 West Portal Avenue

1. 1975

   Built.

2. 1975

   Carries one of only two known Home Savings and Loan mosaic murals in San Francisco, installed 1975 in the long collaboration between the bank and the mosaic artist Millard Sheets.

   Modern Architecture and Landscape Design Context Statement, adopted 2011
3. Jul 1983

   Permit 8307395 $$$ $10,000

   Install one auto taler machine.

4. Feb 1999

   Permit 9902155 $$$ $20,000

   Sign - erect.

5. Jun 1999

   Permit 9912402 $$$ $5,000

   Replace existing atm canopy.

6. Jun 2002

   Permit 200206249831 $$$ $33,000

   Add 1 new atm, relocate 1 existing atm and 20% upgrade expenditures.

7. May 2003

   Issued Permit 200305275533 $$$ $6,500

   Install new awning over atm's no signage.

8. Jul 2009

   Permit 200907031953 $$$ $10,000

   Erect electric sign, wall, single faced.

9. Dec 2009

   Permit 200912113070 $$$ $10,000

   Installation of blank flexable face & frame to cover defects & damage to building wall from previous signs.

10. May 2011

    Permit 201105045314 $$$ $318,000

    Chase. office ti. non struc partitions, ceiling soffits, finishes and related hvac, electrical & plumbing, demolition and relocation of janitor's closet and mop sink.

11. Dec 2011

    Withdrawn Permit 201112160841 $$$ $125,000

    Installation of an unmanmed wirless teldcommunication facility (a t & t)ocnsisting of (6) panel antennas on the roof and (7) equipment cabinets inside the building on the second floor.

12. Mar 2015

    Issued Permit 201503130746 $$$ $100,000

    The project consists of replacement of existing air handler, condensing unit and duct unit heaters with new energy efficient vrf hvac system of "like in kind".

13. Apr 2021

    Issued Permit 202104309617 $$$ $262,441

    Bring building entrance up to code accordance to disabled building entrance (sq ft abe) program. replace existing sidewalk, steps, ramp & handrail. install high/low automatic door actuators @ existing exterior doors. replace door hardware @ exterior main entry/exit door. relocate existing walk-up atm & after-hour depository.

14. May 2022

    Permit 202205184486 $$$ $4,400

    Modification of existing fire alarm system includes: addition of 1 new cellular fire alarm communicator.

15. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504104163 $$$ $60,000

    Voluntary fire alarm system upgrade, replace one facu with new, add 1 annunciator, 1 cellular communicator, 6 pull stations, 4 smoke detectors, 4 duct detectors with relay, 22 horn/strobes and 11 strobes only.

16. Jun 2026

    Issued Permit 202606022350 $$$ $6,000

    Install 1 illuminated wall sign (b02) "chase" 2'7" x 14'.

17. Jun 2026

    Issued Permit 202606022347 $$$ $6,000

    Install 1 illuminated wall sign (b01) "j.p. morgan" 34"x 14'.

18. Jun 2026

    Issued Permit 202606022351 $$$ $4,000

    Install 1 non-illuminated wall plaques (b05 & b06) "j.p. morgan" 18"x 27".

19. Jun 2026

    Issued Permit 202606022345 $$$ $3,000

    Install 1 illuminated awning (b03) 3'3"h x 3'l with 3'-1" projecting.

20. Jul 2026

    Filed Permit 202607144995 $$$ $483,507

    No change in occupancy or use. no additions to area or height. interior ti of existing retail bank and financial banking center to include new finishes, partitions, and meps.

DBI holds 34 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 34. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The city's Modern & Postmodern styles context statement dates this building 1977; the assessor's roll records it as built 1975.