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1530–1540 Bush Street

Western Addition · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1916
  • Garage
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 2
  • Historic status: historic resource
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20,980 sq ftBuilding area
10,484 sq ftLot area
3Rooms · 2 baths
  1. 1916

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as a battery and repair shop. Built for the Pacific Coast branch of the Electric Storage Battery Company of Philadelphia, makers of Exide batteries. It is notable for a band of wooden windows divided by mullions and muntins into many lights. Exide batteries were sold here from 1916 to 1926 by the Philadelphia battery maker whose Pacific Coast branch this was; the branch then moved out to the Bayview.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. 1927

    An auto repair shop worked here from 1927 to 1941.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  3. Jan 2001

    Installation of exhaust bench and duct.

    Complete Permit 200101260736 $$$ $2,800
  4. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1, 2 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  5. May 2017

    Install dry chemical amerex pre-engineered vehicle paint spray booth fire system - 6 nozzles.

    Complete Permit 201705045679 $$$ $5,000

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