864 Fulton Street

1. 1880

   Built in 1880 to a design by John Wright and constructed by Wright and Sanders as St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, at the Webster Street corner in what is now the Alamo Square Historic District.

   Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
2. 1930

   Bought in 1930 by a breakaway Russian Orthodox congregation and consecrated as the Holy Virgin Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral. The pews were removed and an iconostasis installed; Victor Arnautoff painted the fresco The Entombment of Christ in the interior in 1929, Gleb Ilyin contributed murals and icons, and Feodot Zadorojny painted icons that were shipped from Harbin. Three stained-glass windows in the choir were made in 1943 by Carl Huneke of Century Stained Glass Studio. The building also housed a parochial school and a choir.

   Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
3. Jan 2003

   Reroofing.

   Expired Permit 200301135007 $$$ $91,100
4. Jun 2005

   Streetspace.

   Issued Permit M33143

2 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.