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916 Laguna Street

Western Addition · San Francisco, CA 94115

  • Built 1973
  • Church
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RM-2
  • District 5
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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13,990 sq ftBuilding area
5,562 sq ftLot area
13Rooms · 3 baths
  1. 1940s

    The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal congregation took over the former Seventh Day Adventist Church here — one of the mainline Protestant churches the 1950 Sanborn maps show supplanted by African-American congregations.

    Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
  2. Apr 1999

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9907626 $$$ $45,000
  3. Nov 2000

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200011165976 $$$ $22,575
  4. Aug 2002

    Apply feder pt filling on existing structure, install new copper siding (plain).

    Issued Permit 200208285100 $$$ $8,500
  5. Dec 2002

    Revision to app #200208285100 to cover cross in 24 guage metal sheets with kynar coating.

    Issued Permit 200212183799 $$$ $1
  6. Jan 2008

    Replace 12000 sq ft exterior drywall, sheet metal siding. replace 500 sq ft interior drywall at choir room. replace in kind. no structural work.

    Issued Permit 200801092105 $$$ $25,000
  7. Aug 2008

    Construct new elevator from the basement parking area to the second floor. construct a new lift in front of building from sidewalk level to the 1st floor. demolition part of slab, roof and electrical system to allow construction of new elevator and lift.

    Complete Permit 200808149217 $$$ $325,000
  8. Dec 2009

    Elevator recall control & supervisory control unit installation: control panel-1, smoke detectors-4, heat detector-1, relay module-4, monitor module-1.

    Issued Permit 200912233758 $$$ $2,200
  9. Aug 2010

    Revision to appl #200912233758: add (5) five monitor mobules for existing pull stations. add three horns to existing elevator supervisory & recall system.

    Complete Permit 201008037958 $$$ $1,500
  10. Nov 2011

    Automatic fire suppression system upgrade over existing hood. 7 flows used from 11 flow available. tie into fire alarm on separate permit.

    Issued Permit 201111189281 $$$ $3,000
  11. May 2012

    To comply with notice of violation 201225361. replace the sheetmetal siding on the laguna side of the building above the first floor roof line to the cross (approximately 1200 sq ft.) including the tyvek membrane.

    Complete Permit 201205100216 $$$ $25,000
  12. Aug 2017

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201708296244 $$$ $9,000
  13. Jan 2020

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 202001303110 $$$ $15,000

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

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