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U N IT E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R ST A T IS T IC S
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A . F. Hinrichs, A cting Commissioner
in cooperation w ith
W O R K PROJECTS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N

Building Permit Survey, 1939
V O L U M E IX — Pacific Cities
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H E R M A N B. B Y E R , Chief

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CONTENTS

Summary________________________________________
Residential construction:
Units added, converted, and demolished________________________________
Privately financed residential construction:
Type of structure_____________
Exterior construction material______________________________________
Permit valuations_______________ ^___________________________________
Rooms per dwelling unit____________________________________________
Demolitions__________________________________________________________
Housing projects financed from Federal funds__________________________
Nonhousekeeping residential construction:
Type of structure and permit valuations___________________________
Demolitions__________________________________________________________
Nonresidential construction:
Type of structure and permit valuations________________________________
Demolitions________________________________________________________________
Appendix_______________ ,_______________________________________________________
T able A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residen
tial and nonresidential structures for which building
permits were issued in Pacific cities, by type of structure
and specified materials, 1939_____________________________

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T ables
T able 1.— Number of new family-dwelling units provided, units added
and eliminated by additions and alterations, and units de
molished, in Pacific cities, 1939 and 1938___________________
T able 2.— Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc
tures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities,
by type of structure, 1939_____________________________________
T able 3.— Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc
tures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities,
by type of structure and specified materials, 1939___________
T able 4.— Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc
tures for which building permits were issued in 26 Pacific
cities, by permit valuation per unit and type of structure,
1939______________________________________________________________
T able 5.— Number of privately financed 1-family dwellings for which
building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by per
mit valuation, 1939_____________________________________________
T able 6.— Number of units with specific number of rooms in privately
financed structures for which building permits were issued
in 26 Pacific cities, by type of structure, 1939______________
T able 7.— Number of privately financed 1-family dwellings without
commercial space, with specified number of rooms, for
which building permits were issued in 26 Pacific cities, 1939_




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tion permits were issued in 23 Pacific cities, by type of struc
ture, 1939_________________________________________________
9.— United States Housing Authority projects in 3 Pacific cities,
1939______________________________________________________
10.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential
structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific
cities, by type of structure, 1939 and 1938________________
11.— Number of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which
demolition permits were issued in 8 Pacific cities, 1939____
12.— Number and permit valuation of nonresidential structures for
which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by type
of structure, 1939 and 1938______________________________
13.— Number of nonresidential structures for which demolition
permits were issued in 23Pacific cities, 1939_______________

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Letter o f Transmittal

U n ited S ta tes D epar tm ent of L a b o r ,
B u r e a u of L abor S tatist ic s ,
W a sh in g to n , D . C ., S ep tem b er 1 5 , 1 9 4 1 .
The S e c r e ta r y of L a b o r :
I have the honor to transmit herewith the ninth of a series of nine
reports on residential and nonresidential construction and demoli
tion. This report covers cities in the Pacific Division. An explana
tion of the purposes of the survey was given in the preface to the first
report, which covered the New England cities.
A. F. H in r ic h s , A c tin g C om m ission er.
Hon. F ran ces P e r k in s ,




S ecreta ry o f L a bor.




B u lletin

T^o. 689 (Vol. IX)

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U n ited States B u rea u o f Labor Statistics

Building Permit Survey, 1939

Residential and Nonresidential Construction and
Demolition, Pacific Cities, 19391
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has secured summary figures on
building construction in the principal cities of the country annually
since 1921 and monthly since September 1929. These figures are
published in the monthly report entitled “ Building Construction”
and in annual bulletins. In response to the demand for more detailed
information on building construction than that available from the
monthly summary figures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in coopera
tion with the W ork Projects Administration, made an intensive survey
of building-permit data for the period since 1929 in cities with a
population of 10,000 and over. This bulletin, covering Pacific cities
with a population of 25,000 and over, for the year 1939, is 1 of a series
for each of the 9 geographic divisions of the United States. The years
1929 to 1935 and 1936 to 1938 are covered in earlier bulletins.2

Summary
In 26 Pacific cities, each with a population of 25,000 and over,3
building permits were issued in 1939 for new privately financed
structures containing 35,842 family-dwelling units, over one-fifth more
units than provided in 1938. Furthermore, United States Housing
Authority projects provided 2,123 units, and 1,542 dwelling units
resulted from additions and alterations to existing structures. Rel
atively few units were demolished.
Nonhousekeeping residential construction, fr6m point of dollar
volume, was nearly three-fourths higher in 1939 than it was in 1938.
1Analysis and presentation by Lynn K. Finnegan. Planning of tables by Henry F. Haase, assistant
director of the survey; tabulation of data under the supervision of Joseph H. Feingold, regional super
visor, region I.
2 Such discrepancies as appear between the figures in this bulletin and those presented in monthly reports
previously released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics arise from varying causes. In some cases early records
were incomplete at the time the present survey was made. In other cases differences result from the fact
that more accurate interpretation was possible on the basis of the detailed information collected by the
agents of the Building Permit Survey. In some instances buildings are not erected or demolished after the
permit is issued. The Bureau makes no attempt to collect such information in order to adjust the figures.
3 The U. S. Census of Population for 1930 was used to determine the size of the cities. In 1930 the Pacific
Division had 28 cities each with a population of 25,000 or more. Belvedere Township, Calif., and Everett,
Wash., are not included in the bulletin because complete data are not available.




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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

Valuations for this type of construction amounted to $1,173,000.
Although a large volume ($52,359,000) of nonresidential construction
was reported in 1939, it was somewhat lower than in the preceding
year.
According to the United States Census of 1940 the Pacific Division
showed the largest increase in population of any of the divisions in the
country during the 1930-40 decade. Among cities in the United
States with populations of 100,000 and over, San Diego, Calif., was
second with respect to population gain during the 10 years, with an
increase of 37 percent. Several other cities, including Alhambra,
Glendale, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica, Calif., also increased sub
stantially. Only one city, Bellingham, Wash., decreased, while the
population of San Francisco remained about the same. The in
creasing population accelerates the demand for housing and non
residential facilities. In 1939 almost a tenth of the N ation’s nonfarm
dwellings were built in Los Angeles County alone. Besides Los
Angeles, this county includes some of the other cities covered by this
report, such as Alhambra, Glendale, Long Beach, Pasadena, and
Santa Monica.
The single-family house was the predominant type of privately
financed structure in each of the 26 Pacific Division cities in 1939.
Stucco was the favored type of exterior material in the California
cities, while frame was used extensively in the Oregon and Washing
ton cities. Nearly three-fifths of the new privately financed
dwelling units were to cost from $2,000 to $4,000 per unit. The
five-room unit was the most popular size dwelling.
In the Federally financed housing projects, all of the buildings were
of concrete construction and a large proportion of the units were single
family attached dwellings. Three-fifths of these units contained
five rooms.
. Dormitories accounted for one-third of the dollar volume of non
housekeeping residential construction, and public buildings, stores and
other mercantile buildings, and schools were the most important types
of nonresidential construction.
In addition to permits issued for private construction, the tables
include the value of contracts awarded for Federal, State, and muni
cipal buildings in the cities covered by this report. The data con
cerning Federal and State buildings are collected by the Bureau from
the various Federal and State agencies which have the power to award
contracts for building construction.




RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

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Residential Construction
Units Added, Converted, and Demolished
Permits were issued in 1939 for the erection of privately financed
residential buildings containing a total of 35,842 family-dwelling units
in the 26 Pacific cities covered by this report, as compared with 29,291
in 1938. B y far the largest number of new dwelling units in 1939
(15,570) was authorized in Los Angeles, the largest of these Pacific
cities. This city accounted for well over two-fifths of the new family
dwelling units, but for less than a third of the total population. Sev
eral of the other cities, such as Alhambra, Glendale, Long Beach,
Sacramento, and Santa Monica, Calif., provided more new housing
facilities in relation to their population. From point of number of
dwelling units, San Francisco was second with 3,146, and Long Beach
was third with 2,307. Well over a thousand new units were authorized
in each of the following cities: Glendale, Oakland, Sacramento, and
San Diego, Calif., Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash.
In addition to the privately financed residential facilities, 5 projects
of the United States Housing Authority provided 2,123 new units in
3 California cities— Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco. No
such developments were reported in 1938.
Increases were noted also in the number of converted units. In 1939
additions and alterations to existing structures provided 1,542 dwelling
units, as compared with approximately 1,216 in 1938. Such data,
however, were not available for 2 of the cities in 1938.
It is impossible to ascertain the net increase in housing facilities
during 1939 in the Pacific cities, as demolition permits were not re
quired in Bakersfield or San Jose, Calif., and data were not available
for Salem, Oreg. Also, information was not complete for Los Angeles
and Seattle. However, available information indicates that 770 units
were demolished in 1939— 756 units by permits, and 14 by authorization
of the United States Housing Authority.
Table 1 shows the number of family-dwelling units provided in new
buildings, units resulting from additions and alterations to existing
structures, and units demolished, in 1939, compared with similar data
for 1938.

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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

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1 .— N u m b e r o f new fa m ily -d w ellin g u n its provided, u n its added and elim ina ted
b y additions and alterations, and units dem olished , in P a cific cities, 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8

able

Family-dwelling units
New dwellings

Additions and altera
tions

Demolitions

Population, U. S.
census

State and city
Private

Fed
eral 1

Increase

Decrease
1939

1938

1930

Per
centage
change
1930-40

1938

1939

1938

_____ 35, 842 29, 291 2,123 1, 658

(2)

116

(2)

(2)

(2)

4,124, 846

+11.9

California__ ______ _ _ . 31,982 26, 517 2,123 1, 377

(2)

95

(2)

(2)

(2)

3,178, 028

+14.9

35,033
29, 472
26,015
82,019
52, 513

+3.5
+32.1
+12.4
+4.2
+15.6

1
62, 736
5
14
142,032
18
8 109 8 101 1, 238,048
7 138 832
284,063
1
23 9 28
76,086

+31.6
+15.7
+21.5
+6.4
+7.6

1939
Total__________

Bakersfield
Berkeley
Fresno
Glendale
Long Beach________
Los Angeles_______
Oakland
__
Pasadena

181
569
200
346
454

1938

1939

1939

17
9
16
39
46

33

610
154

9
64
644
92
51

4
8
540
93
34

216
1,029
408
1.917
2; 721 1, 359

4
116
1
98
85

2
79
4
136

132
613
213
263
327

1,113
958
2,307 1, 763
15, 570 12,437
1, 514 1,149
517
457

7
1

8
22
6

(4)

10
2

2
59
3

Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino____
San Diego
San Francisco
.

' 297
1, 233
535
1, 820
3,146

San Jose
_
Santa Ana .
__
Santa Barbara _____
Santa M onica..
Stockton
__

557
309
138
989
187

507
255
124
839
189

36
5
28
9
8

13
(3)
13
17
5

4

(2)

3

1,471

956

63

1,231
240

764
192

47
16

2,389

1, 818

218

197

Bellingham______ _
77
Seattle
_________ 1,268
Spokane _ . _ _____
657
Tacoma___________
387

62
957
502,
297

4
88
85
41

3
94
91
9

Oregon__________ . . .
Portland
__
Salem . ________
Washington ._ _______

44
(3)

18

9

1
2
18
18

12
(3)

(4)
8
12

26

1

10

1
49
8
63
150

2
53
12
19
147

29, 696
93.750
37, 481
147,995
634,394

+16.8
+13.0
+16.4
+37.4

(4)

(4)

57, 651
30,322
33, 613
37,146
47, 963

+18.7
+5.3
+4.0
+44.0
+14.1

10
9
2
10

(3)

(2)

(2)

96
(3)

14
2

11
3
17
(2)

328,081

+2.5

204

+1.2
+17.7

(3)

(3)

301,815
26, 266

(2)

(2)

618, 737

+1.7

30, 823
365, 583
115, 514
106,817

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+ 5 .6

9
10
11 u 117 i2103
21
26
1
55
26

-4 .9
+2.4

1 No United States Housing Authority projects authorized in 1938.
2 Information not complete.
3 Data not available.
4 Demolition permits not required.
8 The site of Federal housing projects was vacant land; therefore, no demolitions were necessary. Does
not include demolition data on 4 buildings for which the number of family-dwelling units was not reported.
8 Does not include data on 5 structures for which demolition permits did not specify class of structure
(residential or nonresidential), nor does it include demolition data on 3 buildings for which the number of
family-dwelling units was not reported.
7 Includes 102 units for which demolition contracts were awarded in 1940 at the site of the Campbell Village
housing project.
8 Does not include data on 16 structures for which demolition permits did not specify class of structure
(residential or nonresidential).
9 Does not include demolition data on 1 building for which the number of family-dwelling units was not
reported.
10 Includes 14 units demolished in 1939 at the site of Potrero Terrace, for which no demolition permits were
issued and 9 units for which demolition contracts were awarded in 1940 at the site of the Sunnydale project.
The site of Holly Courts was vacant land; therefore, no demolitions were necessary.
11 Does not include demolition data on 4 buildings for which the number of family-dwelling units was
not reported.
12 Does not include data on 17 structures for which demolition permits did not specify class of structure
(residential and nonresidential), nor does it include demolition data on 6 buildings for which the number of
family-dwelling units was not reported.




RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

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Privately Financed Residential Construction
Type of Structure

The single-family house was the predominant type of structure in
each of the 26 cities in 1939 and accounted for 82 percent of the total
number of privately financed units provided. Units in apartment
buildings housing 5 or more families accounted for 11 percent, and
units in 4-family structures and 2-family, 2-decker structures, 3 per
cent each. This distribution of family-dwelling units among the
various types of structures was approximately the same as in 1938.
A large proportion (89 percent) of the single-family dwellings in
1939 were detached houses, while 7 percent were semidetached and 4
percent were attached. All of the units reported in Riverside, Calif.,
and Tacoma, Wash., and at least 95 percent in Alameda, Bakersfield,
San Bernardino, and San Jose, Calif., Salem, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash.,
were single-family dwellings. Los Angeles and Santa Monica, Calif.,
had the lowest proportion of single-family houses (73 and 72 percent,
respectively, of the total for these cities). In Los Angeles, 18 percent
of the units were in 5-or-more-family structures, and in Santa M onica,
20 percent. Portland, Oreg., was the only other city where the 5-ormore-family apartment house was of any relative importance. Thir
teen percent of the units in this city were in structures of this type.
Table 2 shows the distribution, by city, of units in the various types
of structures for which permits were issued in 1939.




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N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in privately financed structures fo r which building p erm its were issued in Pa cific cities , by typ e o f
structure, 1939 1

Type of structure
1-family

State and city

Total

1- and 2family
2-family, and com 3-family,
Semi
2-decker
Detached Attached detached
mercial 3-decker
unit

3- and 4- 5-or-more-family 5-or-m ore-fam ily
family
w ithout com 
and commercial
4-family and com
mercial unit
unit
mercial
Buildings Units Buildings Units
unit

26,377

1,207

1,906

970

133

303

1,124

35

456

3,768

2

19

31, 982

22,894

1,156

1,854

952

123

300

1,092

31

429

3, 561

2

19

Alameda..
_____________________
Alhambra ________ _______ . . .
Bakersfield _ . ._ . . . __
_. _
Berkeley __ . _ _______
Fresno _________________ ___ _ .

181
569
200
346
454

162
464
175
263
351

8
8

32

i

12

8
2

1
1
1

3
3
3

16
8

3

1
2

9
18

1

11

3

10
50
24
32
68

1,113
2,307
15, 570
1, 514
517

804
1,907
9, 893
1,304
395

123
57
707
21
11

80
94
766
94
48

46
66
366
10
22

6
11
50
3
2

6
15
183
12
9

12
48
748
40
24

3
3

5
13
362
3
1

36
106
2,854
30
6

_________ ____ _
______ ____
______ ____ _
__ ____
_
__________

297
1,233
535
1,820
3,146

265
975
468
1,492
2,499

4
16
28
50
29

28
132
26
156
10

2

1
5
10
23

12

3
4
4
4

80

1

8

12
15

4
4
36
36

7

4
402

7

8

56
128

San Jose _ _
_____ ___ ___
Santa Ana ___ ______ _
Santa Barbara
_ __ __
__ _
Santa Monica
_ __
Stockton__
_______

557
309
138
989
187

501
225
95
519
137

3
4
3
81

28
52
8
110
38

4

1
1
16
1

15
8
198
5

Oregon. ________________________ ____

1, 471

1,201

38

48

Portland____________ _ ________
Salem_______ ______ ________ ___

1, 231
240

968
233

38

44
4

Washington_________________ ____ ____
Bellingham__ ____
Seattle. ___ _ _ _
Spokane
_ __ ___
Tacoma__________________________

2,389

2,282
69
1, 222
606
385

13

4

18

7

8

4

9
4

2
2

12
6

7

4
4

4

Glendale___ _______ _ _ ________
Long B each __________
. . . .. .
Los Angeles__
_ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ___ _
Oakland. ____
____
Pasadena __________________ _
Riverside___
Sacramento_____
San Bernardino
San Diego _
San Francisco

77

1, 268
657
387

1

2
12
8
2

1
1
1
3
2

3
18

12
12
8
52

3

3

24

20

154

3

24

20

154

7
1
2
4

53

3

3

1 Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included in the survey.




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8

12
33

1939

35, 842

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

Total______ ?________________________
California_____ ____________ ___ _______

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

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Exterior Construction Material

Information on exterior construction material, which was collected
for 35,613 of the 35,842 new privately financed dwelling units in
the Pacific cities, indicates that stucco and frame were the favored
types of surface material in 1939. Sixty-three percent of the new
units for which data were available were in stucco buildings, 26 percent
in frame structures, and 9 percent in buildings surfaced with a com
bination of frame and stucco. As shown in table 3, stucco pre
dominated in all types of structures, although the proportion was
higher in multifamily buildings (86 percent of all units) than in
1-family dwellings (59 percent) or 2-family structures (54 percent).
Frame was specified for 30 percent of the 1-family houses and 11 per
cent of the units in 2-family dwellings, but for only 5 percent of the
units in multifamily dwellings.
Climatic conditions, custom, and natural resources play an impor
tant part in the choice of materials in the Pacific cities. In Cali
fornia cities during 1939, stucco was specified for buildings contain
ing seven-tenths of the 31,825 units for which data were available,
frame for nearly one-fifth, and a combination of frame and stucco
for about one-tenth. A number of other materials, such as concrete,
brick, and brick and stucco, were also reported, but all of them com 
bined amounted to less than 2 percent of the total. Stucco, ranging
from 93 percent of the units in Glendale to 14 percent in San Fran
cisco, predominated in each of these cities with the exception of
Pasadena, San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Ana. In San Fran
cisco, 78 percent of the units were in combination frame and stucco
buildings, and in the other 3 cities, frame predominated.

In the Oregon and Washington cities, stucco was of minor im
portance, but frame was used extensively, as might be expected in
cities located in a great lumber-producing area. It was utilized on
new residential structures containing 91 percent of the units in the
Oregon cities and 83 percent in. the Washington cities. This material
was specified for nearly all of the new dwellings in Salem, Oreg., and
Bellingham and Tacoma, Wash. Seattle and Spokane, Wash., were
the only cities included in this report where brick veneer was of any
relative importance. This material was used on structures providing
13 percent of the units in Seattle and 10 percent in Spokane.




T a b l e 3 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in privately financed structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in Pacific cities , by typ e o f

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structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9

Type of structure and material
1-family
State and city

2-family 1

Brick
Frame veneer Stucco

Frame
and
stucco

Other
mate
rials

Not re
Brick
ported Frame veneer

8, 767

267

17, 251

2,622

425

158

123

California. ___________

5,674

42

17, 243

2. 597

245

103

107

1

2

1
1

146
318
147
160
330

1
10
10

2
2
7

931
1,433
8,782
713
158

1
7
360
27
5

1?
10
87
25
13

10
3

7
17
13
11
23

32
4

Alameda

__- -

Bakersfield . ____
Fresno

.

....

Glendale
Long Beach.. . . . _.
Los Angeles
Oakland
Pasadena
.
__

31
202
32
117
74
61
602
2,129
640
275

1
8
4

Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco .

60
209
54
402
141

1
13

San Jose
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Monica
Stockton

292
166
26
59
102

2

11

1,207

9

_____
_ _ ..

973
234

7
2

Washington___________

1, 886

216

4

Bellingham__
Seattle
. . .
Spokane
Tacoma___________

68
924
520
374

1
151
55
9

Oregon .
Portland
Salem




. .

_____

229
817
455
1, 252
342
225
114
53
576
62

62
1
2,028

19
58

5
1
4
3

4

7

60

3
1

7

60

18

120

2
2

7

2
16

103
15
2

5

Other Not re
Brick Stucco Frame
and
mate ported Frame veneer
rials
stucco

Other
mate
rials

Not re
ported

590

340

37

8

257

28

4, 446

261

194

63

588

340

37

3

112

3

4, 419

240

178

51

1
2
17
5
1
5

14

51
71
335
13
9

4
2
22

12
74

4
61

5

2
1
4
3
4

4
14

1

i Includes 1- and 2-family dwellings with stores.

15
13
2

4

3

78

1

3

54
172
3,612
75
26

69
7

1
1
307

6
8

3

22

4

1

4
3

2
5
1
4

11

19
22

1
2
17

12

12

2

1

51
2
2

6

2

1

55

35

I
3
3

5
5

69
8
102
27
18
23
8
144
5

8
3

3

26

7

28
118

34

7
7

85

126

16

23

16

126

16

23

16

19

9

4

8
11

9

2 Includes multifamily dwellings with stores.

4

21

21

3

10

6

4
4
24

12
12

BUILDING PERM IT SU RVEY, 1 9 3 9

Total. ______ _____ _

Multifamily 2

Frame
Stucco
and
stucco

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

9

Permit Valuations

The accompanying chart indicates the predominance of low and
medium-cost dwellings in the Pacific cities included in this report.
Nearly 3 out of every 5 of the privately financed units for which per
mits were issued in 1939 had valuations ranging from $2,000 to $4,000.
Valuations were slightly higher in cities with 25,000 to 100,000 popu
lations than in the group of larger cities, those having populations of
100,000 and over. The greatest concentration (more than 15 percent)
of new units in the smaller cities was in the $3,000 to $3,500 cost
group, and nearly as large a percentage fell in the $3,500 to $4,000
interval. In the larger cities the valuations most frequently stated on
the permits ranged from $2,500 to $3,000. Relatively more of the
units in the smaller than in the larger cities had permit valuations
ranging from $4,500 to $7,500, but about the same percentage of
units in both groups were to cost $7,500 and over. Only about 1
percent of the units in each population group were to cost $10,000
and over.
The comparatively low valuations shown for the larger cities re
flected the situation in Los Angeles, which accounted for 56 percent
of all the units reported in this group of communities. In Los Angeles
54 percent of the dwelling units appeared within the $2,000-$3,500
limits and only 28 percent above that level. Corresponding percent
ages for all other cities in the group with 100,000 or more population
were 37 percent and 52 percent.
Among the various types of structure, single-family detached houses
had higher valuations in both city-size groups than did other types of
dwellings, as shown by table 4. Eight percent of the single-family
detached houses in each group had valuations of $6,000 and over, as
compared with about 1 percent of the units in all other types of
structure. In the larger cities, units in multifamily buildings (3-ormore-family dwellings) had valuations ranging from $500 to $6,000
per unit. In the smaller cities, units in 3-or-more-family dwellings
were to cost from $1,000 to $4,500 per unit, with the exception of 17
units in the $6,000-$7,000 groups.
The permit valuations are estimates of construction costs made by
prospective builders and do not include land and other costs.




o
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW PRIVATELY FINANCED
FAMILY-DWELLING UNITS IN PACIFIC CITIES

BUILDING PERM IT SU R VE Y . 1 9 3 9

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
C 0S T GR0UP IN HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS_____________________________________________________________________________________




T able

4.-—

N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in privately financed structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in 2 6 P a cific cities , by perm it
valuation per unit and typ e o f structure, 1 9 3 9 1

271715

9 CITIES OF 100,000 AND OVER
Type of structure
1-family
Permit valuation per family-dwelling unit

$25,000 and over_.
$22’500-$24,999 ____
$20,000-$22,499 . .
$17,500-$19,999 . _
$15,000-$17,499 _ .
$12,500-$14,999
$10,000-$12,499
$9,500-$9,999 _
$9,000-$9,499
$8,500-$8,999

_ ................. .

Detached Attached

Semide
tached

915

1,168

.

27,900

20,276

_____ ___
_
________________
________________
________________
________________

21
5
11
24
41

21
5
11
24
40

___• ________
_______________
________________

63
179
39
78
64

61
177
39
77
57

_

_ _

1-and
2-family 3-family,
2-family, and
com 3-decker
2-decker mercial
unit
866

104

5-or-more-family
5-or-more-family
3- and
and commercial
commercial
4-family withoutunit
unit
4-family and com
mercial
unit
Buildings Units Buildings Units

240

940

6

1
1

_______
_______
_______
_______

90
144
188
238
418

87
137
176
228
405

2

4
4
6
10

3
3
6
4
3

$5,500-$5,999
$5,000-$5,499
$4,500-$4,999
$4,000-$4,499
$3,500-$3,999

_____

___

437
1,024
1,293
2, 766
3,591

411
953
1,182
2,547
3,202

3
7

4
4
4
16
34

2
24
26
102
152

2
9
8
9
6

12
3
6
33
6

8
12
16
100

4,132
4, 558
4, 230
2, 599
1, 062
605

3,311
3,267
1,906
888
627
437

9
34
182
407
174
99

72
166
306
398
124
38

192
154
94
58
24
4

18
7
13
5
3
2

78
36
45
18
3

164
176
300
136
20
8

_

_ .

__ __ _
.. ____
_ ___ ________
—_ -- ________
__ __ _______

3, 373

3

1
3
4
5
12

6
23
55
40
81

44
86
185
66
11
2

284
714
1,384
682
87
17

j

1

____
____
____
______

$3,000-$3,499
$2,500-$2,999
$2,000-$2,499
$1,500-$1,999
$1,000-$1,499
$500-$999

419

2
2

$8,000-$8,499
$7,500-17,999
$7,000-$7,499
$6,500-$6,999
$6,000-$6,499

_____________
_______ . ____
________________

18

4
4
7

1 When the structure provided for a built-in or attached garage or a commercial unit, the cost of such unit is included, Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations
less than $500 are not included.




RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Total___________

Total

h-1

T able

4.—

N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in privately financed structures f o r which building p erm its were issued in 2 6 P a cific cities , by perm it
valuation per unit and typ e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

^

17 CITIES OF 25,000 TO 100,000
Type of structure
1-family
Permit valuation per family-dwelling unit

Total

7,942

6,101

__ _
- .
. ______
_
„ _ __

2
2
2
2
9

2
2
2
2
9

_______ _________
__________________
_ ________________
___________ ______
_____ ________________

11
25
18
16
17

10
23
18
16
17

27
43
62
106
158

27
43
62
95
144

Total_________________
$25,000 and over
$22,500-$24,999
$20,000-$22,499
$17,500-$19,999
$15,000-$17,499
"
$12,500-$14,999
$10,000-$12,499
$9,500-$9,999
$9,000-$9,499
$8,500-$8,999
$8,000-$8,499
$7,500-$7,999
$7,000-$7,499
$6,500-$6,999
$6,000-$6,499

_____________

....................
.................... ____
...........................

$5,500-$5,999
$5,000-$5,499
$4,500-$4,999
$4,000-$4,499
$3,500-$3,999

____ ____________
. _ _ ____________
.
_____________
_
_ _________
_
_ ___________

236
399
649
763
1,189

233
397
639
713
1,129

$3,000-$3,499
$2,500-$2,999
$2,000-$2,499
$1,500-$1,999
$1,000-$1,499
$500-$999

____
_. -

1,214
1,076
820
690
307
99

971
736
365
247
127
72




292

738

104

29

63

5-or-more-family
5-or-more-family
3- and
and commercial
4-family without commercial
unit
unit
4-family and com
mercial
unit
Buildings Units Buildings Units
184

17

37

395

2

19

1

11

1

8

1
2

2
2

6

1
2

2

22
15
54
113
71
17

3
1

4
18
20

6
14
16

4
4

3

4
8

84
142
228
150
78
10

14
16
14
18
4

3
6
1
1

12
12
18
15
3

28
56
40
40
8

8
3

1
1

10
9

2
10
10
11
2

72
85
97
106
16

BUILDING PERM IT SU R VE Y , 1 9 3 9

Detached Attached

1- and
2-family 3-family,
2-family, and
com
Semide 2-decker mercial 3-decker
unit
tached

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

13

Although the single-family house showed a wide distribution
throughout all cost groups, as indicated by table 5, there was a
decided concentration of one-family dwellings with valuations ranging
from $2,500 to $4,000. This comparatively narrow range contained
45 percent of the single-family houses for which permits were issued
in the Pacific cities in 1939. This $1,500 interval was the point of
greatest concentration in many of the cities. For example, more
than three-fifths of the one-family houses in Alhambra, and approxi
mately one-half of those in Bakersfield, Long Beach, Los Angeles,
Oakland, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, and Santa Ana,
had valuations ranging from $2,500 to $4,000. Although 47 percent
of the single-family residences in San Francisco fell in this group,
49 percent had valuations ranging upwards from $4,000. The
valuation most frequently stated on permits issued in this city (onethird of the one-family units) was between $4,000 and $4,500.
Higher valuations were reported in several other cities also. In
Alameda, more than two-thirds of the single-family units were to
cost over $4,000, and in Berkeley, San Jose, Portland, and Seattle
more than one-half ranged upwards from $4,000. On the other hand,
54 percent of this type of residence in Bellingham were to cost less
than $2,500.




T able

5 .—

N u m b er o f privately fin an ced 1 -fa m ily dwellings f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in Pa cific cities, by perm it valuation , 1 9 3 9

Oregon

W ashington

$12,500-814,99!
$10,000-812,49!
$9,500-89,990$9,000-89,499.
$8,500-88,999..

71
200
57
93
74

$8,000-88,499..
$7,500-87,999$7,000-$7,499$6,500-86,999$6,000-86,499-

114
180
240
323
551

199

1
1
2

1

1

1
2
1
1

1
3
4
2
4

5
4
1
2
1

41
95
29
39
26

1
4
1
7
6

5
7
10
16
24

8
11
6
21

36
72
89
119
166

2
1
4
3
2
3

3

454

297 1,123

2
1
1

1

1
4
3
1

1

g
8
22
23
46

3
2
4
8
8

2

11
7
3

1
3
3
3
3

1

1

1
1
2
2

4
2
1
1
1
3 "" I

1

1

1
4

1
1

2
1

5
4

1
1

1
1
5
4
9

2
3
2
5
5

1
7
13 ~ ~ 2
1
14
1
19
34
2 ""T

I
2
1

4
8
1
5

4

5
9
12
17
26

1
3
2
4

7
11
8
5
22

6
3
10
19
42

4
3
12
10
26

5
6

1
2
3
3

2
3

2
6
8
9
14

$5,500-$5,999____________________
650
$5,000-85,499_____________________I1,354
$4,500-84,999_____________________! 1,829
84,000-84,499_____________________l3,297
$3,500-83,999_____________________! 4,392

5
24
30
49
18

16
20
51
62
162

3
11
12
19
34

9
27
29
49
32

17
13
49
24
61

47
72
95
95
119

35
181
56
347
44
486
87
806
159 1,301

37
125
134
230
260

22
17
34
33
66

2
22
15
31
24

43
76
120
141
205

8
20
44
43
76

27
74
47
139
192

33
117
118
864
782

25
58
55
82
84

13
5
29
15
53

8 12
9 10
7 42
8 51
15 134

3
8
24
16
28

52
81
129
176
213

1
5
7
11
34

2
4

4, 469
4, 360
3, 041
2,203
1,201

18
4
11
7

81
77
24
11
9

29
40
20
13
7

35
35
19
5
3

36
71
51
52
12

145
107
92
97
45

368
506
492
144
78

1, 757
2,248
1, 383
1,172
535

276
130
53
29
10

90
32
45
44
23

82
30
49
14
13

194
126
80
42
9

103
78
43
48
36

257
232
190
221
158

319
85
47
17
35

61
65
22
9
5

25
62
28
30
2

12 101
10 82
13 84
11 94
5 62

23
18
20
7
4

114
67
52
16
15

33
42
29
20
32

9
14
17
6
9

9

17

27

367

5

11

8

5

8

70

2

6

17

5

83.00083,499$2,500-82,99982.000- 82,499$1,500-81,999$1,000-81,4998500-8999____
1

673

2

2

16 — -

4—-

11

Tacoma

69 1,233 610 387

1
14
5
7
12

3
18
1
4
4

j Spokane

Salem

522 1,698 2,538 532 281 106 710 175 1,050 237
=
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
5
4

J Bellingham
i
Seattle

1

i

Portland

Stockton

j Santa Monica

| Santa Barbara

San Jose
i
J Santa Ana

San Francisco

San Diego

San Bernardino

Sacramento

422 1,007 2,058 11,366 1,419

Oakland

295

18
4
3
17
29

Riverside

Pasadena

Los Angeles

Long Beach

522

Glendale

180

Fresno

23
7
13
26
49

Berkeley

29,490

1

1

5
19
2
8
11

2
8
4

1

15
15
22
31 ”
37

7
6

1
1
2
2
7

33
102
149
167
194

'4
30

17
34 ""21
42 37
55 42
80 62

132 113
92 66
80 56
36 34
42 26
35

25

56
41
41
24
26
23

Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included. Includes units in 1-family, detached, attached, and semidetached structures, without
commercial space.




BUILDING PERM IT SU R V E Y . 1 9 3 9

Total__________
$25,000 and over_.
$22,500-$24,999__$20,000-822,499.,.
$17,500-819,999__
$15,000-817,499__

Alhambra

Total
Alameda

Permit valuation per family
dwelling unit

Bakersfield

|

California

1

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

15

Room s Per D w elling U n it

Information concerning the number of rooms per dwelling unit was
available for 35,190 of the 35,842 family-dwelling units for which per
mits were issued during 1939 in the Pacific cities. Table 6 presents
the number of rooms per dwelling unit by type of structure, for all
cities combined, for 9 cities with populations of 100,000 and over, and
for 17 cities with populations from 25,000 to 100,000.
The 5-room unit was the most popular size for living quarters author
ized during 1939 and accounted for 43 percent of the 35,190 family
dwelling units. The 4-room unit, accounting for 20 percent of the
total, ranked next to the 5-room unit, while 3- and 6-room units were
about equal in number, each accounting for about 15 percent. The
size of the units, however, varied with the type of structure. Five
rooms were favored for 1-family detached houses, and 2-family, 2decker structures. In single-family, semidetached houses 3 and 4
rooms were the most popular sizes. Four rooms predominated in 3family, 3-decker and 4-family buildings; and 3 rooms in single-family,
attached dwellings and apartment buildings without commercial space
containing housing for 5 or more families.
There was no great variation as to the size of the dwelling units be
tween the large and smaller cities. The 5-room unit was of relatively
the same importance in both groups. The proportion of 3-room units,
however, was slightly larger in the cities with populations of 100,000
and over (16 percent) than in cities in the 25,000 to 100,000 population
group (10 percent). This is due mainly to the large number of 3-room
dwelling units in apartment buildings in the larger cities. On the
other hand, 19 percent of the units in the smaller cities had 6 rooms as
compared with 12 percent of those in the larger cities.




BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

16

1939

T a b l e 6.— N um ber of units with specified number of rooms , in privately financed
structures for which building permits were issued in 26 Pacific cities, by type of
structure, 1939

Type of structure

Total1

Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms
1
|
15
4
6
2
3
7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 or
Total 1
5
more
1
26 PACIFIC CITIES

All types_____________ 35, 842 35,190 74 1,062 5,133 7,188 14, 971 4,845 1, 202 406 152 97 14 17

4 11

14

324 1,508 4,134 13, 662 4,584 1,160 381 152 89 13 17
34
188 663 237
8
225
107 737 773
43
5 2
22 173 287
340 113
13 16

4 11

14

1-family, detached_____ 26, 377 26,063 10
1-family, attached _____ 1,207 1,150 20
1- family, semidetached-.
1, 906 1, 892
2- family, 2-decker___
970
964
1- and 2-family and
133
122
commercial unit_____
3- family, 3-decker___
303
297
4- family____________ 1,124 1,104 2
3- and 4-family and
commercial unit_____
35
27
5- or-more-family with
out commercial unit.. 3, 768 3, 552 42
5-or-more-family and
19
19
commercial unit_____

7
13
17

34
72
336

27
95
468

16

10

373 1, 586 1,157
11

28
81
266

16
36
6

9

1

5

2 ---

1

10

4—

7

1

1
335

38

8

9 PACIFIC CITIES OF 100,000 OR M ORE POPULATION
All types

______ _ 27, 900 27, 426 68

876 4, 336 5, 717 11, 611 3, 363

857 332 131 82 12 15

3 10 2 13

1-family, detached__
20,276 19, 995 7
1-family, attached_____
862 18
915
1family, semidetached..
1,168 1,160
2family, 2-decker866
860
1- and 2-family and
104
commercial unit___ _
97
234
3-family, 3-decker_____
240
4-fam ily__ _ _ _ _
924 " 2
940
3- and 4-family and
14
18
commercial unit
5-or-more-family with
out commercial unit.. 3, 373 3,280 41
5-or-more-family and
commercial unit, __

274 1,281 3, 361 10, 531 3,155
171 487 165
14
7
84 515 411
127
18
94
20 164 254
301

820 309 131 74 11 15

3 10

7
10
17

31
50
286

13

5
11 16

20
70
362

21
68
242

11
36
6

6

1

5

2—

1

293 1,508 1,074

307

36

10

4—

7

1

14

17 PACIFIC CITIES OF 25,000 TO 100,000 POPULATION
7,942 7, 764

6

186

797 1, 471 3, 360 1, 482

345 74 21 15

2

2

1 1

1-family, detached. _ _ 6,101 6,068
1-family, attached._ _ _
292
288
1family, semidetached..
732
738
2family, 2-decker_104
_
104
1- and 2-family and
commercial unit_____
29
25
3-family, 3-decker____
63
63
4-family
. T84
180
3- and 4-family and
commercial unit____
17
13
5-or-more-family with
272
out commercial unit__
395
5-or-more-family
and
commercial unit
19
19

All types

_ _ _

3
2

50
17
23
2

227
176
222
9

340 72 21 15

2

2

1

3

3
22
50
2

10

80

78

83

11

8

1

773 3,131 1, 429
1
72
20
362
98
25
39
33
19
7
25
106

7
13
24

5

28

2

2

1

31
1

2

3

1

1 Includes units for which number of rooms was not reported.
2 Includes 6 units of 15 rooms, 1 of 16 rooms, 2 of 17 rooms, 2 of 18 rooms, 1 of 23 rooms, arid 1 of 36 rooms.
3 Includes 1 unit of 15 rooms.

Table 7 shows the number of rooms in single-family dwellings in
each of the cities covered by this report. Data on size of unit, which
were available for 29,105 of the 29,490 single-family residences, indi
cate that 48 percent had 5 rooms, 18 percent 4 rooms, 16 percent 6
rooms, and 10 percent 3 rooms.




17

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

The 5-room unit was specified more often than any other size in
each of these Pacific cities. In San Francisco 1,856, or nearly threefourths, of the single-family houses contained 5 rooms, and in Alameda
more than two-thirds. At the other extreme only three-tenths of the
1-family houses in Santa Barbara were specified as 5-room units;
4- and 5-room units were nearly equal in number in this city.
T a b l e 7.— Num ber of privately financed 1 -fa m ily dwellings without commercial
space, with specified number of rooms, for which building permits were issued in
26 Pacific cities, 1939
Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms
To
tal i

State and city

Total 1

Total_________________ 29, 490 29,105 30
_ 25,904 25,684 27

California..
Alameda .
Alhambra
Bakersfield
Berkeley
Fresno _

_ _ ___

___

180
522
199
295
422

180
522
195
295
415

1,007 1,004
Glendale
Long Beach______ 2,058 2,049
Los Angeles __ __ 11, 366 11, 320
Oakland _
__ 1,419 1,416
454
452
Pasadena.
297
Riverside
_ _
297
Sacramento
_ __ 1,123 1,117
522
San Bernardino___
521
San Diego __ ___ 1,698 1, 578
2, 538 2, 538
San Francisco
San J ose
_ __
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Monica _ __
Stockton _ __ __

532
281
106
710
175

530
279
102
699
175

_ _
2, 299 2,134
69
68
_ __ _ 1, 233 1,070
_ _ __
610
610
_ _____
387
386

3

2
6
7

i
9

3
2
1

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14

15
or
more

619 2, 908 5,144 13,921 4,635 1,165 383 152 89 13 17

4 11

14

973 310 117 76 13 16

3 11

14

13
27
22
37
43

12
66
49
39
81

121
306
74
137
182

28
105
43
51
82

22 116 149 326 238
52 127 503 1,027 283
355 1, 517 1, 952 4, 871 1,778
11
88 139 837 290
75 198
17
38
96

6
11
3
20
9

2
1
8
2

73 137
189 555
69 262
313 680
289 1, 856

48
251
94
201
197

9 1
43 14
13 7
44 13
46 18

13
12
14
116
5

84
39
29
126
42

281
134
30
292
63

123
80
23
114
47

25
8
3
31
9

9
9

95
78
17

281
207
74

639
523
116

174
153
2]

67 11
60 9
7 2

20
2
3
8
7

138
5
44
56
33

545
11
167
218
149

913
35
470
239
169

289
11
200
59
19

12
4
51
33

13
1

i
1
1
4

2
3
1
1
4

3
2
6
3

1

1

124 19 5 2
22 13 5 4
499 182 80 43
31 14 2 4
17 5 1 4

28
50
69
256
84

_

2

4

590 2, 675 4,318 12.369 4,172
4
2
1
11

Oregon
_ _ _____ 1,287 1, 287
Portland
1, 050 1, 050
Salem
237
237
Washington .
Bellingham
Seattle
Spokane.
Tacoma

2

1
1
9

3
9 '~2

1
7

82
39

2

*2

1

81

1

1
8
2

1

2
1
2
1

2
2

9
9

1
1

125 62 26 12
2 2
103 45 26 11
1
16 11
4 4

2

1
1
1
1
1
1

1 Includes units for which number of rooms was not reported.
81 unit of 16 rooms; 1 unit of 23 rooms.
3 5 units of 15 rooms; 2 of 17 rooms; 2 of 18 rooms.
* 1 unit of 15 rooms; 1 unit of 36 rooms.
81 unit of 15 rooms.

D em olition s

The proportion of units demolished as compared with units con
structed in 1939 was very low in the Pacific cities. In cities where
complete data were available, only 1 unit, on the average, was razed
by private wrecking operations for every 34 new units provided by
private construction. Demolition permits were not required in
Bakersfield and San Jose, Calif., and such data were not available for
Salem, Oreg. In Los Angeles and Seattle information was not com-




BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

18

193 9

plete. Table 8 shows units demolished by private wrecking opera
tions for which permits were issued, by city and type of structure.
Of the cities where data were complete, San Francisco had the largest
number of demolitions. The 127 units in this city, however, amounted
to only 1 for every 25 new units erected. On the other hand, only 1
unit was razed in each of the cities of Alhambra, Glendale, and River
side, Calif.
Approximately seven-tenths of the razed units were single-family,
detached houses.
T a b l e 8 .— Num ber of fam ily-dwelling units in structures fo r which demolition
permits were issued in 23 Pacific cities, by type of structure, 1 939 1
5-or-more1- and
family—2fam
2-fam ily
3-fam- 4-fam
ily, 2- and ily, 3Total
With And
decker c o m  decker ily
out
At Semi
De
mercial
de
com com
tached tached tached
unit
mercial mercial
unit
unit
1-family

State and city

California:
Alameda _ _ _________
Alhambra __ __ __ ____
Berkeley
________ _
Fresno
_ _______ _
Glendale
_ _ __ ____

7
1
10
2
1

5
1
10

14
Long Beach
____ _
Los Angeles _ _ ___ _ _ 2109
36
Oakland ____
_______
23
Pasadena
__ __ _ _ ____
Riverside
______

6
80
30
19
1

_
_
_
_

49
8
63
127
10

20
8
22
52
10

Santa Barbara
_ _ _
Santa Monica
___ __
Stockton _ _
__ ___

9
2
10

9
2
10

96

77

Washington:
Bellingham__ ________
9
Seattle __
________ _ 2117
26
Spokane
______ ____
Tacoma _ _ __
_ __
26

9
117
24
23

Sacramento__ _____ _
San Bernardino.
__ __
San Diego
_ ___
San Francisco
______
Santa Ana ___
____

Oregon: Portland___________

2
2

1
8
4

6

4
6

24

1

4

6

2

3

3

4

8

-

4

22

22

3
18

2

2

3

4

28
5

6

12

2

1 Demolition permits were not required in Bakersfield and San Jose, Calif., and such data were not avail
able in Salem, Oreg.
2 Does not include family-dwelling units contained in 4 buildings to be demolished for which the num
ber of units was not reported.

Housing Projects Financed From Federal Funds

In addition to the privately financed residential facilities provided
in the Pacific cities during 1939, 2,123 units were authorized in 3
California cities by the United States Housing Authority, as shown
in table 9. The greatest number of Federally financed low-rent
dwelling units was reported in San Francisco, where 3 projects pro
vided housing for 1,359 families. The Ramona Gardens in Los
Angeles provided 610 new dwelling units, and Campbell Village in




19

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Oakland, 154 units. It was necessary to demolish 102 dwelling units
to make way for the new construction at the site of Campbell Village,
but the other projects were built on generally vacant land. Nine
substandard dwellings, however, were demolished at the site of the
Sunnydale project and 14 on the site of the Potrero project at San
Francisco.
The single-family attached house was the outstanding type of
structure utilized in the projects, accounting for 63 percent of the
units. Units in 5-or-more-family structures constituted 22 percent.
As in private construction, the 5-room unit was most commonly
specified, although .the units in the housing projects ranged in size
from 3 rooms to 7 rooms. Sixty percent of the dwelling units had
5 rooms, 17 percent 6 rooms, 15 percent 4 rooms, 8 percent 3 rooms,
and less than 1 percent 7 rooms. Nonresidential construction con
sisted of an administration building at 4 of the projects and 10 gar
bage stations at Holly Courts. All buildings on these developments
were of concrete construction.
T a b l e 9.— United States H ousing Authority projects in 8 Pacific cities, 1 9 8 9 1
California
Type of construction

Residential construction:
Number of buildings
_ ________ ___ _ __
Number of dwelling units. __
_________. . .
Type of structure:
1-family, attached
. __ _ ______ _ __
2-family _
3-family
_
___ _ _
4-family
. __ _
5-or-more-family without commercial unit__
Number of family-dwelling units with—
3 rooms _
.
____
____
4 rooms ______ _ _
___ _ _ _
5 rooms
_
_ _ _ _ _
6 rooms _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _________ _
7 rooms _
_ _ _ _ _
Nonresidential construction:
Administration buildings
_ _ _________ __
Garbage stations
_
__

Los
Oakland,
Angeles, Campbell
Ramona Village
Gardens




Holly
Courts

498
610

118
154

94
118

482

82
72

70
48

356
126

48
86
20

48
60
10

1

1

128
128

1 Concrete was the exterior construction material for all projects.

271715°—42-

San Francisco

10

Potrero

76
469

Sunny
dale

730
772
709

54
76
339

63

175
239
55

42
39
531
145
15

1

1

20

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

193 9

Nonhousekeeping Residential Construction
T y p e o f Stru ctu re and Perm it V alu ation s

Valuations for nonhousekeeping residential construction in 1939
amounted to $1,173,000 for 164 buildings as compared with $675,000
for 283 buildings in 1938— a 74-percent increase in dollar volume
Table 10 presents the number, type, and permit valuations of non
housekeeping residential structures, by city, for 1939 and 1938.
Summer camps and cottages accounted for 61 percent of the total
number of structures reported in 1939 but for only 5 percent of the
total valuation. The highest dollar volume reported for any one
type of building was $392,000 for dormitories, representing 33 percent
of the total; hotels constituted 21 percent, nurses’ homes 15 percent,
and association buildings 14 percent.
Los Angeles stood first among municipalities in the Pacific States
in respect to dollar volume, with $356,000 reported for nonhouse
keeping residential construction. Eleven hotels valued at $143,000
accounted for two-fifths of the total for the city. Authorization was
granted for nonhousekeeping residential structures to cost $275,000
in Oakland and $263,000 in San Francisco. In other cities, valuations
ranged from $69,000 in Bakersfield to $600 in Fresno, Calif.
In the following cities, no permits were issued for nonhousekeeping
residential structures in 1939: Alameda, Berkeley, Pasadena, Sacra
mento, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, and Stockton, Calif.;
and Portland and Salem, Oreg.




T a b l e 10 . — Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities , by

type of structure, 1939 and 1938 1
[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]

Total
State and city

Year

§

____

California_________ _________

3
o
3
3
C3
>

>

3
©
£2
a
3

3
jzi
3
>

a
3

i=l
_o
3
3
3

%

>

Sh
©

u
©i
£2
a
3
&

|
03
3
'S
>

26 $51,438
1 1,000

3 $66, 780
4 83, 200

11 $391, 900
7 157, 000

i $21,000

1939
1938

113 1,134,868
230
542,485

6 162,000
3 80,000

26 51, 438
1 1,000

3 66, 780
4 83,200

10 381, 900
5 57,000

i 21, 000

1939
1938
Long Beach................... . ... 1939
1938
Los Angeles______________ 1939
1938

6
4
19
13
71
91

49,500
38,000
11,800
34,000
355,688
201,875

Oakland....... ................

Glendale___ _____ ________

Homes
for boys

©
£2
a
1

|
ta
3
'oa
>

1

1

38,000

71,000
36,000
25,000

2
38
1
2
2

275,000
44, 500
15, 500
1,600
1,750

1

San Diego...................... ......

1939
1938

4
16

60,680
19,860

1

©
£2
a
3

o3
ta
3
3
>

1

1,000

25 48,938

1 24,000

3
2

10,000
13,000

2 32, 200

3
1

72, 500
20, 000

1 15,500

28,000

1 Includes only cities wbere permits were issued in 1939 or 1938.

1 11, 280

Lodging
houses

ti
©
£2
a
3
£

3
o
03
3
3
>

Nurses’
homes

(H
©
£2
a
z

3
o
3
3
3
>

Summer
camps
and
cottages

3
o

©

3
3
3
>

a
3
fc

13 $241, 350
4 71,800

3 $2,500

i $175,000 100 $60,800
263 264, 685

13 241,350
4 71,800

3 2,500

i 175,000

i 17,000

4

69,000

44,000

3
2

1939
1938
1939
1939
1938

Hotels

i $17,000

i 21,000

Riverside......... ................ ___
San Bernardino_____ _____




3
0
"3
1

Homes
for the
aged

6 $162,000
3 80,000

21,000
69,00C
12,500
44,000
600
12,000

Berkeley
Fresno

>

S-i
©
£2
a
3
£

Dormitories

164 $1,172, 768
283
674,685

1
4
10
1
1
5

____

3
o
3
3
'3

Convents

1939
1938

1939
1939
1938
1938
1939
1938

Alham bra____
Bakersfield

©
£2
a
3
£

Bunkhouses,
guest
houses,
servants’
quarters,
etc.

i 17,000

1 22,000
11 143, 350
2 19, 800

1 250, 000
1 13,000

50 32,900
212 232, 485

10 12, 500
1

600

1

900

1

600

1 1,000

18
12
29
83

10,800
12,000
19,900
76,875

5 12,000

37 31,500
2
2

1

1, 400

1 20,000
16 19,860
h-1

1,600
1,750

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

ti
©
£2

Total_____________

Association
buildings

T

able

10. — Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure, 1939 and 1938 — Continued

Total
State and city

Year

a
3
z

>

t-1
©
Xi

a

£

3

.2
3
3
3
>

©

Xi

a
3

Z

O
o
3
3
3
>

Convents

L*
©
Xi

a
3

£

oPI
3
3
3
>

Homes
for the
aged

Dormitories

#ofl
3
3
3

©

■o
a
3

z

>

u

©

a
3

£

3
O
3
3
3
>

Homes
for boys

©
a
3

£

3
_0

3
3
3
>

Hotels

©

.O
a
3

z

3
O
3
3
3

>

Lodging
houses

Sh
©
rO
a
3

z

3
_o
3
3
3

>

Nurses’
homes

Summer
camps
and
cottages

3

©
rO

a
3

Z

o

’■*2
C3
3

3
>

3
O

©
.Q

3
3
3

a
3

Z

>

4

2
1

$263, 000
38.000
500

Santa Ana ____________ - 1938
1939
Santa Monica ___ ____
1938
1938
Stockton. - ___________

8
2
36
3

8, 000
11, 500
78, 500
9,000

Oregon: Portland_____________ 1938

1

50.000

1

50, 000

1939
1938

51
52

37,90C
82, 200

1
1

10, 000
50,000

50 27,900
51 32,200

_____________ 1939
1938
______________ 1939
1938
1939
Spokane
___________
1938
T acom a._____ __________ 1939
1938

20
11
2
1
24
37
5
3

6,600
4,400
8.500
2.500
11, 700
25.150
11,100
50.150

10, 000
50, 000

20 6,600
11 4,400
2 8,500
1 2, 500
24 11,700
37 25,150
4 1,100
2
150

-

_________ _______ -

Washington
Bellingham

Seattle




____ __

1 $40, 000
1 27, 000

2 $18, 000
1 11, 000

1 $2, 500

1 $175, 000

1
1

1
1

$9, 000
30,000

1

$500

8

8,000

35 48, 500
3 9,000

1939

1939
1938
1938

San Jose

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY.

3

o
3
3
'3

©

California—C ontinued.
San Francisco

Association
buildings

Bunkhouses,
guest
houses,
servants’
quarters,
etc.

to
to

NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

23

D e m o litio n s

Permits were issued for the demolition of nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures in only 8 of the cities where demolition data were avail
able, as shown in table 11. The razed structures consisted of 13 hotels,
7 lodging houses, 1 dormitory, and 1 orphanage. The largest number
of demolitions was reported in Los Angeles, where permits were issued
for the demolition of 6 hotels and 2 lodging houses.
T a b l e 11.— Number of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which demolition

permits were issued in 8 Pacific cities, 1939 1

i Cities reporting no demolitions of nonhousekeeping residential structures were omitted from this table.

N on resid en tia l C onstructionType of Structure and Permit Valuations
The total valuation of nonresidential construction in the Pacific
cities was $52,359,000 in 1939, as compared with $62,110,000 in 1938.
This 16-percent decrease was largely the result of lower construction
expenditures for amusement and recreation places, churches, public
buildings, public works and utilities, and schools. On the other hand,
valuations in the category “ factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries,
and other workshops” ; private, detached garages; gasoline and service
stations; institutions; and stores and other mercantile buildings showed
the most sizable increases over 1938. Table 12 shows the comparison
of totals for nonresidential construction for the 2 years, 1938 and 1939,
by city and type of structure.
The total valuations reported for this type of construction were
higher in 1939 than in 1938 in the Oregon and Washington cities, but
in the California cities the 1939 total of $42,890,000 was 23 percent
below the 1938 total. This decline is attributable in large measure
to the situation in Los Angeles, where valuations for public buildings
alone dropped from $5,758,000 in 1938 to $153,000 in 1939. Long
Beach, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco also
showed substantial decreases.
Despite the lower valuations in Los Angeles, the $12,565,000 re
ported for this city in 1939 accounted for nearly one-fourth of the total




24

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9

dollar volume in the 26 cities. Los Angeles is the largest city covered
by this report and is the financial, industrial, commercial, and tourist
center of Southern California. Its leading industries include petro
leum refining and motion-picture production. From the standpoint
of permit valuations, stores and other mercantile buildings constituted
the most important type of structure in new nonresidential building
during 1939, amounting to $4,915,000 or 39 percent of the total.
Private detached garages stood second, with valuations of $2,072,000.
Approximately 1 private detached garage was reported for every 2
new family-dwelling units provided by private construction in Los
Angeles during the year. Schools accounted for $1,361,000 and public
works and utilities for $829,000.
San Francisco ranked second among the 26#cities, with permit valua
tions for nonresidential structures amounting to $9,247,000. Authori
zation was granted for 12 schools valued at $3,521,000. This figure
represents more than one-half of the total dollar volume for schools
in the 26 cities of the division. High valuations were also reported
in San Francisco for public buildings to cost $2,739,000. Federal
construction, including a $1,871,000 post office, accounted for
$2,457,000 of this volume.
Among the other cities covered by this report, valuations amounted
to more than $4,500,000 in Alameda, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., and to
well over $3,000,000 in Long Beach, Calif., and Portland, Oreg. A
volume of more than $1,000,000 was reported in Berkeley, Fresno,
Oakland, Pasadena, Sacramento, and San Diego, Calif.
The most important types of structure in the Pacific cities in 1939,
on the basis of permit valuations, were public buildings and stores and
other mercantile buildings (each accounting for 21 percent of the
total), schools (13 percent), buildings under the category “ factories,
bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops” and private
detached garages (9 percent each).
The high dollar volume for public buildings ($11,204,000) was
largely the result of such construction in 3 cities— Alameda and San
Francisco, Calif., and Seattle, Wash. In Alameda, Federal construc
tion at the Naval Air Station amounted to $4,616,000 and constituted
97 percent of the total for the city. Public buildings, consisting of a
$1,318,000 post office and a $17,000 building at the municipal airport,
both Federal construction, accounted for 29 percent of the total value
of nonresidential construction in Seattle. Public buildings were the
most important type of nonresidential construction in several other
cities— Fresno, Kiverside, Sacramento, and San Diego, Calif.
Nearly three-fifths of the $10,806,000 reported for stores and other
mercantile buildings was accounted for by Los Angeles and Seattle.
This type of structure ranked first, however, as measured by dollar
volume, in Glendale (35 percent of the total), Oakland (27 percent),




NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

25

San Bernardino (31 percent), San Jose (54 percent), Santa Ana (37
percent), and Santa Monica, Calif., (33 percent), and Spokane and
Tacoma, Wash. (33 and 41 percent, respectively). In Bakersfield
valuations for schools and for stores and other mercantile buildings
were about equal, each representing 28 percent of the city’s total.
Likewise, stores and institutions each accounted for one-fourth of the
total in Stockton.
One of the most important industries in Long Beach is oil production,
and this activity affected building construction in the city. Structures
classified as “ factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other
workshops” had valuations of $1,728,000 and accounted for 55 per
cent of the city’s total. Included in this classification were 160 oil
derricks valued at $10,000 each. Factories, etc., were also of first
importance in Bellingham, Wash., where they constituted 28 percent
of the total valuation.
Higher valuations were reported for institutions than for any other
type of structure in Pasadena, Calif., and Portland and Salem, Oreg.
Private detached garages accounted for more than one-third of the
1939 construction in Alhambra, Calif.




T a b l e 12.— Number and permit valuation of nonr evidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by type of structure,

fcO

1989 and 1938
[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]

Amusement
and recre
ation places

Total

Churches

Year

State and city

L

i§
oS+2

l l

9&

i§
03+3

Garages
(public)

9 <->

1*'
Total________________

_______

1939 26,123 $52, 359,132
1938 23,133 62,100,453

i i ao
—
03+3
>03

112 $410,465 19,061 $4, 556,415
90 519,076 17, 364 4,055,611

25
24

1, 565, 326
2, 228, 225

12,870
6,475

97
73
486
538
185
189

23, 044
15, 905
109, 694
117, 268
53, 789
56, 620

6
5
6
1
7
4

18, 050
10, 400
19, 800
3, 500
25, 700
18, 700

1

24,500

1
1
7
1

4,400
2, 600
14, 000
21, 325
1, 600

140
162
422
318
637
597

39,446
45,473
104,473
71,220
154,471
143, 692

8
6
12
12
16
17

23, 525
30, 500
42, 300
32, 341
45,150
48, 682

1
3
1

8, 300
48, 500
18,000

1, 727,915
2, 255, 200
736, 519
692, 885
412, 975
103, 201

5
9
53
39
2
2

11, 500
44,100
211, 450
245, 772
6, 400
8, 610

1, 498
1,161
7, 913
7,052
852
681

447, 087
382, 248
2,072, 389
1, 760, 759
200, 057
156,184

16
12
169
188
34
35

61, 925
37, 700
541, 205
428, 942
129, 535
90, 750

2
7

173, 700
725,198

20, 339
10, 000
45,000
15,000

4
1

18, 500
3,000

449
439
85
43

114,058
108, 852
20,143
12,139

14
14
2
6

30,000
36,850
4, 700
16,800

1
2

400,000
47, 685

47
56

587, 570
840, 992

446
421

3, 897, 516
3, 895, 863

99
77

136
96
570
562
238
260

4, 773, 215
627, 527
315, 632
388, 758
846,474
866,065

2
1
1
3
1

10, 575
24,000
85,000
52, 660
75,000

1
1

25,000
75,885

4,000
1, 500
4,100

3, 500

11,000
3,000
19,900
8, 000
16, 400
61, 900

1
1
2

1

3
1
5
3
6
5

5
2

225
245
572
437
842
705

1,098,123
1, 446,169
}, 163,123
450, 615
649, 507
803,139

4
3
3
1
3
1

11,892
40, 375
213,000
2,900
9,800
1,225

3
1
2
1
1
2

58, 800
3,850
3,100
1, 000
3,500
7,500

6
8
5
7
7
1

18,840
120, 603
37, 500
13, 000
38, 200
2,800

_____

1939 1,930
1938 1, 622
1939 10, 482
1938 9,515
Oakland _ _______________ _ 1939 1,112
1938
948

3,122, 558
3,835, 445
12, 564, 731
20, 731, 948
1, 924, 678
2, 407, 300

1
6
119
102
9
7

1,000
74, 250
579,430
586, 921
327, 000
270, 500

4
6
24
27
4
2

81,470
71, 994
244,400
269,297
79, 500
43, 376

201
239
131
87
17
19

855
595
128
93

1, 013,140
682,901
464, 931
351,017

25
62
2
3

143, 045
142,120
5,000
154,100

2

8,800

5
3
1
1

Berkeley___ ________ _ __

1939
1938
___ 1939
1938
Glendale___________________ 1939
1938
Fresno, ______ ______

Long Beach______________

Los Angeles________________

Pasadena,_______ ________
Riverside________________




1939
1938
1939
1938

i j
>

1, 386, 800
1,085, 272

2, 687, 344
4, 299,231

Bakersfield____

9 »H

404
394

220
256

1939
1938
____ _ 1939
1938
_______ _ 1939
1938

is
o3+3

5*

4, 077, 393
3, 652,104

42, 890, 318
55,472,090

. ________ _

9 fe

Institutions

28 $3,031, 326
27 2, 577, 925

498 $4, 964, 766
456 4, 284, 563

Alhambra_________

Gasoline and
service sta
tions

570 $2,042,200
513 1, 450, 488

57 $667,120
64 1,032, 492

Alameda

i§
o3+3
>

1

233 $2,816, 644
268 4, 589,131

California___ _ _______________ 1939 21, 479
1938 19, 622

Garages, pri
vate, when
separate from
dwelling 1

1 ;

361, 470 15,835
461, 676 14, 722

3,000

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9

is
o3+2

Factories, bak
eries, ice plants,
laundries, and
other work
shops

Sacramento___

271715

1.066
930

1, 718,196
3,624,025

8
8

119,372
600; 638

4

177, 500

6
3

14,175
30,200

5
1

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

529
485
1,044
1,202
297
334

464,143
625,191
1, 929, 643
5, 665,352
9, 246, 624
10, 471, 735

1
3
17
10
14
36

41,854
17; 500
160,149
187,238
905,942
1,874,375

1
2
5
3
1

4,000
22,500
66, 650
53,000
45,000

3
5
7
6
25
22

28, 320
98, 200
137, 225
12,850
437,818
391, 224

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

168
394
285
267
194
161

271,430
359; 571
199,232
187; 591
162,015
554; 100

2

10, 700

2

43,000

7
5

1939
1938
1939
1938

554
509
252
262

Oregon..................

1939
1938

Portland______

San Bernardino.
San Diego_____
San Francisco...
San Jose............
Santa Ana_____

961
833

219, 307
181, 328

8
6

34,500
19,900

1
1

5,400
9,000

2
1
3
2
4

8,130
3, 200
7,700
11, 700
7, 385
83,000

418
394
538
901
47
62

92, 614
84, 618
114, 420
180, 323
16, 693
23, 208

4
2
17
20
62
35

14,450
7,500
52,500
80,042
270,450
137, 590

7
4
8
2

289,965
147,080
536, 761
874,145

28,065
49,600

1
3

1,000
8,900

3
10
4
5
2
4

18,500
26, 350
11,000
10, 785
3, 550
11, 490

20,000

3.000
5,950
1,169

28,605
64, 703
51, 526
53, 676
38, 253
25, 394

1

1
2
1

106
325
245
230
103
93

4

5,600

143,178
129, 909
34,146
38, 585

7
9
7
3

20,300
29, 650
19, 660
6,800

1

6,500

1
5

80,000
378,817

4

2
5

8,000
149;714

1
1

7, 500
6,440

5
3

25,825
4,000

636,137
709, 666
326, 786
683,975

7
3
1

60,200
16,100
25,000

1

22,000

2
1
4
2

108,000
4,800
33, 500
19,400

4

16, 250

475
439
178
192

1,506
1, 322

3,499, 720
2,809,953

4
4

71, 600
24,600

3
6

17, 300
136, 500

30
17

368,050
249, 400

6
4

15,095
30, 550

1,176
1,035

196, 609
176, 248

85
49

374, 675
152, 621

3
1

1,466,000
277,000

1939
1938
1939
1938

1,276
1,101
230
221

3,286,050
1,838,876
213, 670
971,077

2
3
2
1

40, 500
24,000
31,100
600

3
5

17, 300
106, 500

1

29
17
1

366,150
249,400
1,900

5
3
1
1

13,845
27, 700
1, 250
2, 850

978
864
198
171

169,917
155,889
26, 692
20, 359

79
46
6
3

348, 775
141,821
25,900
10, 800

2
1
1

1, 366,000
277,000
100,000

c
g
g

Santa Barbara..

32,960
2.000

Washington_______

1939
1938

3,138
2,189

5,969,094
3,818,410

9
8

57, 700
265, 300

7
2

62, 250
55,000

22
18

699, 200
139, 300

7
9

33, 900
26,850

2,050
1,607

282,413
227, 259

81
280, 725
70 • 212,595

2

72, 700

Bellingham____

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

107
129
1,424
1,014
1,297
821
310
225

64, 402
416. 602
4, 537,816
2, 305,199
803, 234
897, 939
563, 642
198, 670

1

2,000

1

3,000

7
5
1
2

35, 700
262, 700
20,000
1,100

4
1

55, 750
50,000

1

1
2

5,000
3, 500

1,500

4
1
5
11
6
4
7
2

18,000
1,000
296, 500
67,300
214,200
59,000
170, 500
12,000

5,000
11, 800
26, 900
5, 550
2,000
9, 500

63
78
1,015
728
750
636
222
165

9,800
14,087
153, 995
117, 609
86, 308
71, 243
32, 310
24, 320

7
14, 200
5
13, 700
32
89,900
25
62, 650
33 • 120,425
94,845
30
9
56, 200
10
41, 400

Santa Monica...
Stockton______

Salem_________

Seattle..______
Spokane_______
Tacoma......... ...

1
2
5
4
1
3

1

14,000

1

58,700

NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

1939
1938

1 Permits issued for dwelling units in many instances included the cost of detached garages. In order to show separate data for dwelling units and such garages, these composite
figures were broken down by applying the ratios derived from permits giving separate valuations for dwelling units and detached garages.




to

T a b l e 1 2 .-— Number a?id permit valuation of nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by type of structure,

1989 and 1938— Continued

State and city

Year

buildings—
Office buildings, Public
works and
county, State, Public
including banks city,and
utilities
Federal

Schools

Num Valuation Num Valuation Num Valuation Num Valuation
ber
ber
ber
ber

Sheds, poultry
houses, etc.

Stables and
barns

Stores and other
mercantile build
ings

Num Valuation Num Valuation Num
ber
ber
ber

Valuation

All other non
residential
structures
Num Valuation
ber

43
41

$660,029
1, 277, 521

84
90

$11, 204,147
15,196,007

78
121

$3,135,975
7, 562,036

60
120

$6, 943, 448
7, 651, 696

2,973
2,398

$764,072
717,091

94
69

$75, 785
58, 730

1,163
1,090

California___________ 1939
1938

35
37

515, 529
1,167,856

77
85

9,805, 888
13,852,478

69
105

2,244, 338
7,228,894

54
116

6, 277, 873
6,849,696

2,403
1.937

660,304
651,967

90
64

75,135
57, 585

958
916

8, 524, 701
8, 738,183

717
412

223,131
462,068

1939
1938
1939
1938
____ 1939
1938

15

4,615,746

1

1
1

87,950
400,000

1

119, 410

11, 228
48,600
97, 650
53,350
235,166
201,482

515

1,350

4
5
13
6
21
27

6

35, 780
236,119
217,900

1,697
17, 987
8.173
9,975
2,000
9, 985

500
150

2
2
4

8
6
49
10
1
21

1
1

6,800

6
3

464, 806
459,200

42
36
98
63
87
46

6, 595
7,800
26, 218
21, 491
24, 793
14, 700

1,500

11,435
250

72,084
133,618
123, 242
73, 450
229,160
201,690

1

10
1

10
16
26
28
36
29

31

2,973

32, 340
36, 310
385,310
316, 704
28,862
70, 072

1

50

64
51
3
1

48, 560
51,110
1,500
800

54
50
451
445
68
45

482, 475
639,969
4,915, 272
4,163,710
527,840
389,973

51
46
288
322
5
11

31, 796
59, 421
112,988
301, 639
2,198
62,351

71,840
39, 350
104,065
79, 585
243,643
131,308

149
2
1

11,906
695
25

4

2,190

143,909
98, 624
194, 774
1, 216, 822

9
1
156
11

716
112
22, 221
20, 085

Alhambra
Bakersfield

_ __

1939
1938
Fresno
_ __ 1939
1938
1939
Glendale _ 1938
Berkeley

Long Beach_____

1939
1938
1939
1938
.. . _ 1939
1938

Los Angeles_____
Oakland .

Pasadena'.______

1939
1938
Riverside _____ 1939
1938
Sacramento_____ 1939
1938

San Bernardino... 1939
1938
1939
1938

San Diego______




1

80,000

3
2

4
3
1

99,000
558,0t)0
15, 700

1
2
1
1

2
3

18,000
95,000

1
2
16
14
3
1

20,000
31,000
201, 400
203, 500
29,000
7,000

1
2
3
18
2
2

10,000
153,235
152, 667
5,757,644
21,468
16,000

2
2
29
38
7
11

215,000
50,000
828,870
1,947,115
158,343
961, 250

1
2
1
1

14, 729
27,298
9,000
5,100

5
2
1
1
14
6

88,000
65,600
179, 723
25,000
408, 452
1, 708,856

5
1

57,822
3,500

8
6

326,919
444, 790

2
3
1
1
4
7

2
1
22
15

95,000
15,000
590, 250
2,834,433

1
4
3
2

25,000
85,000
152,464
549,128

2
3
12

1
2
2

7,000
12,900
12,000

21,000
110,739

4
2

166, 270
22, 414

290,135
24,850
583,890
69,833

1
3
1
4

13,000
16,000
11,000
143,080

2

132,000

2
4

42,200
136,000

16
46

1,360, 571
3, 280, 752

6

227, 233

95
87
1,204
1,079
106
125

17, 530
180, 111
78,000
34, 513
306,603
303, 884

182
53
15
24
23
36

25,311
17, 840
8,125
5,065
4,675
14,621

1

60

3
3

2,350
715

12
11
14
9
24
19

183,697
118,000
302, 513

68
48
216
141

12, 750
20, 340
49,375
43, 538

1
1
2
2

1,400
400
5,200
950

18
20
51
68

1

$10, 805, 977 1,069
422
10, 628, 683

$280, 763
499, 403

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9

1939
1938

Total______________

tsD

00

S a n F r a n c i s c o ______

1939
1938

S a n Jo se

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

S a n ta A n a ,
S a n ta B a rb a ra

-.

S a n t a M o n i c a ______
S t o c k t o n ,.

P o r t l a n d _____________
S a le m

_

W a s h in g t o n

. . . _____

B e llin g h a m ..
S e a t t l e _____________
S p o k a n e ________
T a c o m a ______




__
.

.

_
_

6 3 ,0 0 0
7 3 ,0 0 0

1
2
1

2 5 ,8 0 0
2 6 ,0 0 0
5 ,0 0 0

2, 7 3 9 ,4 5 7
2 ,8 1 1 , 270

12
18

3 , 5 2 0 ,8 9 7
1 ,1 1 2 , 2 88

35
28

9, 719
14, 330

2 6 ,6 0 0

1

1 6 ,5 0 0

2 7 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
1 1 ,0 0 0

1

6 , 5 00

1
4

3 4 , 545
1 4 7 ,1 3 5

25
25
18
18
67
38

4 ,9 7 5
7 ,2 3 8
3 ,1 7 6
2 ,4 8 0
10, 0 9 2
9 ,0 2 9

2
24

1 3 3 ,0 0 0
2 , 4 5 9 , 567

1
1
1
1

1
1

3 ,0 0 0
1, 750

2

580

1
1

500
10

i

100

2

195

2

195

69
56

5 4 5 ,1 3 9
5 5 6 ,3 6 3

10

4 ,3 6 3
1 4 ,6 2 5

22
20
12
11
7
5

1 46 , 285
103, 280
7 3 ,4 5 0
1 11, 6 50
16, 750
198, 969

2

900

2
6

50
7 50

25
26
21
20

2 1 0 , 479
1 22, 400
8 0 , 2 50
1 7 3 ,9 9 0

2
2
1

3 0 .0 4 0
8 90
2 50

57
65

4 8 8 , 761
6 6 8 ,6 2 0

41
6

3 6 , 2 35
2 0 ,0 0 0

52
55
5
10

4 7 7 ,8 1 1
5 9 9 ,8 4 5
10, 950
6 8 , 775

39
6
2

3 6 ,1 7 0
2 0 ,0 0 0
65

311
4

2 1 ,3 9 7
1 7 ,3 3 5

33
4
277

1 1, 5 10
1 7 ,3 3 5
9 , 587

1

300

1
1

2 6 0 ,0 0 0
1 0 ,0 0 0

1
2
1
2

2 ,5 0 0
9 ,0 0 0
1 ,6 0 0
5 ,0 5 0

2
3
1

4 1 ,4 9 7
1 09 , 280
3 4 ,1 0 5

28
21
36
32

7 ,8 4 3
5, 537
8 , 275
6 ,9 2 5

1 0 8 ,0 0 0
9 4 ,6 6 5

3
1

4 1 ,1 9 8
1 0 1 ,6 2 9

2
10

2 1 9 , 500
5 6, 776

1
4

7 0 ,0 0 0
8 0 2 ,0 0 0

92
115

2 6, 697
1 9 ,1 4 9

1 0 8 ,0 0 0
7 9 ,6 6 5

2

2 5, 800

2
9

2 1 9 , 500
5 3, 776

1
3

7 0 ,0 0 0
8 9 ,0 0 0

1 5 ,0 0 0

1
1

15, 398
101, 629

1

3 ,0 0 0

1

7 1 3 ,0 0 0

79
85
13
30

2 6, 2 82
1 4 ,0 8 5
4 15
5 ,0 6 4

3 6 ,5 0 0
1 5 ,0 0 0

4
4

1 ,3 5 7 ,0 6 1
1, 2 4 1 ,9 0 0

7
6

6 7 2 ,1 3 7
2 7 6 ,3 6 6

5

5 9 5 ,5 7 5

478
3 46

7 7 ,0 7 1
4 5, 975

4
3

6 50
9 50

148
109

1, 7 9 2 , 515
1, 2 21 , 880

2 3 ,0 0 0
1 5 ,0 0 0
1 3 ,5 0 0

2
2
1
2
1

3 7 2 ,0 0 0
1 ,3 3 5 , 561
8 5 0 ,0 0 0
2 1 ,5 0 0
19, 900

1
6
4

1, 500
6 1 4 ,0 0 0
2 6 5 ,0 1 0

5

5 9 5 , 575

3 00
3 00
3 50

9 ,8 5 6
5 8 ,1 3 7

5 , 752
5 ,0 1 5
4 1, 275
23, 3 4 5
2 3 ,1 4 9
12, 4 15
6, 895
5 ,2 0 0

2
2
2

1
1

23
38
241
173
177
114
37
21

1

650

6
2
68
58
44
26
30
23

1 1 ,3 5 0
9 ,0 0 0
1 ,2 7 9 , 700
5 4 8 ,4 5 0
2 6 7 ,6 6 5
5 59, 680
2 3 3 ,8 0 0
1 04 , 750

1939
1938
1939
1938

2

3 8 ,1 5 8

1939
1938

3
3

1939
1938
1939
1938

3
2
1

1939
1938

5
1

3
1
2

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

6
32

10

NONHE SIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT:

O r e g o n _______________________

1
3

30

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

Demolitions
Among the Pacific cities where information was available concerning
the demolition of nonresident] al structures the largest numbers were
authorized in Seattle and Los Angeles. In Seattle 157 nonresidential
structures were razed, and in Los Angeles, 106. A t the other extreme,
only 3 nonresidential structures were demolished in each of the 3 cities
of Alameda, Fresno, and Riverside, and 2 in Santa Monica, Calif.
Stores and other mercantile buildings; private detached garages;
and sheds, poultry houses, and similar structures made up the bulk
of nonresidential demolitions.
In table 13 detailed information is presented concerning the number
of nonresidential structures, by type of structure and city, for which
demolition permits were issued in 1939. Demolition permits were
not required in Bakersfield and San Jose, Calif., and such data were
not available in Salem, Oreg.




13.— Number of nonresidential structures for which demolition permits were issued in 28 Pacific cities, 1989 1

T a b l e

S ta te a n d c it y

_

_.
.

_

Long Beach
L o s A n g e le s .
O a k la n d
Pasad en a
R iv e r s id e

24
106
51
37
3

S a c ra m e n to
S a n B e r n a r d in o
S a n D ie g o
S a n F r a n c is c o
S a n ta A n a
S a n ta B a rb a ra
S a n ta M o n ic a
S t o c k t o p _________

3
5
21
3
13

35
15
12
41
6

_

O re g o n : P o r t la n d .
W a s h in g to n :
B e l l i n g h a m . .............................
S e a t t le
__________ ___
.
Spokane
............................ ......
T a c o m a _____________________

37
2
6

1
2

P u b lic
b u ild 
in g s ,
c it y ,
c o u n ty ,
S ta te ,
and
F e d e ra l

P u b lic
w o rk s
and
u t ilit ie s

S c h o o ls

2
3

1
1

1

5

1

16
15
2
1

7

3
4
7
18
1

4
3

2
5

1

2
1

2

1

10

10

1

1

Sh ed s,
p o u lt r y
h o u ses,
e tc.

S t a b le s
and
b a rn s

1
1
6

3
1

3
1
8

1
1

3
2

1
2

5
8
4

3
3
4

14
3
2
6

15

1

5
1

4

1

S to re s
and
o th e r
m e rc a n 
tile
b u ild 
in g s

O th e r
T y p e of
n o n r e s i
stru c tu re
d e n t ia l
n o t re 
stru c 
p o rte d
tu re s

2
2

1
i

3

6

4
50
4
4
2
4
4
9
17
3

21
6

i

6

5

6

2
1

47

10
157
50
15

1
3

O ffic e
b u ild 
in g s , i n 
c lu d in g
banks

1

1

3

2
1

1
6
1
2

5
1

2

2

2
45
18

4
4

1

1
1
1
1

1

8

7

22

2
29
14
5

3
3
1

2
7
7
5

NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

C a lif o r n ia :
A la m e d a
A lh a m b r a . __
B e r k e l e y . __
F re s n o
G le n d a le

T o ta l

F a cto 
rie s , b a k 
G a ra g e s,
A m u se
e r ie s , ic e
p la n t s ,
p r iv a t e , G a s o lin e
m ent
and
G a ra g e s
w hen
and
la u n 
C h u rch e s
s e r v ic e
d r ie s ,
(p u b lic ) s e p a ra te
re c re a 
s t a t io n s
t io n
fro m
and
d w e llin g
p la c e s
o th e r
w o rk 
sh o p s

2
59
1

i D e m o l i t io n p e r m it s w e r e n o t r e q u ir e d i n B a k e r s f i e ld a n d S a n J o s e , C a l i f . , a n d s u c h d a t a w e r e n o t a v a il a b l e i n S a le m , O re g .




CO

Appendix
Table A shows detailed information for nonhousekeeping residential
and nonresidential construction in Pacific cities. This table indicates
the type of material and permit valuation for individual structures in
each of the 26 cities.
T

A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non
residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1939

able

California
ALAMEDA

T y p e o f s t ru c t u re a n d m a t e r ia l

N um 
b er of
stru c 
tu re s

T o t a l n o n r e s id e n tia l s t r u c t u r e s . __

1 36

$ 4 ,7 7 3 ,2 1 5

F a c t o r ie s , b a k e r ie s , ic e p la n t s ,
la u n d r ie s , a n d o th e r w o r k s h o p s .

3

1 1 ,0 0 0

2

7 ,0 0 0

1
1

5 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0

C o n c r e t e _________________________________

1

4 ,0 0 0

G a r a g e s , p u b l i c : B r i c k _________________

S t u c c o ______________ ______________________

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

1

4 ,0 0 0

G a ra g e s , p r iv a te , w h e n se p a ra te
f r o m d w e l l i n g 1 _______________ _________

97

2 3 , 044

F r a m e ___________________________ _________
S t u c c o ________________________________ _
M e t a l _______
_______ ___________________
N o t r e p o r t e d __________________________

51
34
11
1

1 1, 559
9 ,6 5 0
1, 7 10
125

G a s o l i n e a n d s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s _______

6

1 8 ,0 5 0

S t u c c o _____________________________________

1

2 ,8 0 0

M e t a l _________________________

3

1 2 ,0 0 0

1
1
1

6 ,0 0 0
5 .0 0 0
1 .0 0 0

1
1

1 ,2 5 0
2 ,0 0 0

_________

T i l e _________________________________ ________
N o t r e p o r t e d . . _____________________
P u b l i c b u ild in g s — c i t y ,
S ta te , a n d F e d e ra l

c o u n ty ,
__________

15

4 .6 1 5 , 7 4 6

C o n c r e t e _________________________________

5

1, 7 0 6 , 7 66

* 1
«1
33

1, 3 8 4 , 2 16
1 43, 7 00
1 78 , 8 5 0

21

1 3 ,1 9 8

M e t a l ______________________________________

See footnotes at end of table.

32




Type of structure and material

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal—Con.
Structural steel______ _____

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

4

$902,075

32
32

848,155
53,920

5
21
34

1,993, 707
1,148,486
845, 221

Public works and utilities: Brick.

1

87,950

Sheds, poultry houses, etc_______
Frame_____________________

8
3
1
1
1

1,697
472
250
122
100

Stucco......................................

3
1
1
1

1,000
400
300
300

Metal....... ....................... .

2
1
1

225
150
75

Stables and barns: Frame_______

1

500

Stores and other mercantile
buildings.___________________
Frame_____ ________ _____
Stucco________________ . . .

4
1
1

11,228
1,850
8,000

2
1
1

1,378
689

Structural steel, with cement
facing____ _
.
_____

Concrete___________________

689

33

APPENDIX
T

A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued

a b le

California—Continued
ALH A M B R A
N um 
b er of
stru c 
tu re s

T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

T o t a l n o n h o u s e k e e p i n g r e s id e n t i a l s t r u c t u r e s ----------- ------------------

1

$ 2 1 , 0 00

H o m e s f o r t h e a g e d : S t u c c o ----------

1

2 1 ,0 0 0

570

315, 632

1

2 4 ,0 0 0

T o t a l n o n r e s id e n tia l s t r u c t u r e s .. .
_
A m u s e m e n t a n d r e c r e a t io n p la c e s :

1

2 5, 0 0 0

F a c t o r i e s , b a k e r ie s , ic e p l a n t s ,
la u n d r ie s ,
and
o th e r
w o rk 
sho p s
__ __
. -

5

19, 9 0 0

F r a m e . _______________________________
B r i c k . . . . ________________ _______

1
.1

1 ,2 0 0
3, 700

2

12, 5 00

1
1

7, 500
5, 0 0 0

N o t r e p o r t e d ___________________________

1

2 ,5 0 0

G a r a g e s , p u b l i c : S t u c c o ----------------

2

4 ,1 0 0

1
1

2 ,5 0 0
1 ,6 0 0

4 86

1 09 , 6 94

F r a m e ________ . . ----------------------S t u c c o _____________________________________
B r i c k a n d f r a m e --------------------M e ta l
_____ ___________
.

2 07
275
2
2

3 8 , 9 71
6 5 , 3 23
4 ,2 0 0
1, 200

G a s o l i n e a n d s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s ____ ___

6

19, 8 0 0

S t u c c o _____________________________________

3

8, 000

1
1
1

3 ,0 0 0
3, 000
2 ,0 0 0

3

1 1 ,8 0 0

1

5 ,8 0 0
3 ,0 0 0
3 ,0 0 0

S t u c c o ___________ ____________ _________

-

G a r a g e s , p r i v a t e , when s e p a r a t e
f r o m d w e l l i n g L . . _ -----------------

Metal.............. .......... ............

1
1

T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l

N um 
b e r of
stru c 
tu re s

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

O ffic e b u i ld in g s , in c lu d in g b a n k s :
S t u c c o _____________
___________ . . . . .

1

$ 6 ,8 0 0

S h e d s , p o u l t r y h o u s e s , e t c . 1 ________

49

8 ,1 7 3

38
6
2
l
1
1

5 ,2 2 8
875
1, 300
1 70
1 50
450

S t o r e s a n d o t h e r m e r c a n t ile b u i l d 
in g s

13

97, 650

F r a m e ______ ______________________________

3

4 ,4 0 0

F ra m e . .
____
_ __
B r i c k ________ __________ _____ _________
S t u c c o _____
. .
_
B r i c k a n d f r a m e ___________ _______
M e t a l . ________________________________
G l a s s . . ____________ ____________________

*2

3, 2 00
1, 2 0 0

1
|
B r i c k ................... .......................................................

S t u c c o ....................................................................

4

67, 250

1
1
1
1

2 2 ,0 0 0
2 0 ,0 0 0
1 3, 2 5 0
1 2 ,0 0 0

3

1 0 ,0 0 0

1

5 000
2, 5 0 0
2, 500

1
1
B r i c k a n d f r a m e _____________________
C o n c re te
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n tia l s t r u c 
t u r e s : F e n c e s , f r a m e __________________

*2
1

9 ,0 0 0
7, 0 00

6

5 15

1
1
1
1
1

1 66
75
75
75

1

75
50

Total nonresidential structures___

238

$846, 474

3
1
1
1

52,660
23,160
27, 000
2,500

6
1

16,400
4,500

BAKERSFIELD
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures._ _ ____ . . .

4

$69,000

Hotels.. _ ________________ . . .

4

69, 000

... _

1

35, 000

Concrete_________ _____

3

34, 000

Amusement and recreation places.
Stucco... _____ _____ . . . _
Concrete___________________
Metal_____________________

1
1
l

17, 000
9, 000
8, 000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Brick______________________

Frame____

___

.
!

See footnotes at end of table.




34

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

T a b l e A ,— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non-

residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued
California—Continued
B AKERSFIELD—Continued

T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l

N um 
ber of
stru c 
tu re s

F a c t o r i e s , b a k e r i e s , ic e p l a n t s ,
la u n d r ie s ,
and
o th e r
w o rk s h o p s — C o n tin u e d .
M e t a l ______________________________________

N o t re p o rte d

_______________________

G a r a g e s , p u b l i c _____________________________
F ra m e
B r ic k
M e ta l

__________ _ _
__________ ____________
_ _ __________ ___

G a ra g e s , p r iv a te , w h e n
f r o m d w e l l i n g 1. . _ .

N um 
b er of
s tru c 
tu re s

T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l

P u b lic w o rk s a n d u tilitie s — C o n .
N o t r e p o r t e d ____________ ____________
4

$ 8 ,6 0 0

1
1
1
1

3 ,5 0 0
2 ,9 0 0
1 ,2 0 0
1 ,0 0 0

1

3, 300

S c h o o ls

—

1
1

_______________

_____________________

R e in fo r c e d
c o n c re te : F a c in g
n o t r e p o r t e d _____ _____________
S t r u c t u r a l s t e e l: F a c in g n o t
re p o rte d .
__________________________

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

2

$ 1 8 ,2 6 5

1
1

9 , 765
8. 500

2

2 3 6 ,1 1 9

1

2 1 4 , 2 44

1

2 1 , 8 75

12, 8 70

5

S h e d s , p o u lt r y h o u s e s , e t c .: C o n 
c re te

2, 0 00
4, 5 70

3

6, 3 00

1
1
1

2, 500
2, 0 0 0
1 ,8 0 0

S t o r e s a n d o t h e r m e r c a n t ile b u ild in g s
F r a m e ___________________________

1

2 ,0 0 0

j
|

21

2 3 5 , 166

!

1

4, 670

3

2 4 ,7 0 0

1
1
1

8 .8 0 0
8 ,0 0 0
7 ,9 0 0

6

2 7, 4 50

1
1
1
3 ,0 0 0
1
1

9, 900
5 ,6 0 0
3, 500

2

8 ,6 0 0

1
1

7 ,0 0 0
1 ,6 0 0

B r i c k ..........................................................................
—

s e p a ra te
__________

185
---------40
F r a m e - - - _______________________________
108
S t u c c o . - - _______________________________
2
F r a m e a n d s t u c c o _______ - - _
1
C n n e rp te
_______________________
4
M e t a l __________
N o t re p o rte d --________
_____
30

G a s o lin e
and
s e r v ic e
s t a t io n s :
M e ta l- .
______________ ________________

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

5 3 , 7 89
1 0, 210
3 2, 5 09
600
300
1, 775
8 , 3 95

S t u c c o ........................................................................

1
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2 5 , 700
5,
4,
4,
3,
2,
2,
2,

800
800
200
200
7 00
500
500

I n s t i t u t i o n s : S t u c c o _______________

1

2 4, 5 0 0

P u b l i c b u ild in g s — c it y , c o u n t y ,
S t a t e , a n d F e d e r a l : A d o b e ._

3

21, 0 00

1

9, 000

1

5, 0 0 0

F r a m e a n d s t u c c o __________________

I

B r ic k a n d s tu c c o . - .

1

1 0 ,0 0 0

M e t a l..

4

2 3 , 328

1
1
1

19, 500
1
Q
I , *70
iZo
1, 3 00
8 00

_____________________________

j

P u b l i c w o r k s a n d u t i l i t i e s _____________

4

1 66 , 270

S t u c c o __________________ _
_ _______
C o n c r e t e ____
_
_ __

1
1

1, 750
1 46, 255

1
1
i
!

1

2, 950
2 , 500

R e in f o r c e d c o n c r e t e : F a c in g
n o t r e p o r t e d _____
________

3

1 34 , 418

1
1
1

1 0 3 ,4 1 8
1 6 ,0 0 0
1 5 ,0 0 0

1

2 ,0 0 0

_____

3

$58, 800

S t u c c o _____________________________________

2

3 3 ,8 0 0

1
1

2 8 ,0 0 0
5 ,8 0 0

1

2 5 ,0 0 0

N o t re p o rte d .

..

_

____.

BE R KE LE Y
T o t a l n o n r e s id e n tia l s t r u c t u r e s _ - -

225

$ 1 , 0 9 8 ,1 2 3

A m u s e m e n t a n d r e c r e a t io n p l a c e s .

4

11, 8 92

F r a m e . . ____________ __________________

1

4 ,0 0 0

j

S t u c c o __________________________________

3 ‘

7 ,8 9 2

j

1
1
1

5 ,3 9 2 j!
2 ,0 0 0 '!
5 00 !

See footnotes at end o f table.




C h u r c h e s ___________________________

N o t r e p o r t e d _____ _____________________

35

APPENDIX

T a b l e A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non-

residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued
California—Continued
B E R K E L E Y —Continued

T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l

N um 
b e r of
s tru c 
tu re s

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

F a c t o r i e s , b a k e r ie s , ic e p l a n t s ,
la u n d r ie s , a n d o th e r w o r k s h o p s .

6

$ 1 8 ,8 4 0

F r a m e _____________________________________
B r i c k ______________________________________
_____ _________ ________
S t u c c o - - _____
C o n c r e t e _______ _________________________

1
1
1
1

1, 500
2 , 8 00
4 , 9 00
6 ,0 0 0

M e t a l ______________________________________

2

3, 640

1
1
O a ra g e s, p r iv a te , w h e n
fro m d w e llin g 1

F r a m e _____________________________________
B r ic k
S tu c c o
- _ _____
F r a m e a n d s t u c c o ___________________
B r i c k a n d s t u c c o ____________________
O n n n re te
M e ta l- _
T ile
N o t re p o rte d
G a s o lin e
and
s e r v ic e
s t a t io n s :
M e t a l _______________________________
_

140

39, 446

76
4
36
3
8
2
2
8

15, 6 5 0
1, 300
13, 5 65
340
2 50
5, 8 0 0
66
450
2 ,0 2 5

8

2 3, 5 25

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

5 ,0 0 0
5 ,0 0 0
4 , 5 00
2 , 7 50
2 ,5 0 0
1, 6 75
1 ,6 0 0
5 00

4

99, 000

1

O ffic e b u ild in g s , in c lu d in g b a n k s .
B r i c k v e n e e r ______. .

1 ,9 9 0
1, 650

s e p a ra te

________________

1

1 3 ,0 0 0

S t u c c o _____________________________________

2

3 4 ,0 0 0

1

2 0. 0 00

1

N um 
b e r of
stru c 
tu re s

T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l

P e r m it
v a lu a 
tio n

O ffic e b u i ld i n g s , in c lu d in g b a n k s —
C o n t in u e d .
S t r u c t u r a l s t e e l: F a c in g n o t
r e p o r t e d _________________
__________

1

$ 5 2 , 0 00

P u b l i c b u ild in g s — c it y , c o u n t y ,
S ta t e , a n d F e d e r a l: S t r u c t u r a l
__________
s t e e l, c e m e n t f a c in g - .

1

2 9 0 ,1 3 5

P u b lic w o rk s a n d u t ilit ie s : C o n 
c r e t e ________________________ ________________

1

1 3 ,0 0 0

S c h o o l s ________________

6

4 6 4 ,8 0 6

S tu c c o
R e in fo r c e d c o n c re te : F a c in g
n o t r e p o r t e d - _ _ __________ . _
N o t re p o rte d .
_____ ___ _________
S h e d s , p o u l t r y h o u s e s , e t c . 1________
F r a m e _____
_____ ____________ _ S t u c c o _____ __________________________
M e t a l _______________ _______ ___________ _
G l a s s _______________________________________
N o t r e p o r t e d __________________________
S to r e s a n d o t h e r m e r c a n t ile b u ild 
i n g s ____________________________________ _____

1

9 ,2 8 7

1
<4

3 5 5 , 5 19
1 0 0 ,0 0 0

42

6 ,5 9 5

31
4
2
1
4

4 ,9 4 0
920
225
30
480

—

1
1

-

S t u c c o . - ............................................................

500
3 ,0 0 0
3 2 , 584

4
------ -—

C o n c re te .
_____ ___ .
M e t a l . . __________
R e in fo r c e d c o n c re te : F a c in g
n o t r e p o r t e d __ _ _____
N o t r e p o r t e d _________
________

14,000

7 2 ,0 8 4

10
—

F r a m e ________________________
_
B r i c k ______________________________

1
1
1
1

1 3, 934
8 ,0 0 0
6 , 650
4 ,0 0 0

1
1

1 4 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0

1
1

1 0 ,0 0 0
1 0, 0 00

FRESNO
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures.. . . . . . . . _ . __

1

$600

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops-

5

Lodging houses: Frame_________

1

600

Brick__________________

_

2

26,000

Total nonresidential structures__

572

1,163,123

Amusement and recreation places.

3

213, 000

Reinforced concrete:
Brick facing____________
Facingnot reported_____ .
Tile______________ ________

Stucco_____________ .
__
Metal......................................

1
1
1
2

18, 000
8,000
4,500
7,000

1
1
1

100,000
65,000
48,000

2

3,100

1
1
1

4,000
3,000
2,600

1
1

1,500
1,600

422
125
3

104,473
26,008
1,450

Churches____

_______

. ____

Frame____ __. _________
Stucco____________ ______

See footnotes at end of table.




Garages, public: Brick..
___
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_________ ____
Frame____ ______ ________
Brick______________________

1

$37, 500

36

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9

A.— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued

T able

California—Continued
FRESN O—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num:
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling—Continued.
Frame and stucco__________
Brick and frame______ . . . _
Stucco...
Concrete_____ _____________
Metal_____________________
Tile_______________________
Not reported___________ . . .

9
1
273
1
7
2
1

$2,421
250
72, (571
93
1,130
850
600

Gasoline and service stations. .. .

12

42,300

3

11,100

Stucco___________________

1
1
1

5,000
3,100
3,000

9

31,200

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick
__________________

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

6,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
3,500
2,900
2,500
1,300
1.000

1

15,700

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Reinforced
concrete, facing not reported___

11

583,990

Metal.. ______ ______ ____ _

Public works and utilities: Rein
forced concrete, facing not re
ported___________ . . . . . .......

1

11,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1...........

98

26, 218

77
2
6

19,179
1,660
3,189

Frame_______________ _____
Brick______________________
Stucco_____________________

Type of structure and material

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.—Con.
Concrete___________________
Metal_____________________
Not reported_____________ „

1
8
4

$420
1,580
190

Stores and other mercantile
buildings__________________

26

123, 242

Frame........ .............................

5

7, 942
4,000
2,000

Brick.

1
1
1
1
1
14

650
500
97,100

Stucco.

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4'

15,000
12,000
10, 500
10,000
6, 750
5, 950
5,600
5. 500
5, 500
5,000
4.000
4,000
3, 800
3, 500
13,800

1
1
1
1

5,000
3. 900
3,500
1,400

792

Brick and stucco

1

1,700

Metal_________

2

2,700

1
1

2,000
700

Amusement and recreation places.

3

$9,800

Frame____________________
Structural steel: Facing not
reported. . __________ .. .
Not reported____ ____ „

1

2, 500

1
1

6,000
1,300

Churches: Stucco____ ________

1

3, 500

GLENDALE
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures________________
Association buildings: Stucco____
Dormitories: Stucco____ ________

Lodging houses: Frame____ .
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame_______________________
Total nonresidential structures__
See footnotes at end of table.




6
1

$49, 500
38,000

3

10,000

1
1
1

4,000
3,000
3,000

1

900

1
842

600
649, 507

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops_
Brick______________________

7

38,200

3

27,700

1
1
1

12,900
8, 300
6, 500

37

A P P E N D IX
T

A . — N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific c ities , b y
typ e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 —Continued

able

California—Continued
GLEN DALE—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work
shops—Continued.
Stucco_____________________

Permit
valua
tion

4

$10, 500

1
1
1
1

3,800
3, 000
2, 500
1,200

Garages, public____ ___________

7

21, 325

Frame__________ _____ _____

1

2, 000

Brick______________________

4

14, 925

1
1
1
1

10, 000
2,400
1, 500
1, 025

2

4, 400

1
1

3,000
1, 400

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_______ .. ___

637

154, 471

Frame_____________________
Brick______________________
Stucco_____________________
Brick and stucco. __
Metal _________ ____ ______

57
5
567
7
1

12, 683
1,240
138, 438
1, 910
200

Gasoline and service stations____

16

45,150

Frame_____________________
Brick ______ ________ . . . .

1
1

1,800
1, 500

Stucco_____________________

2

5,000

1
1

2, 500
2,500

1
10

2,200
31, 450

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

5,800
5,000
4,200
3, 500
3,500
2,800
2, 250
2,200
1, 500
700

1
3

3,200
48,500

___ ___

1

30,000

Stucco_______ _______ ______

2

18,500

1
1

"11,500
7,000

Stucco____ _ _____________

Concrete__ ________________
Metal_____________________

Structural steel: Facing not
reported_ _____
Institutions____________________
Brick_____ _______

See footnotes at end of table.




Type of structure and material

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Office buildings, including banks.

2

$18,000

Brick________________ _____
Stucco____
__ ___

1
1

11,500
6,500

2

42, 200

Schools _____

______

_ _ _ __

Stucco____________________
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported-. _______

1

7,500

1

34, 700

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____

87

24, 793

22
12
3
10
22
2
1
2
13

6, 962
2,917
457
7,240
5,037
450
75
135
1, 520

10

11, 435

Frame________ _________
Brick__________________ ___
Stone___________________ _
Stucco____ ______ _________
Concrete_________ ______ _
___ _
M etal..- . ______
Glass. _ ________________
Tile_______________________
Not reported. __________ __
Stables and barns___________ _
Frame_____________________

S t u c c o . ___________ _____
Concrete____ _
______
Metal.
______ _ _
_
Stores and
buildings

other mercantile
____ _

Frame________ ____ ______ -

B rick ..... ........................ ........

Stucco________ _________

7

5, 785

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3,000
1,000
1,000
500
200
50
35

1
1
1

150
4,000
1,500

36

229,160

3

2, 400

1
1
1

1,000
900
500

10

104, 410

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

50,000
13,000
12,500
12,000
5,000
5,000
2, 250
2,150
2,000
510

15

82,300

1
1
1

20,000
14,000
9,000

38

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

T able A . —

N u m b e r a n d p e r m it v a lu a tio n o f n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s i d e n ti a l a n d n o n 
r e s i d e n ti a l s tr u c tu r e s f o r w h ich b u ild in g p e r m it s w e r e i s s u e d i n P a c i f i c c i t i e s , b y
t y p e o f s tr u c tu r e a n d s p e c ifie d m a t e r ia ls , 1 9 S 9 -— Continued

California—Continued
GLEN DALE—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stores and other mercantile
buildings—Continued.
S tu c co ____ _ _______ ____

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Permit
valua
tion

$8,000
7,000
5,000
4,500
3,000
3,000
3, 000
1, 500
1,400
1,200
1,200
500

Brick and frame - ________

1

3,000

M etal........ ...........................

6

12,050

1
1
1
1
1
1

4.000
4.000
1,150
1.000
1,000
900

1

25,000

31

2,973

8

500

1
1
1

100
100
75

Reinforced concrete: Brick
facing___
All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences ___
_
Frame

___ ______________

Type of structure and material

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences—Continued.
Frame. ______ _ _ ___

Num Permit
ber of
|struc- valua
tion
i tures

1
1
1
1
1

$60
60
50
30
25

1
1
13

75
300
1,623

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8

450
360
193
100
81
75
75
75
52
50
40
40
32
475

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

100
75
75
50
50
50
50
25

Stucco.....................................

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4

$5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
7,600

Concrete__________ ______ __

1
1
1
1
11

2,700
2,000
1, 650
1,250
24,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4,000
4,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

Brick__________ ____ ______ _
Concrete___ ________ ____ __
Metal_____________________

Not reported. .

LONG BEACH
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures______ _
____

19

$11,800

Lodging houses: Stucco________

1

1,000

Summer camps and cottages:
Stucco_______________________

18

10,800

49
49

5,500
5,300

Total nonresidential structures. __ 1,930

3,122, 558

Amusement and recreation places:
__ . _ ________
Stucco__

1

1,000

Churches: Stucco____ __________

4

81, 470

1
1
1
1

28,900
27, 970
16,600
8,000

201

1, 727,915

13

53,300

1
1
1
1

5,300
5,000
5,000
5,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops _
Frame_____________________

^V
See footnotes at end of table.




ractories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops
—Continued.
Frame__________ __________

APPENDIX

39

A.— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r whcih building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific c ities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued

T able

California—Continued
LONG BEACH—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops
—Continued.
Metal_____________________

Permit
valua
tion

Public works and utilities: Frame.
6

$14, 515

1
1
1
1
1
1

2,805
2,805
2,805
2,100
2,000
2,000

165

1,625, 500

«160
1
1
1
1
1

1, 600,000
5,500
5, 500
5, 500
5, 500
3, 500

Structural steel: Facing not
reported_____

Not reported.

Garages, public: Metal..

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1______________
Frame___________
Brick____________
Stucco___________
Frame and stucco.
Concrete________
Metal___________
Not reported_____
Gasoline and service stations_

• 2

3,000

1
1

2,000
1,000

5

11,500

1
1
1
1
1

7,500
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

1,498

447,087

530
2
932
2
3
10
19

140, 239
1,300
294,043
800
600
4, 630
5, 475

16

61,925

Brick__________________

1

25,000

Metal__________________

15

36, 925

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4,500
3, 500
3,500
3,300
3,000
3,000
2,600
2,500
2,500
2,400
1,950
1,800
1,000
875
500

Office buildings, including banks:
Stucco______________________

1

20,000

Public buildings— city, county,
State, and Federal: Frame___

1

10,000

See footnotes at end of table.




Type of structure and material

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures
$215,000
200,000
15,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1.

32, 340

Frame____________________
Brick_____________________
Stucco____________________
Concrete__________________
Metal____________________
Glass_____________________
Not reported______________

15, 400
300
4, 815
1,000
9,025
50
1,750

Stables and barns: Frame______

50

Stores and other mercantile build
ings________________________

482,475

Frame____________________

25,900

Brick.

6,000
4.000
4.000
3,500
3.000
1.000
1,000
1,000
700
700
500
500
25,500

Stucco.

13,500
12,000
154,050
30.000
10.000
10,000
10,000
8,000
7,900
7.500
7.000
6,800
6.000
5, 500
5.500
5.000
4.000
3,600
3.000
3.000
2,800
2,800
2.500
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1, 250
1,000
1,000
1,000
900

40
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

A. — N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific cities, by
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 —'Continued

a b l e

California—Continued
LONG BEACH—Continued
Num
ber of
struc
tures

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile buildings—Continued.
Frame and stucco.- ______

Permit
valua
tion

1

$8,500

2

6, 750

1
1

6,000
750

3

6,400

1
1
1

5,000
800
600

Tile_______________________

1
1

240,000
’ 600

Not reported_______________

3

14, 775

All other nonresidential struc
tures.
____ _____________

1
1
1

5,500
5, 275
4,000

51

31, 796

Fences____________ ________

23

2,155

Frame_________________

15

1,125

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

200
140
100
100
100
80
75
70
50
50
50
40
30
20
20

Metal

_______________ .

Reinforced concrete: Facing
tint rp.pnrtpd

Brick_______________
Concrete_____________




_

1

200

2

350

1
1

200
150

Type of structure and material

All other nonresidential struc
tures—C ontinued.
Fences—Continued.
Metal__________ ________

Not reported____________

Fire walls: Concrete_________

Retaining walls: Concrete___

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

3

$410

1
1
1

170
165
75

2

70

1
1

50
20

23

20, 616

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4,900
2,000
1,700
1,000
1,000
990
930
895
671
650
600
600
600
600
500
495
490
400
400
400
330
325
140

5

9,025

1
1
1
1
1

6,000
2,000
700
300
25

41

A P P E N D IX

A.— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific c ities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 —Continued

T able

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures. . . . .
Association buildings: Stucco___

Bunkhouses, guest houses, servants quarters, etc___ __ . . . _
Frame________
. . _____

Stucco.. __

___________ .

Frame and stucco__________

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

71

$355,688

Summer camps and cottages—Con.
Stucco_____________________

3
1
1
1

71,000
28,000
25,000
18,000

25
12
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

48,938
13,085
2, 300
2,000
1, 600
1,000
1,000
950
900
875
850
560
550
500

12
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

34,953
12,000
6,000
3,800
3. 500
3,100
1,650
1,003
1,000
900
900
600
500

1

900

3
1

72, 500
12, 500

Stucco. ___________________

2
1
1

60,000
30,000
30,000

Hotels__________ _______
Stucco___
________ ____

11
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

143.350
107.350
30,000
20,750
14, 500
13,400
8,000
5,800
4,650
4,650
3,000
2,600

Frame and stucco__________

1

36,000

Summer camps and cottages____
Frame________ _____ _____

29
7
1
45
1

19,900
4,100
800
3,000
300

Dormitories. _ ------- ------ ----------Brick_______ ____________

See footnotes at end of table.




Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

22

$15,800

1
*2
42
^5
^6
46

1,500
1,900
1,600
3,800
3,500
3,500

Total nonresidential structures.. 10,482 12, 564, 731
Amusement and recreation places.

119

579,430

Frame_____________________

31

57,870

1
1
1
1
42
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10,000
8,000
5,000
4,000
5,000
2,100
2,000
1,600
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,200
1,200
1,100
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
900
800
720
650
600
500
500
500
500
500

10

207,400

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

35,000
34,000
30,000
29,500
25,000
21,000
14,500
11,500
6,400
500

26

121,350

1
1
1
1'
42
1
1
1
1

40,000
25,000
25,000
6,000
4,250
1,800
1,800
1,700
1,600

Brick

Stucco..

42

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9

T a b l e A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non-

residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued
California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Amusement and r e c r e a t i o n
places—C on tinued.
Stucco_____________________

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
48

.

Metal

.................................




1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1

Permit
valua
tion

$1, 500
1,400
1,400

1,100
1,000
1,000
1,000

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of Permit
struc valua
tion
tures

Amusement and r e c r e a t i o n
places—C ontinued.
Structural steel: Facing not
reported ...
______
Not reported.
__________

1
1

Churches____________ _____

24

8
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Frame______ ______________

950
800
750
700
600
500
500
500
500

124, 710

Brick ____________________

40,000

Stucco............................ .........

8,000
3,000
2, 600

14

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2,500
2, 500
2, 500
2,500
2,400

2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2, 000
2,000
2,000
2, 000
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,400

Concrete____ ______________
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work
shops________________________

1,200
1,200
1,100
1,000
1,000
800
660
650
600
600
600
500

2,600
1,850
750

131
—

Frame ______ ______ ________

Brick........................................

22
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
1
1
1

$65,000
500
244.400
54, 800
33, 000

6,000

5,000
3,500
3, 000

2,000
1, 300
1,000
35, 000
106,100
35,000
15, 000
7, 500
7. 500
7,000

6,000
6,000

5, 300
5,000
4,000
3,000
2, 500

1,200
1,100

48, 500

736, 519
113. 950
26,000
25,000

20,000
6,000
4,500
4,000
4,000
.3,000
2, 500
2,400

2,000
1, 500
1, 500
1, 500
1,500
1, 500
1,350
1,250
1,250

1,200
1,000
1,000
225, 900
40.000
30,000
24,000

43

APPEN DIX
T able A.,— *N u m b e r

and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — ’Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops—C ontinued.
Brick- _____ _
_________

Stucco..... .............................

Brick and frame,

_ _ _____

Concrete_______________

Metal...................................




Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$20,000
13, 500
12, 500
12, 000
12,000
10, 400
8. 500
8, 500
7, 500
5,400
5. 000
3. 500
3, 300
3,000
3, 000
2, 000
1, 800

34

134, 474

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

21,500
10, 000
7, 200
7, 000
6, 500
6, 500
5, 000
5, 000
4, 500
4, 500
4, 000
4, 000
4, 000
3, 000
3, 200
3. 000
3, 000
3,000
2, 700
2, 500
2, 400
2, 388
2, 000
2,000
1, 936
1,800
1,700
1, 600
1, 600
1,500
1,500
1. 350
1', 000
1,000

1

5,100

4

34, 300

1
1
1
1

22, 500
7, 500
2, 500
1, 800

45

171,155

1
1
1

16, 000
10, 500
9, 800

Type of structure and material

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work
shops—Continued.
Metal
_ ___________

Structural steel: Facing not
reported - ____ ..
.. .
\
Not reported. _ __ _________

Garages, public. ____
Brick .

____ _ _

__ _____ _

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$8, 400
6, 400
6, 000
6, 000
5, 500
5, 000
5,000
5,000
5,000
4, 500
4, 400
4, 000
3, 725
3, 650
3, 600
3, 500
3, 500
3, 300
3, 000
3,000
3, 000
3, 000
2, 900
2, 800
2, 750
2, 700
2,300
2,200
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,950
1,500
1,500
1,500
1, 500
1,400
1, 280
1,100
1,000
1,000
1,000

2

45, 640

1
1

25, 640
20, 000

3

6,000

1
1
1

2, 000
2, 000
2,000

53

211,450

32

•127,800

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

23,000
16,000
14,000
9,000
7,500
4,300
4, 000
3,900
3,600
3, 500

44

BUILDING PERM IT SU R VE Y , 1 9 3 9

T able A .—

N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific cities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Garages, public—Continued.
Brick...
___ — _________

Permit
valua
tion

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$2,700
2,500
2,400
2,300
2,300
2,250
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,900
1,850
1,800
1,700
1,700
1,500
1,300
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,000
1,000

2

3, 250

1
1

2,000
1,250

12

59,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

29,000
5, 500
4, 400
4, 200*
4, 000
2,200
1,900
1,800
1,800
1,500
1,500
1,200

3

3,900

1
1
1

1,900
1,000
1,000

Reinforced concrete: Brick
facing _______ _____ ____

1

12,000

Not re p o rte d ..----

3

5,500

1
1
1

3,000
1,500
1,000

Stucco____ _

- ------------ --

Concrete___ ________ _

_ -

Metal_____________ *_______

----------

Garages, private, when separate
front dwelling i _______ _ _ _ 7,913
Frame__ - - - - - - - -_ 1,931
12
Brick______________________
1
Stone___ -_----------------5,684
Stucco___ ______
___
153
Frame and stucco___ ____
55
Concrete______ __
46
Metal-.
______
2
Tile_______________________
29
Not reported __________

See footnotes at end of table.




2,072,389
399, 503
11,370
50
1, 568,165
42,046
28,315
15,955
660
6,325 |

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

Gasoline and service stations___
Brick___ ______

__

-

Stucco____ ____ ______ _ . _

Frame and stucco__________
Concrete_____ _

______

-

Metal....... ...............................

169

$541,205

2

4, 500

1
1

2,500
2,000

5

4,200

1
1
1
1
1

1,000
1,000
800
750
650

1

675

6

113,775

1
1
1
1
1
1

50,000
50,000
6,000
4,500
2,700
575

147

405, 273

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

9,500
8,300
6,600
6,500
6,000
6,000
5,500
5,500
5, 500
5,400
5,193
5,000
4,950
4,800
4,800
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,300
4,200
4,150
4,000
4,000
3,900
3,800
3,800
3, 700
3,696
3,600
3,500
3,500
3,500
3, 500
3,500
3,500
3,500
3, 500
3,400
3, 360
3, 250
3,200

APPENDIX

45

T a b l e A .— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific c ities , b y
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Metal
_ _ ______

See footnotes at end of table.




1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Permit
valua
tion

$3,200
3,200
3,200
3,200
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
2, 934
2,900
2, 900
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 850
2, 800
2,800
2, 800
2, 800
2. 800
2,800
2.800
2, 800
2, 700
2, 700
2, 700
2,698
2, 698
2, 670
2, 600
2, 592
2, 550
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2,500
2, 500
2, 490
2, 450
2, 322
2, 300
2, 300
2, 300
2, 280
2, 280
2, 250
2, 200
2,200
2.200
2,200
2, 200
2,200
2,000
2,000
2,000
1, 800
1.760
1,700
1,700
1.600

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Metal

Not reported.

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

_________

Institutions____________ . . .

8

$1, 600
1, 600
1,600
1, 500
1,500
1,500
1,400
1, 400
1,400
1,365
1,300
1, 250
1,200
1,000
950
930
900
900
900
900
840
800
800
800
750
700
700
650
635
630
600
600
600
600
500
500
12, 782
—

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3,900
3, 456
1, 700
900
800
750
700
576
173, 700

_

2

Brick______________________
Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing____________________

1

7,000

21

166, 700

Office buildings, including banks.

16

201, 400

Frame___ ______________

1

13. 500

Brick_______ ____________

9

91, 400

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

14, 500
12,000
12.000
10, 500
10, 500
10, 000
10,000
6, 400
5,500

46

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

T able A .—

N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific c ities , by
ty p e o f structure and sp ecified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued
Num
ber of
struc
tures

Type of structure and material

Office b u i l d i n g s , i n c l u d i n g
banks—Continued.
Stucco_____________________

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

Schools __ . . . _________

Frame and stucco__________
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal____________

5

$68,500

1
1
1
1
1

28,000
14,000
13,000
7.000
6, 500

Brick veneer_____

1

28,000

S tucco_____

3

152, 667

16 $1,360, 571

Frame________________ _ . . .

_

...

Brick______________________
Concrete___________________
Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing. _ _ . _ ______

1
1

6. 500
77, 317

Concrete___

21

68,850

Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing... . . . _ __

Public works and utilities ___ __.

29

828, 870

4

12,800

1
1
1
1

7, 500
3,000
1, 300
1,000

B r ic k .._______ ____ _____ _

1

6,500

Stucco________________ ___

4

20, 300

1
1
1
1

15. 000
2, 300
2,000
1,000

9

147. 750

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

42, 000
28,600
20,000
19,000
17,000
11. 400
4, 750
3,000
2,000

3

15, 520

1
1
1

6, 520
6,500
2, 500

Frame _

______

___ ___

Concrete.. __________ _____

M etal... __ _______________

Reinforced concrete:
Brick facirfg. . . . . .

_

1

45,000

Facing not reported. . .

.

2

390, 000

1
1

286, 000
104, 000

Structural steel____ _______
Structural steel: Facing not
reported. _________________

1

4,000

1

125,000

Not reported------- ----------- ..

3

62,000

1
1
1

54,000
4,000
4,000

See footnotes at end of table.




__

Facing not reported________
Structural steel: Facing not
reported_________________

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1 ____
Frame___ ____ __________ __
Brick____ _ __ ______
Stone __
...
Stucco. . . .
______ .
Frame and stucco__ _ _
Concrete__ _
_ _
_____ ..
Metal.
Canvas __ . . . ______
Glass_____ . . . _ __ ______
Not reported____ __________
Stables and barns______________
Frame_____

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

___________

3

16,700

1
1
1

6,700
5,000
5,000

1

6, 000

3

31,000

1
1
1

14, 000
12, 000
5, 000

1

40, 000

2

320, 871

1
1

298, 333
22, 538

1

75,000

5

871, 000

1
1
1
1
1

400, 000
188, 000
100, 000
93, 000
90,000

1, 204

385, 310

836
60
1
111
9
28
133
2
10
14

207, 625
31, 479
300
74, 206
9, 825
11, 743
42,157
100
3, 640
4, 235

64

48, 560

58

45,170

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10, 000
4, 500
4,000
3, 800
2,000
2,000
1, 500
1, 500
1,360
1,200
1,100
1,000
950
500
500
500
500
400
400
400

47

APPEN DIX

T a b l e A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in P a cific c ities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued

California—Continued
LOS AN GELES-Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stables and barns—Continued.
Frame_______ ______ _

Stucco.

MetaL_

_ ___ ________ _ _

. _______________

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
Frame____




- ___

___

Permit
valua
tion

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
* 1
1
1
1
1

$400
400
400
375
375
300
300
300
300
300
250
250
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
150
150
150
130
130
125
100
100
100
80
75
75
75
60
50
50
50
35
25

3

1,190

1
1
1

900
150
140

3

2, 200

1
1
1

1,800
200
200

451

4, 915, 272
—

96

333, 983

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

25,000
18,900
14, 400
13,100
12,000
11, 700
11,000
10,000
9, 000
8, 500
8,000
6, 500
6,475
6,400
6,200

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ing—Continued.
Frame. . _
_

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$6,000
5,700
5, 500
5, 000
5,000
5,000
5, 000
5,000
4, 500
4,000
4, 000
4,000
3, 500
3, 500
3, 270
3. 200
3,180
3, 000
3,000
3,000
2,920
2, 800
2, 800
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2, 400
2,150
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,967
1,900
1, 750
1,600
1, 600
1, 600
1, 536
1, 536
1, 500
1, 450
1, 400
1, 300
1,200
1,200
1, 200
1,000
1,000
1,000
1, 000
1, 000
1, 000
1.000
997
975
950
900
900
900
800
800
800
800
777
750

48

BUILDING PERM IT SU RVEY, 1 9 3 9

T a b l e A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid en tia l a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were iss u e d i n P a cific cities, by
ty p e o f structure a nd specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile buildings—Continued.
Frame ___ . _ _ ___ _ _ ____

Brick_____________________




Num
ber of
struc
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
98

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Permit
valua
tion

$750
650
600
600
600
600
500
500
500
500
500
500

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
________
Brick _ __ _

1,115.510
75,000
50,000
38,000
30,000
30,000
30, 000
30,000
28,000
27,000
25, 000
25,000
25,000
20,100
20,000
20,000
20, 000
20,000
20,000
19. 200
19,000
18, 500
16,000
16, 000
16. 000
15, 500
15,000
14, 500
14, 000
14, 000
13. 500
13, 500
12, 500
12,000
11, 000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10, 000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
9,000
8. 800
8,500
8, 500
8,000
7, 700
7, 300
7.000
7,000
7,000

Stucco______________

____

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$6. 680
6,500
6, 380
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
5,200
5,000
5,000
4,800
4,800
4, 500
4, 500
4, 400
4,000
4,000
4,000
4, 000
4,000
4,000
4,000
3, 750
3, 500
3, 500
3,000
3,000
2, 700
2,000
2,000
2, 000
2,000
1, 800
1, 600
1, 500
975
900
875
800
750
500
500

184

812, 694

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

50, 000
23, 500
20, 000
15, 000
15,000
15,000
15, 000
15, 000
15,000
14, 000
12, 500
12. 000
12,000
10, 200
10,000
10,000
9, 750
9,690
9,500
9,250
9,000
8,950
8,500
8,500

APPENDIX

49

T able A .—

N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific c ities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile buildings—Continued.
Stucco
_ _
._ .




Num
ber of
struc
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Permit
valua
tion

$8,500
8, 500
8,000
7. 800
7, 500
7, 500
7, 500
7,500
7, 300
7, 250
7,000
7,000
6, 500
6, 500
6, 000
6,000
6, 000
5, 800
5, 600
5, 600
5, 200
5. 200
5,000
5, 000
5, 000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5, 000
4,990
4,925
4, 650
4, 500
4,500
4, 500
4,480
4, 350
4, 260
4,000
4,000
4,000
3,900
3,800
3,800
3, 700
3,695
3, 600
3,600
3, 500
3,500
3,500
3,500
3, 500
3,500
3,450
3,300
3, 250
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—C on tinued.
Stucco

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
l
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
i
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$3,000
2,900
2,800
2,800
2,700
2, 700
2,500
2, 500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,300
2,200
2,150
2,133
2,100
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,985
1,900
1,900
1,900
1,875
1,875
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,728
1,700
1,650
1,600
1,600
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1, 500
1, 500
1,450
1,448
1,448
1,400
1,250
1,250
1,250
1,200
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
975
960

50

BUILDING PERM IT SU R VE Y , 1 9 3 9

T able A .—

N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed i n P a cific cities, b y
ty p e o f structure and sp ecified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — 'Continued

California—Continued
LOS ANGELES—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stores and other mercantile buildings—Continued.
Stucco__ ________________ -

Frame and stucco------ ---------

Brick and stucco___________
Stone and frame________ _
Concrete___ _

_______ -

Metal.. _____ ______________

See footnotes at end of table.




Permit
valua
tion

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$950
916
900
900
800
800
800
750
711
700
700
600
600
600
600
500
500
500
500
500

8

25, 325

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

6,000
5,000
4,500
3,500
2,500
2,300
875
650

1
1

9,000
5,000

20

203,110

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

55,000
25,000
18,000
17,000
13,000
12,000
12,000
8,500
8,000
6, 500
5,000
4,400
4,300
4,000
3.800
2, 500
1, 500
1,250
860
500

35

138,450

1
1

40,000
10,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Metal______ ________ __

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported-. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Structural steel: Facing not
reported_______ _____..

Glass..... ..................................

Not reported_______________

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls 1_______
Frame __ __ ___
Brick______________________
Stone________ ___ ______
Stucco___
Stone and stucco
Concrete_______________ ___
Metal______________ ______

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures
'
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$8,000
7,000
6,000
6,000
5, 700
5,500
5,000
4,000
4,000
3,500
3,000
3,000
2,400
2,000
2,000
1, 950
1,900
1,700
1, 700
1,500
1,500
1,400
1,400
1,200
1,000
1,000
1,000
800
800
700
700
600
500

1

1, 235,000

2

1,016,000

1
1

1, 000, 000
16, 000

3

15, 700

1
1
1

8, 500
6,000
1,200

2

5,500

1
1

3, 500
2,000

288

112, 988

3
20
1
4

500
26, 746
100
1, 350
one
Z\J\J
82,792
1, 300

258
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APPENDIX

51

T able A .— N u m b e r

and 'permit valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued.

California—Continued
OAKLAND

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_ _

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures

2

$275, 000

Association buildings: Stucco

1

25,000

Dormitories: Concrete

1

250,000

Total nonresidential structures. .. 1,112

1, 924, 678

Amusement and recreation places.
Frame __

__ _______

B rick _________________ _ .

Stucco__ . . . _____ _ _ . . .
Brick and stucco.._ _
__
Concrete.. __
_ ___
Not reported.. _ _ _ _ _ ___
Churches

_ __ _ ___

Frame. _ _ _
Brick___ ___
Stucco

___ _

__ _ _ _ _
__
_ _ _ _

_____

_____

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame _
Brick_________________

___

Stucco™........................ ........

9

327, 000

3

8,500

1
1
1

7,000
1,000
500

2

60, 000

1
1

50, 000
10,000

1
1
1
1

2,000
6,000
250,000
500

4

79, 500

1
1

2,500
55, 800

2

21, 200

1
1

17, 200
4,000

17

412, 975

1

2,000

5

79, 000

1
1
1
1
1

23, 000
20, 000
18, 000
10, 000
8, 000

2

17, 775

1
1

12, 275
5, 500

Concrete__ _______ _____

1

14, 000

Metal

6

31, 500

1
1
1
1
1
1

9, 000
9,000
8, 000
2,500
2, 000
1,000

1
1

267,000
1,700

2

6, 400

1
1

3,400
3,000

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported
Tile
_
__
.
Garages, public.

_

...

Concrete. .. .
Metal_____________________

See footnotes at end of table.




Num
ber of Permit
struc valua
tion
tures

852

$200, 057

Frame
_ _ ___
Brick______ ____ ________ _
Stucco... . . .
_ _
Frame and stucco __
Concrete _
_ __
M et.al
Tile_______________________
Not reported

687
3
61
1
27
2
8
63

144, 925
3,175
19,178
300
12, 787
500
3, 700
15, 492

Gasoline and service stations. _ .

34

129, 535

32

122, 035

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10, 000
9, 500
7, 000
6,000
5, 500
5, 000
5, 000
5, 000
4, 900
4, 500
4, 350
4, 000
4, 000
4, 000
3,500
3, 500
3,150
3,000
3, 000
3,000
2, 800
2, 700
2, 500
2, 500
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,835
1,700
1,500
600

2

7, 500

1
1

5, 000
2, 500

3

29, 000

1
1
1

15, 000
8, 000
6,000

Metal_

_______

___

Not reported

Office buildings, including banks:
Stucco. _ ________

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal____________

2

21, 468

_____

1
1

14,000
7,468

Public works and utilities. . __ _
Frame. ._ ___ ______

7
4
1
1

158,343
97, 543
75,840
10, 000

Concrete.
...
M etal.. _ . . .

_

52

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T a b l e A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific cities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
OAKLAN D—C ontinued

Type of structure and material

Public works and utilities—Con.
Frame_____________________

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

1
1

$9,500
2, 203

1
1
1

12,500
46,000
2,300

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1.

106

28, 862

Frame_______________
Brick________________
Stucco_______________
Concrete_____________
Metal________________
Glass________________
Tile_________________
Not reported_________

80
3
3
1
4
2
2
11

15, 820
1,122
4, 765
3,000
1,300
185
800
1,870

3

1,500

1
1
1

750
600
150

Stucco_____
Concrete___
Not reported

Stables and barns: Frame.

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—

68

527,840

Frame_____________________

17

34,800

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

7,000
4,800
4,000
3,450
3,000
2,500
2.000
1,500
1,300
850
800
750
700
650
500
500
500

13

124, 250

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

55,000
12,500
12,000
8,000
7,900
6,900
6,200
6,000
3,200
3,200
2,250
600
500

Brick.

See footnotes at end of table.




Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile
buildings—C ontinued.
Stucco_____________________

Num
ber of Permit
struc valua
tion
tures

20

$148,916

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

14,000
13,496
13,000
11,500
11,000
10,670
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,500
6,500
6,000
6,000
5,500
3,500
3,500
3,000
2,750
2,000
2,000

C od crete

1
3

11,000
110, 000

Metal.

1
1
1
7

86,150
12,000
11, 850
39, 550

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

16, 500
10,000
6,000
2, 500
2,000
1,800
750

Frame and stucco

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported_____________
Structural steel: Facing not
reported_________________

1

25,000

1

25,000

Tile

2
1
1

1,294
794
500

Not reported

3
1
1
1

8, 030
3, 900
2,230
1,900

5
2
1
1

2,198
348
174
174

1
1
1

1,200
200
450

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls________
Stone______________________

Concrete___
Metal______
Not reported

53

APPENDIX
T able A.—

N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities,
by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
PASADENA

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Total nonresidential structures. __
Amusement and recreation places.

Permit
valua
tion

855 $1, 013,140
25

143, 045

15

60, 045

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

38, 000
6, 000
3, 400
2, 238
1,800
1, 530
1,000
950
800
800
800
800
750
677
500

Brick______________________
Concrete _______ ____ _ . . .

1
1

15,000
11,500

M etal... ____________ _____

5

12. 500

1
1
1
1
1

5, 000
3, 000
2,600
1, 200
700

3

44,000

1
1
1

17,000
14, 000
13, 000

5

20, 339

3

16, 239

1
1
1

12, 000
3, 239
1,000

1
1

2,100
2, 000

4

18, 500

1
1
1
1

14, 000
2, 000
1, 500
1, 000

449

114, 058

270
140
6
11
3
19

67, 741
33, 588
1, 536
2, 352
1,300
7, 541

14

30,000

1

1,000

Frame__ _

______ ____

Structural steel: Facing not
reported . _
_ .

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops
Frame..

__ _______ _______

Brick____
Concrete..

_________ ___
____ . . .

Garages, public

_____

Brick___ ____ _______
__ _
Stucco _ _ _ _ _ ___ ____ _
Concrete___ _
_ ______
M etal.. ______ _
_
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1__
Frame__ _ ____
_ _ _
Stucco___ ___________ _ _.
Frame and stucco_____ _ ___
Concrete.
_ _ _ _ _ _ __
Metal________ _____ _
Not reported.__ _______ ___
Gasoline and service stations. __
Brick_______________

_____

See footnotes at end o f table.




Type of structure and material

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Metal_____________________

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

13

$29,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4,000
3, 500
3. 500
3,000
2, 800
2,800
2, 500
2,000
1, 600
1,100
1,000
600
600

Institutions: Reinforced concrete,
facing not reported___________

1

400,000

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick_________ _____________

1

14, 729

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal____________

5

88,000

Frame_____________________
Stucco_____________________

1
1

14,000
25,000

Metal_____________________

2

39,000

1
1

25,000
14,000

Not reported_______
Public works and utilities
Frame___________ _

Stucco.

Not reported

1

10,000

5

57, 822

2

30, 357

1
1

29. 357
1,000

2

7, 800

1
1

5, 800
2, 000

1

19, 665

2

17,530

1
1

9,530
8,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1

182

25, 311

Frame_______________
Brick________________
Stone________________
Stucco_______________
Concrete_____________
Metal_______________
Tile_________________
Canvas_______ _______
Glass _______________
Not reported_________

18
30
3
4
14
6
6
26
1
11

12, 269
4. 643
65
160
2, 388
1,725
721
1, 300
400
1,640

1

60

Schools«.

Stables and barns 6.

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A .— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

T able

California—Continued
PA SA D E N A—C ontinued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
Frame

_____________ _

Brick............................... ........

Stucco_____________________

12

Permit
valua
tion

$71, 840

2

7,840
------------—
1
7, 250
1
590
5

32,900

1
1
1
1
1

12, 000
9,500
7,500
3,300
600

2

2,400

1
1

1,200
1,200

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—C ontinued.
Concrete..
_____
__ __

Metal_____

. . . ___ _

__

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences1____________ _
Frame
. . . .
Brick_________ . . .
. ...
Stone__
Concrete..
Metal
Tile_______________________
Not reported..
_

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

2

$27, 500

1
1

15,000
12, 500

1

1,200

149

11, 906

72
5
2
7
54
3
6

3, 769
497
130
830
5,130
900
650

RIVERSIDE
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures___ _______ . ..
Convents: Stucco ______

1
1

$15, 500
15, 500

•
Total nonresidential structures...

128

Amusement and recreation places.

2

5, 000

Frame _
_____ ___ _
Stucco ______ _ _ _ __

1
1

3,000
2,000

_ ____

2

8,800

Brick. _ ___________________
Stucco _ ______
._ _.

1
1

1,800
7,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
Stucco____ _________ _____ _

1

45,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1____. . . _______

85
51
25
1
2
6

20,143
_ ---------,—
10, 387
7,081
150
300
2, 225

2

4,700

1
1

2,

1

9,000

Churches

______

Fra/mp,

Stucco . _
___ _
Concrete. _
_ _
_ _
Metal_____________________
Not reported_______
;
Gasoline and service stations.
Stueeo
M etal.. _

. . .

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick veneer
_ .
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Concrete.__
Schools: Concrete____ _ _ ._
See footnotes at end o f table.




Sheds, poultry houses, etc___. . .
Frame. _ ___ ___

...

461, 931

Brick

__

Stucco _ _ __

_______

__

Not reported___ _ __ . . . _ .

Stables and barns.. ______
Frame.

______

__

2,000
700

21

179, 723

1

78.000

Concrete
Stores and other mercantile
buildings. _ _ _ _ _
Frame

.

_

____

15

—

$8,125

7

1,650

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1,000
300
150
50
50
50
50

2

2, 750

1
1

2,500
250

3

2, 425

1
1
1

2,000
250
175

3

1,300

1
1
1

1,100
150
50

3
------- . —
2

2,350

1
1

1,000
250

1

1,100

14

104,065

1

3.500

1, 250

APPENDIX

55

T able A .— N u m b e r

and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n on residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific c ities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued

California—Continued
RIVERSIDE—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—C ontinued.
Brick___
- ___ _

Stucco. ......................... ...........

Permit
valua
tion

$ 3 7 ,1 0 0

3

1
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
1
1

21,000
8,100
8,000

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—C ontinued.
Concrete______ _ _ __

2

$31,000

1
1

25,000
6,000

2 5 ,3 6 5

Metal________ . . . ________
Not reported. . . ___ _______

1
1

4,000
3,100

1 3 ,0 0 0
, 500

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences, frame. . . .
.

1

25

961

$219, 307

210
19
660
48
4
5
15

38, 450
6, 336
155,153
12,121
1,697
1, 535
4,015

8

34,500

2

10,000

1
1

5,000
5,000

2

9,000

1
1

5,000
4, 000

4

15, 500

1
1
1
1

5, 000
5,000
5,000
500

1

5,400

8
1,100
1,100
865
8 00

SACRAM ENTO
Total nonresidential structures... 1,066 $1, 718,196
Amusement and recreation places.

8

119, 372

3

20, 482

1
1
1

15,188
3, 294
2,000

A d o b e______________

1

2,890

Concrete.

2

1,500

1
1

1,000
500

1
1

57, 500
37, 000

Frame

_

...

__.

.

___ _ _

___

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported..
_ .
Not reported. .

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling1__ _
Frame__ _ ________ . . . _ _
Brick______________________
Stucco __
Frame and stucco
Brick and frame____ ______
Brick and stucco.
_ _ __
M etal._
_
_ _ ...
Gasoline and service stations.
Frame___

___ _________

Metal _ _ ________

_

,_____

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

6

14,175

Frame . . .
Brick_____________ ________
Brick and stucco.
___ _ .

1
1
1

3, 000
1, 900
2,400

Metal___ _

2

4, 875

1
1

3,000
1, 875

Institutions: Stucco.. _ _ _____

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

_

1

2,000

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal . . . . _ .

14

408, 452

5

32, 960

Frame_____________________

41 2

387, 786

2

20, 475

Not reported_______________

2

20, 666

1
1

12, 975
7, 500

1
1

13,166
7,500

_____________

1

9, 985

Public works and utilities. _____

8

326, 919

. . . ___ _______ _

2

2, 500

Metal_______________ ____ _

2

43, 982

1
1

1, 500
1,000

1
1

23, 982
20,000

Not reported. __ ___________
.__ _

Garages, public___

Brick___ _________________

Stucco__ ._.
M etal...

Not reported___________

See footnotes at end o f table.




56

BUILDING PERM IT SU RVEY, 1 9 3 9

T able A .— N u m b e r

and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n resid en tia l structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities, by
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
SACRAM EN TO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Public works and utilities—Con.
Reinforced concrete:
Brick facing ___. . ____
Facing not reported- _ _
Not reported_______________

1
1
4

$26,000
74, 648
182, 289

1

1
1

169,168
8, 010
3,906
1,205

4

306, 603

1
1
1
1

159, 700
63, 965
42, 964
39, 974

23

4,675

9

2
2
8

1,225
1,600
225
500
1,125

24

243, 643

1
8

600
76, 538

1

14,800
12, 750
12,188
11.000
10; 600
8,300
6,400
500

1
Schools: C o n c r e t e . _________

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1____
Frame__ ________
____
Brick________
__ . . . _ _
Stucco______ _______ ____
M e t a l . ______ . . . ______ _
Not reported______. . . __ __
Stores and other mercantile build
ings. . . . . ______ ____ _ __
Frame__ ____ __________
Brick ... _________________

Permit
valua
tion

2

1
1
1

1
1
1
1

Type of structure and material

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Brick veneer __ __ _______

1

$11,000

Stucco_____________________

3

10,400

1
1
1

6,000
2, 500
1,900

Frame and stucco
__ ___
Brick and stucco.
_
Concrete
... ...
.._

1
1
1

4, 373
14, 682
35,000

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported________ ___

3

80,000

1
1
1

27, 500
27, 500
25,000

5

11,050

1
1
1
1
1

4,500
4, 250
1, 300
500
500

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls_______

4

2,190

Brick _____________________

2

890

1
1.

700
190

2

1, 300

1
1

800
500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1 ______ . . .

418

$92,614

95
2
305
1
1
10
4

20, 212
2,100
65,152
250
1,200
2,140
1, 560

Not reported____ ________ _

Not reported______________

SAN BER£NTARDINO
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures . . . . .
____ _

2

$1,600

Summer camps and cottages:
Stucco_______ _______ _______

42

1,600

Total nonresidential structures__

529

464,143

Amusement and recreation places:
Brick________________________

1

41,854

Frame__ . . . _______ ... _
Brick______________________
Stucco____ _____ __________
Brick and stucco.......
.....
Adobe______ ___ _______
Concrete______ _________
Metal_____________________

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

3

28,320

Gasoline and service stations:
Metal_______________________

Frame_____________________
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported_______ ______

1

4,000

2

24,320

Garages, public: Metal_________

1
1
4

18,000
6,320
8,130

1
1
1
,

See footnotes at end of table.




1

4,000
2,000
1,130
1,000

Public buildings—city, county,
State and Federal: Reinforced
concrete, facing not reported___

Public works and utilities: Rein
forced concrete, facing not re
ported.......J ................... ...........

4 •
1
1
1
1

14,450
7,650
3,500
1,850
1,450

2

95,000

1
1

80,000
15,000

1

25,000

57

APPENDIX

T a b l e A .— Num ber and 'permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities , by
type of structure and specified materials , 1939 — 'Continued

California—Continued
SAN B E R N ARDIN O—Continued
Num
ber of
struc
tures

Type of structure and material

Permit
valua
tion

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1- - ___

68

$12, 750

F ra m e -..___________ ___ _
Brick____ ______ ________
Stone___ __________________
Stucco___ ___ __________
Concrete____ ________ _____
Metal_____________________

33
1
10
4
15

4,182
410
40
4,380
517
3, 221

5

Stables and barns: Stucco____ -

1

1,400

Stores and other mercantile build
ings __ ____ ______ __

18

143,909

Frame________________ ____

2

1,000

Brick.—. ...................... ...........

1
1
2

500
500
10,800

Stucco_____________________

1
1
7

8,500
2, 300
21, 714

1
1
1
1
42
1

8,494
5.000
4.000
1,100
2,120
1,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Concrete _________________

Metal_______

____________

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

6

$109, 645

1
1
1
1
1
1

70,645
17,000
7,000
5,000
5,000
5,000

1

750

All other nonresidental struc
tures: Fences . _
_

9

716

Frame______ ____ __________

4

330

1
1
1
1

100
80
75
75

Adobe____ ____ _______ ____
Concrete______ _____ _______
M etal..
___________ ____

1
1
1

50
40
150

Not reported. __ __________

2

146

1
1

86
60

SAN DIEGO
Total
nonhousekeeping
dential structures.. . . .

resi
__ _.

4

$60, 680

1

28,000

_

1

11, 280

Domitories: Frame____

_ _ __

1

1, 400

Hotels: Stucco.. _ __

______

1

20, 000

Total nonresidential structures. __ 1,044

1, 929, 643

Association buildings: Stucco
Convents: Stucco._ ___ __ _.

Churches: Stucco

__

. . . ____

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame..

. . . __ . . .

_ ._

2

2 0 ,0 0 0

7

137, 225
4, 750

1
1

2,900
1, 850
1 , 600
3,000

.17

160,149

Brick______ . . . __________
M etal.. . . . ._ . . .
___

1
1

Frame.. . . . . . . ______ _
Brick _ _______ _
______
Stucco___ ______ ____ _ _ __

1
1
1

1, 200
19,000
1,900

Structural steel: Facing not
reported_________________

2

Metal_____________ ______
Tile____________________ . . .
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported.. . . .
_
Not reported_______ . .
See footnotes at end o f table.




5

34,049

1
1
1
1
1

21, 549
7,000
2, 500
2,000
1, 000

*6
1
1

6, 000
15,000

1

80, 000
3, 000

2,500

2

Amusement and recreation places.

C oncrete_____ _____ ______

$22, 500

1
1

1

97, 875

1

65,000
32, 875

Not reported___________ . . .

1

30,000

Garages, public: Brick_________

1

7,700

538

114, 420

187

27.043
250
61,243
600

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1 _______ _ ___
Frame________ _____
____
Brick_____ ____ _ _________
Stucco _____________ ____
Frame and stucco. _________

1

233
1

58
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

193 9

A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities,
by type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued

able

California—Continued
SAN DIEGO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling—Continued.
Concrete
_ _ _.
Metal________ _____ _____ Not reported.._ ___________
Gasoline and service stations____
Brick______ _ ___ _ __ ___
Concrete__ _
___ _
Metal. ___________________

110

17
1
1

14

Institutions __
Stucco____

_
_ _

__ _
_____ _

1

Office buildings, including banks:
Stucco______ _____
_

Concrete._____ _

. . . ____




7,000
5,000
4, 200
4,000
4,000
3, 800
3,800
3, 000
3,000
,

1

98,465

1
2

13, 505
8,106
1,390

Stables and barns

__

__

2

Frame... . . .
_ _ ...
Not reported__ _ __ _

1
1

Stores and other mercantile
buildings. ______ _ ______
Frame.. _________

____

51
-

Brick---- -----------------------------

Stucco-----------------------------

12,900
7, 500
5,400

6 ,0 0 0
1 0 ,0 0 0

152, 500
152, 464
5, 464
147, 000
140,000
7,000

2
1
1

2 0 ,0 0 0
1 0 ,0 0 0

1

8 8 ,0 0 0

Brick and frame____________

Brick and stucco............. ......

1 1 ,1 2 0

967
, 352
400
505
5,030

8

5,200
5,000
200

194, 774
, 750

7

8

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2 ,0 0 0

1, 850
1,500
1 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0

850
550

6

56, 799

1
1
1
1
1
1

20, 549
13, 000
7,150
7,000
5,600
3, 500

19

73, 025

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

590, 250
421, 750

118,000
30,000

3

$49,375

2 ,0 0 0

1
1

3

216

600
600
500

174, 300
9,000
8,200

2

__

Frame... . ._ . . . _. ._ . . . .
111
Brick_____
' 21
Stone. . . . .
_____
.
6
Stucco _ _
. __ _
16
Concrete___ _
_ _ _ .
7
Metal. . . .
_ _. .
21
Glass.. . .
1
Tile_______________________
4
Not reported _____ __ _ _ _
29

2 ,0 0 0
2 000

191, 500

1
1

See footnotes at end o f table.

43, 500

289, 965

Public buildings—city, county,
22
State, and Federal. _ ________
31 0
F r a m e .___ ________ __
1
Stucco_____
______
_
1
Concrete___ _ _______ _
Metal.
__ ___ __ » 1 0

Schools______________________
Frame___
___________

4, 000
3,000

6

1
1

Public works and u tilities._____
Frame_____ ___ _______
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported_____________

52, 500

7
34

Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing___

$2,150
775
22, 359

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1-..
3
3

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Not reported __ ________ _

Permit
valua
tion

9,000
6,700
6,500
6 ,0 0 0
6 ,0 0 0

4,500
3, 500
3,500
3,500
3, 000
3.000
3.000
2, 900
2,700
2 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0

1,800
1, 425

2

4,800

1
1

3,000
1,800

1

5,500

59

APPENDIX

T a b l e A .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities ,
by type of structure and specified materials, 1989 — -Continued

California—Continued
SAN DIEGO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stores and other mercantile
build ings—C ontinued.
Concrete______ _

1
1
1
1
1

________ ______

$16, 600
9, 000
5,000
1 , 600

1

5,000
3, 500
3,000
1,800
1, 500
1, 400
1 ,0 0 0

500

Structural steel: Facing not
reported.__ ________ ____

1

9,000

Not reported________ _ _ _

2

1,600

1
1

1 ,0 0 0

113

Frame__ _ ________ _____
Brick_______ ______ _
Stone.. __ _
Stucco__ _ ___ _______
Concrete. _ _
_ __ .
Metal
Not reported
_ _
_

1 ,0 0 0

1 ,0 0 0

156

Fences i

18, 2 0 0

8
1
1
1

Glass. _

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

All other nonresidential struc
tures.
_____
4
1
1
1
1

Metal_________

Permit
valua
tion

Retaining walls1

,

______ _ .

Fram e____
__ _
Brick__________________
Stone______ _. . _____
Stucco _ _________ -__
Brick and stucco _ _
Concrete . _ _
_ _
Not reported-. ___ _ _ _

83
1

3
l
1
12
12

43
1
2
1
1
1
22

$2 2 , 2 2 1
11, 347
8

, 545
100

525
200
200

932
845
10, 874
35
160
150
59
200

15

4,880
5,390

3

$53,000

600
SAN FRANCISCO

Total nonhousekeeping residen

Churches _____

tial structures

4

C on ven ts: Stiinno

1

40,000

2

48,000

1
1

3,000
45,000

Dormitories___ _
Frame
Stucco __

__

______

$263,000

Nurses’ homes: Stucco. __ _ _ _

1

175,000

Total nonresidential structures_

297

9, 246, 624

Amusement and recreation places _
Frame__________ _

14
4
1
1
1
1

905, 942
91, 853
45,000
25, 300
15, 553
6,000

Stucco_____

4
1
1
1
1

47, 396
15, 760
13,120
13,020
5,496

Frame and stunco
Brick and stucco____
Concrete. _

1
1
1

18,000
70,000
44, 700

3
1
1

633, 993
353, 710
155, 757
124, 526

Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing. _________
__ ___

1

See footnotes at end of table.
2 7 1 7 1 5 ° — 4 2 --------5




_

______ _

Stimer*

Brick and stucco. _
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
F ram e.___

___ ____

Brick_________

__ __ _ __

Stucco _______________

_ _

Frame and stucco _

Concrete________________

_

2

38,000

1
1

30,000
8,000

1

15,000

25

437, 818

5
1
1
1
1
1

48, 400
40,000
4, 000
1, 900
1, 500
1,000

1

13,000

4
1
1
1
1

140,000
80,000
28,000
18,000
14,000

3
1
1
1

27,000
12, 500
12, 000
2, 500

6

1
1

1

60, 718
22, 950
16,000
7,000

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

60

T a b l e A .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities,
by type o f structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued

California—Continued
SAN FRANCISCO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops—
Continued.
Concrete___________________

Metal....... ..........................—

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported— __ . . . — - Not reported... _. ________

Permit
valua
tion

1
1
1

$6 , 0 0 0
5,000
3, 768

4

25, 530

1
1
1
1

14, 000
6,030
3,000
2, 500

1
1

7, 385

___ ____ _
Stucco___
Concrete_____ _____________

1
1

5,885
1,500

47

16,693

35
4

9,848
5, 570
1, 275

62

270,450

8

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1




,
,

Institutions___________________

2 000
2 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0

1,900
1, 500
1,500
1, 500
1 ,0 0 0

536, 761

8

259,085

3
—

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

See footnotes at end of table.

2 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0
2 000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Brick............................... ........
Gasoline and service stations:
Metal____________ . . . ----------

$3,000
3,000
3,000
2 , 800
2 , 750
2, 500
2, 500
2,500
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2,000
2,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1 ,0 0 0

2

Frame_____________________
Stucco . ______ _________ .
TTf^mp fmrl stnom

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Metal_____________________

122,170

Garages, public. __ _____________

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling i_____________

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

30,000
1 0 ,0 0 0

9,000

224, 278
26, 821
7,986

1
1
1

Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing_________________ _

3

62,676

1
1
1

27, 667
25, 371
9,638

2

215,000

1
1

125,000
90, 000

1

63,000

6

2, 739, 457

8 ,0 0 0

7,000
6,000
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6

,0 0 0
,0 0 0
,0 0 0
,0 0 0
000
000
,0 0 0
,0 0 0

Not reported_______________

,
,

5,500
5, 000
5, 000
5,000
5,000
5, 000
4, 000
4,000
4, 000
4,000
4,000
4, 000
4, 000
4, 000
4.000
4.000
4, 000
4, 000
4, 000
4,000
4, 000
3,000
3,000
3,000

Office buildings, including banks:
Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported.._____ _ _____
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal_______ ____
Concrete___
___
Reinforced concrete: Cement
facing__________________ _

3
2 1
2 1
2 1

Not reported_____________

Public works and utilities____

_

Stucco____
______ _______
Concrete..................................

116,800

2 1

2, 340,177
.

1, 870, 677
283, 500
186,000

2

282,480

1
1

225, 000
57, 480

2

133, 000

1
1

9,000
124, 000

APPENDIX
T

61

A .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities,
by type of structure and specified materials, 1989 — Continued

able

California—Continued
SAN FRANCISCO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Schools_______________________
Stucco____________________
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported_____________

Sheds, poultry houses, etc . 1 _____
Frame_____________________
Stucco____________________
Frame and stucco__________
Not reported______________
Stables and barns: Frame_____

12

Permit
valua
tion
$3, 520,897

1

80, 0 0 0

11

3,440, 897

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1, 210, 981
648, 407
632, 628
246, 545
183, 698
180, 408
115, 000
89, 377
6 8 , 516
45, 589
19, 748

35

9, 719

11

19

5, 097
1,800
50
2, 772

1

3,000

4
1

Stores and other mercantile
buildings____________________

69

545,139

Frame.......................... ..........

5

14, 300

1
1
1
1
1

7,000
2,500

Stucco.

15
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Frame and stucco.

18
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

See footnotes at end of table.




2 ,0 0 0
1
1 ,0 0 0

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile
buildings—Continued.
Frame and stucco__________
Brick and stucco_______ ____

Concrete _______________ -

Metal__

___________ _

3

34, 965
22, 965
6 ,0 0 0
6 000

,

5

54, 900

1
1
1
1
1

23, 000
15, 000
8,000
5, 000
3,900

8

72.000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

15, 000
15, 000
15,000
7, 000
6,500
5, 500
4, 000
4, 000

Glass_________ _______ -

1

1 000

2

19, 000

1
1

15,000
4,000

12

107, 785

Not reported____ __________

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

8 ,0 0 0
6 000

15, 000
12,000
10,000
9, 990
8,000
7, 000
7, 000

$2 , 0 0 0
1,800

Tile_______________________

17, 000
15, 000
15, 000
14, 799
11, 500
10,000
10,000
10,000
9, 000
,
5, 000
2,000
1,800
1, 500
104, 590

1
1

1
1
1

, 800

136, 599

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

All other nonresidential struc
tures
_____
Retaining walls 6. __ _______

Fences_____ _______________

10

,

51, 000
12, 500
12,000
12, 000
5, 000
4, 750
4, 000
2,500
2 ,0 0 0

935
600
500

4, 363

5

4,140

1
1
1
1
1

2, 700
440
400
350
250

5

223

Frame__ __ ________ - -

1

100

Not reported.. ________

4

123

6 ,0 0 0

4, 500
4, 000
3, 000
3, 000
3, 000
3, 000
2, 900
2, 400

1
1
1
1

48
30
25
20

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

62

1939

T a b l e A .-— N um ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued

Callfornia—Cont inued
SAN JOSE

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

Total nonresidential structures. __

168

$271, 430

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

Stores and other mercantile
buildings ..
_ .
_ _

7

28, 065

Frame. _ . . . ______ _

1

2, 300

Concrete___________________

2

15, 390

1
1

10, 400
4,990

4

10, 375

1
1
1
1

4.000
3,400
1, 600
1,375

1

1.000

106
82
2
1
21

28, 605
22, 825
970
250
4, 560

3

18, 500

1
1
1

10, 500
5, 000
3,000

Metal_____________________

Garages, public: Metal ___
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling i__. _
__ .. .
Frame_____________ ______
Stucco... _______ ._ _. _ __
Metal__________________ .
Not reported. __ _ ___ _ _
Gasoline and service stations:
Metal____ . . . _______ _____

Public works and utilities: Rein
forced concrete, facing not re
ported..
__ __ _ . . . --------Schools: Stucco______ . . . .

...

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1.
.
Frame____ ____
. _. .. .
Brick.._
_
. _____
Stucco.._ _
______ . .
M etal.-. __________ _ __ _
Not reported_____________

1

26,600

1

16, 500

25
19
1
1
2
2

4, 975
2,960
190
800
950
75

Frame . ___

_______

...

Brick______ _______________

Brick veneer
Stucco.. _

_______
___ _ . . . _

Frame and stucco

. . . __ _

Concrete___________ .

Metal____ _______________ _

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

22

$146, 285

6

23, 250

1
1
1
1
1
1

12,000
5,400
3, 900
750
600
600

2

12, 255

1
1

8, 255
4, 000

1
1

12,000
2, 500

4

22, 990

1
1
1
1

8, 990
8,000
4, 500
1, 500

3

33, 015

1
1
1

15, 000
13, 600
4, 415

3

3, 575

42
1

3,000
575

1
1

35, 000
1, 700

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls _ ___

2

900

Frame___ ________ _______
Concrete____________ ._

1
1

250
650

Office buildings, including banks.

2

$26, 000

Frame.. ________ _ ._ __
Stucco______ . ____. . .
Public works and utilities: Stucco.
Schools: Stucco ._ . . . . . . _.
Sheds, poultry, houses, etc.1.. _.
Frame . . .
_ __ _ _ __ _
Stucco
_ _ _ _ _ _______ _
Metal. _______ . . . . . . ____
Not reported__ _
Stables and barns: Frame.._

1
1
1
1
18
11
1
1
5
2
1
1

12,000
14, 000
27, 000
6, 500
3,176
2, 225
116
100
735
580
500
80

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported
__ _ _
Not reported. _
_ _
_

SANTA ANA
Total nonresidential structures. __
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1___ _________

285

$199, 232

245

51, 526

Frame
_______ _
.
Stucco______________
.. __
Frame and stucco______ ._
Brick and stucco.__ _ . _ .

150
93
1
1

26,813
24, 213
200
300

Gasoline and service stations:
Metal_____ . . . _____ _ _ .

4

11,000

1
1
1
1

4,000
3,500
2,000
1,500

See footnotes at end of table.




63

APPENDIX

T a b l e A .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

California—Continued
SANTA ANA—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Stores and other mercantile
buildings
____ _____
Frame _ ________ _

___

Brick__________ _______ _ _ _

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Stucco—. ___ ____ ____

12

$73, 450

2

1,100

1
1

600
500

3

38, 000

Brick and frame. . ______
Concrete___
. . . ___ ____

1
1
1

15, 000
12, 000
11,000

Metal. __ ______

Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

3
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1

$4,300
3, 200
600
500
6, 550
20, 500
12, 500
8,000
3,000

Public works and utilities: Stucco _

1

$11,000

Schools: Stucco _ ___ _ -

__ _

1

34, 545

Sheds, poultry houses, etc. A ., __

67

10,092

____ ___
Frame___
Brick______________________
Stone...
...
_ -_ -_
Frame and stucco__________
___________
Concrete __
Metal.. _______________ _
Glass. ____
_ _ _______
_
Not reported___

27
3
11
1
6
2
3
14

4,055
1,145
1, 272
100
780
500
1, 325
915

Stables and barns: Frame _ .. . _

1

500

Stores and other mercantile build
ings _
_ _ __

7

16, 750

_______

SANTA B A R BARA
Total nonresidential structures. __
Amusement and recreation places:
Stucco_____________________ _

Churches6______________ ____
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame. _ . . . _ ____________

194
2
1
1
1

8,000
7, 000
1,000
7, 500

5
3
1
1
1
1

25,825
3, 325
1,175
1,100
1,050
1 2 , 500

Concrete. - - - - - Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported. __ ___
1
Garages, public. . _ _ __ __■ 2
Frame and stucco. _
_ _
1
Not reported _ ._
1
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling1 _
103
Frame _ _
. _35
Brick____ ___ _________
1
Stone - _ - - - - 1
Stucco_________________
38
Frame and stucco __ __
10
1
Adobe...
.
. . . -_ -_
s1
Concrete . . . .
__ . __
Metal__ .
...
3
Not reported___________ . _
13
Gasoline and service stations:
Metal__________________
___
2
1
1

See footnotes at end of table.




$162, 015

10, 000
5, 950
2,000
3, 950
38, 253
9, 263
1,000
750
12, 669
2, 946
1,500
1,000
1, 000
8,125
3, 550
1, 800
1,750

Brick____

_

_

_____. . .

Frame and stucco________ _

M etal.____ ______________

Not reported._ _ _ . . . . _

1

900

3

13, 500

1
1
1

11,000
2,000
500

2

1, 600

1
1

1,100
500

1

750

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences. __
_____

2

50

Frame________
___ _ _
Brick____ ________ _______

1
1

25
25

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

64

1939

T a b l e A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential-and nom
residential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities , by
type o f structure and specified materials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued

California—Continued
SANTA M O N ICA

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures________________
Bunk houses, guest houses, servants’ quarters, etc.: Stucco ____

2
1

Permit
valua
tion

$11, 500
2,500

1

9,000

Total nonresidential structures.__

554

636,137

Amusement and recreation places.

7

60, 200

Hotels: Stucco- _ _ _ _____ _

Frame ._

_____

B rick ________ ____ ________

2

3, 200

1
1

1,700
1, 500

1

21, 000

2

6,000

1
1
Brick and fram e___________
Concrete

1
1

Type of structure and material

Institutions: Brick_____

1

Public works and utilities: Metal-

1

2,500

Schools. __

______

2

41,497

Concrete___ _ _ _ _ _
Not reported_____ _ ______

1
1

13, 747
27, 750

nnnltrv
1
kJllCUiJj pUUIti
J hniKPQ
JLIUtloCOy Afp
OIL.-------

28

7 843

12
7
2
3
4

1 414
4’ 200
400
1,599
230

25

210,479

2

1,750

1
1

1,000
750

10

152,500

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

50,000
40,000
20,000
10,000
9,000
7, 500
6,000
4,000
3,500
2,500

9

30,829

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

13, 500
5, 000
5,000
2,129
1,600
1,500
1,000
600
500

1
1
1
1

20,600
600
700
3,500

2

30,040

1
1

40
30,000

Fram e

Stucco_________________ ___
Concrete. _ ____________ _
Metal_____________ . . . ____
Not reported_______________
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
Fram e

4,000 u
2,000
25.000
5,000

Brick. .............................. ........

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops..

2

108, 000

Structural steel: Facing not
reported___ _ _ .
Not reported_______________

1
1

105,000
3,000

Garages, public---------------------- --

4

5, 600

Brick______________________

2

3,000

1
1

2,000
1,000

Stucco____ _ . . . . . . .
Not reported_______________

1
1

1,100
1,500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_______________

475

143,178

56
2
382
22
1
1
11

13,938
1,400
114,835
10, 025
150
80
2,750

Frame and stucco__________
Glass_______ _______ ______
Tile_____________ ________
Not reported------- ---------------

Gasoline and service stations_____

7

20,300

All other nonresidential struc

A/Tetal
XVACUU* - —
—
--- —
- - ~------ - —- -----

6

19,800

Frame_________ ____
Brick______________________
Stucco_____________________
Frsvme and stucco
Con crete
M etal
Not, reported

Not reported_______________
See footnotes at end of table.




Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1

4,800
3,850
3,500
3,350
2,600
1,700

1

500

Stucco................................. .

tures

Fences: Frame-------------------Mausoleums: Concrete....... . _

$6, 500

65

APPENDIX
T

A .— Num ber and permit valuation o f nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidenlial structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities , by
type of structure and specified materials, 1989 — Continued

able

California-Continued
STOCKTON

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

Total nonresidential structures. __

252

$326,786

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____

Amusement and recreation places:
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

1

25,000

4

33, 500

3

28, 500

1
1
1

18, 500
5,500
4,500

Metal_____________________

1

5,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling1____ _ ..

178

34,146

Frame.._ _________________
Brick________________ _____
Stucco__ .

128
10
40

22,480
2,800
8, 866

7

19, 660

4

6,660

1
1
1
1

2, 000
1,800
1,500
1, 360

Rrir»lr

1

6, 000

Metal_____________________

2

7,000

1
1

4,000
3,000

Gasoline and service stations. _.
Frame_____________________

Frame__
___ _
...
Brick _
. ________ ____
Stucco_____ _ ___ ______

Institutions: Reinforced concrete,
l■fopiTior
a L liig n
J J oU tl f1ACDp O
U fl tIpC HU ------------- .---

1

80,000

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick_____

1

10,000

Public works and utilities: Frame.

1

1,600

Schools: Brick_________________

1

34,105

Stores and
building's

other

mercantile

Pramft

Brick.......... .......................... .

Num Permit
ber of Valua
struc
tion
tures
36

$8,275

33
2
1

6,825
950
500

21

80, 250

10

22,350

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

9,000
4,500
2,200
1, 500
1,000
1,000
900
800
800
650

4

28,000

1
1
1
1

10,000
8,000
7,000
3,000

Brick veneer____ ____ _____ _

1

5,000

Stucco_____ _______________

3

11,300

1
1
1

4,100
3,600
3,600

Frame and stucco. .................

1

2,600

Metal_____________________

2

11,000

1
1

6,000
5, 000

1

250

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work
shops______ ________________

29

$366,150

Fram e__________ ____ _____

10

139, 650

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

71, 250
50,000
5,000
3, 500
3,100
2,000
1,800
1,000
1,000
1,000

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences, frame__________

Oregon
PORTLAN D
Total nonresidential structures... 1,276 $3, 286, 050
2

40, 500

1
1

10, 500
30,000

___________ _ ..

3

17, 300

Frame_____________________

2

12, 300

1
1

9,800
2,500

1

5,000

Amusement and recreation places.
Frame_______ . . . .
Brick and stucco . .
Churches____

. ____
____ _

Stucco. . . . ______ _ ___..
See footnotes at end of table.




BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

66

T a b l e A .— N um ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued

Oregon—Continued
PO R TLA N D —Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work
shops—C ontinued.
Brick______________________
---Brick veneer. __
Stucco________ ________

1
1
1

$50,50C
3,300
9,000

Concrete..................................

4

71, 000

1
1
1
1

38, 000
25, 000
5,000
3,000

Metal....... .................... .........

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported___________

Garages, public...

_____

____

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
_____ __
Frame..
_

9

50,200

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

12, 000
10,000
8, 000
7, 500
4,500
3, 500
2,000
1, 500
1,200

3

42,500

1
1
1

20,000
20,000
2,500

5

13,845

1
1
1

1, 600
3,000
2,000

1
1

6,000
1,245

Frame_________ _________
Stucco . . ' ___ . . .
---Metal_____________________
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported
Tile_______________________
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling i _________ ____

978

169,917

Frame. _ . . . _________ .
Brick veneer__ . . . _.
Stucco__ ______ . _____ .
Concrete__ _ . . . ______ ..
Tile_______________________
Not reported..
. ______
Gasoline and service stations.. ._

951
2
6
5
2
12
79

161,077
1,050
2,675
2,065
700
2,350
348, 775

Frame_________ ______ _____

20

62, 550

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
1

6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000
5,000
5,000
4, 500
4,000
4,000
4,000
3,500
3,000
1,500
1,400
950
600
600

See footnotes at end of table.




Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

Brick............. ................ .

1
1
1

.

$500
500
500

2

7, 500

1
1

6,500
1,000

_.

1

40,700

Stucco_____________________

12

47, 500
5, 000
5,000
5, 000
4,900
4,700
4, 500
4, 400
4,000
4,000
2,200
2,000
1, 800

Frame and stucco......... .........

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7

16,000

i
i
i
i
i
i
i

4,500
4, 300
2,500
2, 500
1, 000
600
600

Brick veneer___________

i
j
|
!
i

Concrete____________
Metal___________

___ _

i

800

35

163, 725

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10,000
9,700
7,000
7,000
6, 600
6, 500
6, 350
6,100
6,000
6.000
6,000
5, 950
5,600
5, 500
5, 500
5, 500
5,000
5,000
4, 500
4, 500
4,000
4, 000
4,000
4,000
4, 000
4,000
3, 600
3, 500
2, 500

67

APPENDIX
T

A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in P a cific cities , b y
ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued.

a b l e

Oregon—Continued
P O R TLA N D —Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Metal
_ _ _ _ _

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported_____________
Institutions: Reinforced concrete,
Brick facing _

Permit
valua
tion

1
1
1
1
1
1

$2,000
1,000
925
700
700
500

1

10,000

2

1, 366, 000

1
1

1,012,000
354, 000

Office buildings, including banks. _

3

108, 000

Frame__________________ __
Stucco_____________________
Reinforced concrete: Brick
facing __

1
1

15,000
12,000

1

81,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—C ontinued.
Frame______ ______
___

Brick________________ ___ _

Brick veneer............... ...........

Stucco_____________________

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$1,000
930
850
850
800
750
600
500
500

2

24, 400

1
1

20, 000
4,400

2

13, 500

1
1

8, 500
5,000

6

94, 331

1
1
1
1
1
1

39,900
32, 431
8,000
6, 500
4, 500
3,000

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal___________

2

Brick veneer. __ __
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported______________

1

8,000

1

17,800

2

219, 500

Frame and stucco___ _______
C oncrete

1
1

5,000
25,000

1
1

35,000
184, 500

Metal _ _ ___________ ____

2

23, 500

1

70,000

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported_______ _

1
1

15,000
8, 500

11

208, 900

-

79

26, 282

Frame___ ______ ________
Brick__________ _ _
Stucco _
______ _ _
Metal . . . _
Glass________ _____ _
Not reported. __ _ ______

69
2
1
6
1

1

22. 507
350
1,000
2, 350
50
25

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—

52

477,811

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

26

82,180

70,000
17, 500
16,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
14,000
13,000
13,000
5,400

Public works and utilities
Structural steel: Facing not
reported
N o t reported

Schools: Reinforced concrete,
Brick facing _ ________ ____
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“ It./,1__

Frame___ ________

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1

See footnotes at end of table.




25,800

20, 000
14.000
10, 000
7,000
2,600
2, 500
2,500
2, 500
2,000
2,000
2,000
1, 800
1,500
1, 500
1,200
1.200
1.100

1
1

N o t reported

All other nonresidential struc
tures.
- -L. . . . - -

1,000

39

36,170

________ __ .

21

1,165

Frame... ___ _________
Metal_________________
Wire_____________ _____

19
1

1

1,120
35
10

Fences1

Mausoleums: Reinforced con
crete, facing not reported—.
Retaining walls1 ________
Stone__
Concrete

_________
_ __ ______

1

30,000

17

5,005

3
14

700
4,305

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

68

1939

A.— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in P a cific cities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

T able

Oregon—Continued
SALEM

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Permit
valua
tion

Type of structure and material

Total nonresidential structures. __

230

$213,670

Sheds, poultry houses, etc_____

Amusement and recreation places.

2

31,100

1
1

21,000
10,100

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
Brick
_

1

1,900

Garages, public: Concrete . . .

1

1,250

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_

198

26,692

Frame... . . .
. . .
Stucco ...
Metal____________ _______

195
1
2

26. 217
250
225

6

25,900

1

1,400

Frame_______________
Concrete. _ . . . .

Gasoline and service stations
Stucco

...

... . .. .

Metal_________ ______ _____

Institutions •___

________

___

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick

5

24,500

1
1
1
1
1

6,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
2,500

1

100,000

1

15,398

Fram e____

_____________

Brick___________ ______ ._
Glass
_
.
. . _ _
Stores and other mercantile build
ings. .
. _
_ ...

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures
13

$415

11

355

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

50
50
50
45
40
25
25
25
20
15
10
20
40

5

10,950

Stucco_____ _____________

2

5, 300

Concrete__________________

1
1
2

4, 500
800
4,000

1
1
1

2,000
2,000
1,650

2
1
1

65
40
25

Tile_______________________
All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences, f r a m e . ______

Washington
BELLINGHAM
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures_____ ___________
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame_______ _____ ___ _ ._

Total nonresidential structures. __

$6,600

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1

63

$9,800

20

6,600

*4
« 16

1,600
5, 000

Frame___
Stucco____ _ ______ _ . . .
Not reported___ __________

60
2
1

9, 450
250
100

107

64, 402

20

Amusement and recreation places:
Frame.. ___

1

2,000

Churches: Frame

1

3,000

. .

. . .

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame____

_.

_______ _

M eta l..i. _______

.

___

See footnotes at end of table.




4

18,000

2

15, 000

1
1

14, 000
1,000

*2

3,000

Gasoline and service stations. _

7

14,200

Brick_____ ______ ______
Stucco_______________ _____
Frame and stucco__ _ . __

1
1
1

3, 600
2,000
2, 700

Metal______

_____________

3

4, 400

Not reported_____ . . . ____
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1.

1
1
1
1
23

1,800
1, 600
1,000
1, 500
5,752

Frame. . . . .
__ . . . _ .
Concrete. ___. . . ______ _
Metal_____________________

21
1
1

4, 412
350
990

69

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T

A.— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in P a cific cities, b y
typ e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

a b le

Washington—Continued
BELLIN GH AM —Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures
2

Stables and barns: Frame

Permit
valua
tion

—

$300

Stores and other mercantile
buildings____________________

1
1

150
150

6

11,350

Frame_____________________

4

4, 350

1
1

—

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—C ontinued.
Frame____ _ ____________
Concrete____ _ ___________

1,850
1, 000

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

1
1

$800
700

2

7,000

1
1

4,000
3,000

1
11
31
298

$215
3,910
7,813
37, 750

SEATTLE
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures.. . .

2

$8, 500

Summer camps and cottages:
Frame. .
__
. _

2

8, 500

1
1

6, 000
2, 500

Gasoline and service stations

32

89,900

Total nonresidential structures__ 1,424

4, 537,816

Frame________________

9

21,600

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

6,000
4,000
2,500
2,500
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
600

Amusement and recreation places.
Frame____

____

__ __ _

Not reported_______________

Churches______

7

35, 700

2

2, 000

1
1

1,000
1,000

5

33,700

1
1
1
1
1

12, 000
10, 000
10, 000
1,000
700

4

55,750

Frame_____
Brick veneer.

1
1

1,750
38,000

Not reported

2

16,000

1
1

13, 000
3,000

5

296, 500

1
1

2, 500
25, 000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame_____________________
Concrete___________________
Reinforced concrete; facing
not reported______________

Not reported

2

257,000

1
1

200, 000
57, 000

1

12,000

Garages, public: Not reported.__

See f o o t n o t e s at end of table.




Brick.

Brick veneer
Stucco___

651
23

Not reported
153, 995
97, 802
6, 505

_ ---------- -__________

Metal. _ _ ________________

5,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling i ______________ 1,015
Frame_____________________
Brick_____________________

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling—Continued.
Stucco_____________________
Brick and frame____________
Concrete__________________
Not reported_______________

3

6, 900

1
1
1

4, 000
2, 000
900

1

5,000

3

9, 500

1
1
1

6,000
2,000
1,500

13

43, 500

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

5, 000
4, 000
4, 000
4, 000
4,000
4,000
3,500
3, 500
3,500
3,500
3,000
1,000
500

3

3,400

1
1
1

1,500
1,000
900

70

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

T a b l e A .— N um ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in Pacific cities, by
type o f structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued
W a s h in g t o n — C o n t in u e d

SEATTLE—Continued
Num
ber of
struc
tures

Type of structure and material

Office buildings, including banks. _
F ram e______ _______

__ _

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal----- ---------

Permit
valua
tion

3

$23,000

1

5,000

2

18,000

1
1

12,000
6,000

2

1,335,561

21

17,160

Reinforced concrete: Terra
cotta facing___
_
-----

21

1,318,401

Public works and utilities. ______

6

614,000

F ram e___

.._

_______

M e ta l____ ___________

.. -

Not reported. __________

_

fiehnnls

1

4,000

2

228,700

1
1

225,000
3,700

3

381,300

*2
1

380,000
1,300

5

595,575

1

57,000

Structural steel: Facing not
reported.. . . . ___ .. .. .

1

115,000

Nnt rppnrted

3

423,575

1
1
1

305,000
64, 328
54,247

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1- . . ..

241

41,275

F ram e____ _ . . . ________
Brick.. ________________ _
Brick and frame __ ______
TVTpt.nl
Canvas_____
___ ________
Glass_______ ______________
Not reported. _____________

104
2
2
7
7
1
118

22,800
350
1,600
1,375
140
300
14, 710

Stables and barns: Not reported..

2

350

Brick

__

_

___

1
1

300
50

Stores and other mercantile build
ings

68

1,279,700

Frame______ ____ __________

12

44,200

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

8,500
8,000
7,000
6,000
4,500
3,000
2,500
1,500
1,200
800
700
500

See footnotes a t end of table.




Num Permit
ber of valua
struc
tion
tures

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile
buildings—Continued.
Brick. _

___________ _____

Brick veneer. .........................

Stucco___ _ _ _

3

$44,300

1
1
1

35,000
6,000
3,300

6

56,500

1
1
1
1
1
1

15,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
3,500
2,000

4

43,400

1
1
1
1

15,400
15,000
8,500
4,500

Frame and stucco_____ ____

1

5,500

Brick and frame. . . .

2

3,700

1
1

2,000
1,700

__ __

Brick and stucco___________

1

2,000

Concrete__ ________ _______

8

80,900

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

20,000
14, 500
14,000
10,000
10,000
6,100
4,800
1,500

8

27,500

1
1
1
*2
1
1
1

7,000
6,000
5,000
4,800
2,000
1,800
900

2

145,000

1
1

90,000
55,000

Metal

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported._____ _

Not reported.....................

..

21

826, 700

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

400,000
200,000
75,000
70,000
15,500
12,000
9,000
8,000
6,000

71

APPENDIX

T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in P a cific c ities , by
typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

W ashington—C ontinued
SEATTLE—Continued
Num
ber of
struc
tures

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile
buildings—C ontinued.

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

N ot reported

Permit
valua
tion

$6,000
5 , 000
3,500
3,500
2,700
2,500
2,000
1,800
1,500
1,000
1,000
700

Type of structure and material

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls 1. __ __

33

$11,510

Frame..
__ _. ____
Brick_________ _____ ______
Stone_
- ___ _
Concrete__ ___ - ___ _ ._ __
Not reported. _ ____________

4
1
1
15
12

495
140
150
6, 935
3, 790

Gasoline and service stations

33

$120, 425

Frame________________

13

35, 250

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

6,500
5,000
4, 500
4, 000
4, 000
3,100
2,000
2,000
1,250
1,100
700
600
500

2

13,400

1
1

8,400
5,000

SPOKANE
Total nonhousekeeping residential structures___ _
_

24

$11, 700

_

24

11,700

Frame- _ ___ _____ ______ _
Brick___
______
______

<18

9,700

46

2 ,0 0 0

Summer camps and cottages—

1,297

Total nonresidential structures -

803, 234

Amusement and recreation places:
____
Brick -

1

2 0 ,0 0 0

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops -

6

214, 200

Fram e___ -

_ _ _____ -

1

2 ,0 0 0

Frame and stucco.________

2

2 ,2 0 0

1

1

1 ,2 0 0
1 ,0 0 0

2

2 ,0 0 0

1
1

1 ,0 0 0
1 000

1

208, 0 0 0

Concrete___

_______ ______

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported. _ __

26, 900

2

10, 900

1
1

7,400
3,500

-

1

6 ,0 0 0

------------

2

1 0 ,0 0 0

Brick________________

___

Stucco___________ ______
Concrete---------

.

1
1

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1 ----------_ _
Frame_____________ _______
Brick______________________
Stone veneer___ ___________
Stucco_________________ -_Frame and stucco____ ____
Metal_____________________
Not reported . . . . . . ______
See footnotes at end of table.




750
729
4
5
1
7
2
2

Stucco.

,

5

Garages, p u b lic___

Brick.

5,000
5, 000
, 308
80,078
1,950
2 , 600

86

100

1,300
180
100

Brick and frame.

Concrete.

Metal.

2

14, 800

1
1

11,000
3,800

3

15, 375

1
1
1

6,000
5,000
4, 375

4

11,100

1
1
1
1

7,500
2,000
1,000
600

9

30, 500

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

7,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
2,500
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,000

72
T

BUILDING P E R M I T SURVEY,

1939

A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd n o n residential structures f o r w hich building p erm its were issu ed i n P a cific c ities , by
ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

a b l e

W ashington—C ontinued
SPOKANE—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Office buildings, including banks.
Frame
__
Brick veneer_____

___

___

2

$13, 500

1
1

8,500
5,000

2

21, 500

Public buildings—city, county,
Frame. . . . _____
Brick veneer____

__
___ _

Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 1
Frame ________ _______ __
Brick___
__ . . . . ______
Stone . .
______ _____ _
Frame and stucco. . . . __
Concrete.. . __________ _ _
Metal.
N o t reported

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
Frame___________________ _

1
1

23,149
11,925
730
30
610
6,350
2,875
629

4
8

15
9

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Brick veneer.
Stucco _ _
Frame and stu cco _______

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

1
1

3
1
1
1

1 0 ,0 0 0

134
5
2

Type of structure and material

11,500

177

Concrete_______________

15
1
4 12
1
1

Metal_________________ _

5
4 2

44

267,665

13

21,615

Reinforced concrete: Facing
not rp,ported

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Brick______________________

Permit
valua
tion

5,000
3,000
1,850
1,800
1,500
1,250
1 ,2 0 0
1 ,2 0 0
1 ,0 0 0

1

5

47,600

1

14, 600
13, 500

1

6,700
3, 500
2 ,0 0 0
1 ,2 0 0

152, 500
13,000
130, 000
5, 500
4,000
2

, 250

750
1,500
35,000

277

9, 587

____

276

9,487

Frame
. . . _______
S t o n e ____
___ _
Metal_______________
Wire___________________
Not reported.. . . . .

125
3
3

4,280
65

Fences1 _____________

2 ,0 0 0

800
515
500

1
1
1
1

All other nonresidential structures

<3

$1, 500
500

101

44

Retaining walls: Stone. __

1

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

7

1 ,1 0 0

2,732
1,310

100

1 0 ,0 0 0

5, 000
4, 500
TACO M A

Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures... —
Dormitories: Brick_____ _______
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame__________ ___________

5
1

4
<3
1

Total nonresidential structures...
Churches: Frame. . .

.

___

310
2
1
1

See footnotes at end o f table.




$1 1 , 1 0 0
1 0 ,1 0 0

Frame ..

.

...

_______

1 ,1 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
100

563,642
3, 500

Metal____________ _______
Reinforced concrete: Facing
not reported.. .
______

$170,500

5

68,500

1
1
1
1
1

50,000
13,000
2,500
2 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0

1

2 ,0 0 0

1

1 0 0 ,0 0 0

1

2 ,0 0 0

2 ,0 0 0

1,500

Garages, public: Frame_________

APPENDIX

73

T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in P a cific c ities , by
typ e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 8 9 — Continued

W ASHINGTON—Continued
TACO M A—C ontinued

Type of structure and material

Num
ber of
struc
tures

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1______________

222

$32, 310

218
3
9

31, 560
200
550
56,200

4

14, 500

Frame____________________
Brick_____________________
Metal_____________________
Gasoline and service stations____
Frame____________________

1

1
1
1
1

Brick.

2
1
1

Stucco.

2
1
1

Frame and stucco__________
Public works and utilities: Brick.
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____
Frame_____________________
Brick______________________
Not reported_______________
Stores and other mercantile build
ings_________________________
Frame.....................................

1
1

37
35

Permit
valua
tion

Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Frame____________________

5,000
4,000
4,000
1,500
25, 000

Brick.

20,000
5,000
13, 000

Brick veneer.

10,000
3, 000
3, 700
58,137
6,895

1
1

6, 670
150
75

30

233, 800

19
4 2

58,600
19, 000
6, 500
3, 500

1
1

Type of structure and material

Num Permit
ber of
struc valua
tion
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$3, 500
13,000
3,000
2,000
1, 500
1,500
1,500
1,200
800
600
500
500

2

18,000

1
1

14,000
4,000

2

15,000

1
1

10,000
5,000

1
44

Concrete.

1

1,200

Metal__

4

46,000

1
1
1
1

25,000
14, 500
6,000
500

Tile_______________________
Structural steel: Facing not
reported_________________
All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls, concrete.

1

5,000

1

90,000

1

300

!Due to the large number of structures of this type for which permits were issued, data are not shown for
individual structures.
2 Federal construction.
s Federal construction—individual valuations not available.
* Individual valuations not available.
160 oil derricks at $10,000 each.
6 Type of material not reported.




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