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K Street School, located SE corner of K and Santa Clara streets, constructed in 1889 of brick. R.L. Young was the architect. Total cost was $20,000, containing 12 rooms, of which eight were classrooms. Featured two octagonal central halls, with hall…

Depicts a lane of poplar trees within the vineyard. One of the earliest agricultural enterprises in Fresno County, founded in 1872 by Francis T. and Gustavus A. Eisen, immigrant brothers from Sweden. The vineyard consisted of 640 acres planted in…

Located at the corner of I (later, Broadway) and Merced streets, built in 1889. Constructed in brick, Victorian style, with three stories and a corner tower. Later known as the California Hotel and was eventually remodeled to become a part of the…

Clockwise from upper left: Gateway to Eggers Vineyard ; Residence of Eggers Vineyard ; Gateway to Las Palmas Vineyard ; Residence of Las Palmas Vineyard. The Eggers Vineyard, situated on 800 acres, four miles northeast of Fresno, was owned and…

Located at the corner of K (Van Ness) and Mariposa streets, Fresno, built in 1889 by S.N. Griffith and R.B. Johnson. A three-story Victorian architectural style with brick and plaster construction with corner towers. Initially the building had…

Scenes of unidentified places along the Kings River and its distributary irrigating canals in central and southern Fresno County.

Image of a farm in Fresno County, with irrigating ditch and drop in foreground, young vineyard in middle ground, and residence with trees in background.

Located at the corner of I (later, Broadway) and Tulare streets, Fresno. Erected in 1887, in Victorian architectural style by a local real estate developer Thomas E. Hughes at a total cost of $300,000. Consisted of a four-story brick structure…

Located at the corner of Mariposa and J (Fulton) streets, Fresno. Erected in 1889-1890 by John D. Fiske, at a total cost of $100,000. The Victorian-style brick structure consisted of three stories with a basement, and occupied a 50' x 150' footprint.…

Located at Forsyth Vineyard property, 3 1/2 miles NE of Fresno. Forsyth (1850-1910), a native of Toronto, Canada, arrived in California in 1875 and became a prominent hotelier in Sacramento. He purchased and first planted the Fresno vineyard property…