Browse Items (104 total)

Looking northeast toward Fresno County Courthouse, built in 1874-1875. First National Bank building on left and Fresno National Bank building on right. First tower in distance on left-hand side of image is the Fiske Block, and tower behind it is the…

Picture of Fresno Fairgounds located 2.5 miles east of Fresno, adjacent to County Road (later renamed Butler Avenue). Property was owned and initially developed by William Helm, beginning in 1884 with the first Fresno County fair. Vignettes, from top…

First constructed as the two-story Hutchinson Building in 1885 and remodeled extensively in 1889 by the Fresno Loan and Savings Bank, with two additional stories and an elevator. The bank became insolvent in 1895 and the building was demolished ca.…

Located approximately four miles east of Fresno. Built as a two-story folk Victorian structure in 1881, with adobe walls and plastered with cement on exterior. 16' wide porch surrounded building on three sides. Contained a total of eight rooms,…

Located in block bounded by K (later, Van Ness), Fresno, M and Tulare streets. Constructed in 1874-1875 by California Bridge and Building Co. of Oakland for $56,370. Original building dimensions were 60 x 97 feet, and were substantially increased in…

Located at NE corner of Mariposa and I (Broadway) streets. Constructed in 1889 in Gothic-Romanesque style, to house the Fresno County Bank created in 1881. In 1885, the bank changed its name to the First National Bank. Building was constructed by…

Vignetted views of five Fresno residences, all constructed in 19th century in Victorian-Folk style. Top to bottom: Robert Barton Residence, located northeast of Fresno ; W.H. McKenzie Residence, located at K and Calaveras streets ; Henry Gundelfinger…

Located at the SE corner of Mariposa and I (later, Broadway) streets. Constructed in 1889 in Gothic-Romanesque style to house the bank, which was founded in 1882. Construction materials were pressed brick with stone trimmings. Bank later merged with…

Located at the NW corner of Tulare and I (later, Broadway) streets, built in Renaissance Revival style of three stories brick building. Constructed in 1887 by James M. Seadler, an architect from San Francisco.

Located on the NE corner of Tulare and J (later, Fulton) streets. Built in 1889 to house the bank, which had been formed in the previous year. The building featured Renaissance Revival details and cost $70,000 to erect. The bank was purchased by the…