A biographical sketch and photo of Hugh Sparkman. Mr. Sparkman was involved in realty in Los Angeles and then in Fresno. He also served in the Spanish American War.
He married Eve Graham and they have two children.
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 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…
Picture of the Hughes Hotel which was constructed in 1887 in Victorian style between Tulare and I Streets. Owned by sheep ranchers, father and son, Thomas E. Hughes and William M. Hughes. It was known to be the first building with an elevator and as…
The Grill Room at the Hughes was created in what had been a courtyard space with the hotel first opened. You can see a circular planter in the middle of the picture where a fountain or tree had been planted when the hotel first opened. The stairway…