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Statue was originally cast from pewter and placed in Courthouse Park in August 1895. It was known as "Iron Johnny", depicting a boy holding up one of his leaking boots, which constantly drain water. It served as a combination of statue and communal…

Picture of the Californian Hotel located at 851 Van Ness Avenue, corner of Kern Street, in Fresno. Constructed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, it rises 138 feet in 9 floors. It is listed on the Local Register of Historic Places and now serves…

Aerial view of downtown Fresno in 1952 looking towards the northwest. All of the major buildings in the Fresno skyline of this era are visible. The skyline was completed in the mid 1920s and remained largely unchanged for the next forty years until…

Aerial view of downtown Fresno in the early 1920s looking east with the County Courthouse in the upper center of the photo. Clearly seen in the upper right is the Hotel California (built in 1923) at the corner of Van Ness and Kern. Proceeding down…

A portion of the 45 mile long flume constructed in 1893-1894 by Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company to carry bundles of cut lumber from Shaver Lake to Clovis, California. The use of wooden waterways provided an efficient and practical means of…

The Fresno Memorial Auditorium located at 2425 Fresno Street was constructed between 1935 and 1936 with a dedication on 31th, December 1936. Designed by Allied Architects of Fresno, a Depression-era consortium of architects. The building's Art Deco…

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…

Fresno skyline in the early 1920s as viewed probably atop the courthouse looking west down Mariposa Street. The three major buildings in the photo viewed left to right are the ten story Griffith-McKenzie/Helm Building (built in 1914) at 1111 Fulton…

The earliest major office building still standing in Fresno. Named after Fresno Mayor Chester Rowell and built at the site of his small home. Constructed in 1912 at the southeastern corner of K (now Van Ness) and Tulare streets. This six story…