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Front facade of what appears to be the first high school building in Selma. The school began operating in September of 1897 at the intersection of McCall Avenue and Arrants Street. By 1904 the building was crowded and in 1911 voters approved a bond…

Picture of fifteen-story Sullivanesque architectural styled bank building in Fresno, California, located at 1060 Fulton Street. It was dedicated on January 19, 1925 with the opening of the Fidelity Branch of the Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings…

Building commissioned to design in 1920 to architect, Eugene Mathewson ; designer, Robert Von Ezdorf, who was a specialist in high-rise office buildings and a chief designer for Cross & Cross Company. This neo-classical concrete building was finished…

Picture of the San Joaquin Light & Power Building in Fresno, California, located at 1401 Fulton Street. Richard F. Felchlin, along with engineer Charles Franklin and chief desinger Raymond Shaw, built the San Joaquin Light & Power Building in 1923.…

Picture of an office building in Kingsburg, California, constructed in a mix of Spanish and oriental tendencies.

Picture of Fresno Hish School located on O Street in Fresno, California, constructed in 1896 with the expenditure of $53,000. School, which was established in 1889 on the site of the 2nd floor of the K Street Grammar school, moved in this new…

Picture of Washington Grammar School located between N and O streets in Fresno, California, constructed between 1898 and 1906. Building doesn't appear in 1898's map but is shown in 1906's Sanborn map. Part of Hawthorne Public School is shown on the…

Picture shows the campus of Fresno State College located on an extension of Van Ness Avenue. The college was moved to this location in September 1913 as Fresno State Normal School, which in 1921 was renamed Fresno State Teachers' College. The name…

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…

Picture of Fresno County Hospital which was completed in 1903 after a fire destroyed the original building in 1900. The hospital entrance is designed with a brick veranda encircling the building, which shows a trait of Mission style. The picture was…