Richard Ferdinant Felchlin (October 9, 1888 – January 6, 1960) was born in Stockton, California. He was a civil engineer who designed many of the buildings that give downtown Fresno, California its architectural character. He studied civil engineering at the University of California, then moved to Fresno and entered practice.[1]
Notable buildings
editFelchlin and his Fresno company R.F. Felchlin Company (later Felchlin, Shaw, & Franklin) designed many notable Fresno commercial and residential buildings, a number of which are now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Commercial buildings designed by Felchlin and his firm include:
On National Register in Fresno
edit- San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building (1923)
- Bank of Italy building (1918)
- California Hotel (1922)
- Kindler home[2]
Others in Fresno
edit- Fresno Pacific Towers (1925) which stood as the tallest structure in the city for 80 years.[1][3]
Los Angeles
edit- Myer Siegel department store, 733 S. Flower St., Downtown Los Angeles (1926-7)[4]
Richard Felchlin buildings
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b John Edward Powell (1996). "Richard F. Felchin". Historic Fresno. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ David Lazarus; Terry Gallagher (2010). "Kindler Home (1929)". Historic Fresno. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Christeen Taniguchi; Barry Price (2007). "San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation Building (1924)". Historic Fresno. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Industrial Activity Continues Unabated…: Myer Siegel Firm to Erect $500,000 Plant on Flower St". The Los Angeles Times. 10 January 1926. p. 109. Retrieved 25 April 2024.