{"nrhp_refnum":"05001497","name":"San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation Building","other_names":["San Joaquin Light &amp","Power Co. Building","Int'l Trade Center","P.G. &amp","E Co. Building","Local Register of Historic Places#120"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1401 Fulton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fresno","county":"Fresno County","state":"CA","lat":36.73697753000005,"lon":-119.79557107999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story Italian Renaissance Revival office building at 1401 Fulton Street in downtown Fresno, California, built in 1923-1924 for the San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent, well-preserved example of the Italian Renaissance Revival style applied to a tall office building, with a tripartite facade and extensive classical detail. It also represents the work of the Fresno firm R. F. Felchlin Co., credited as architect, engineer and builder, whose chief architect Shaw is described as having trained under George Kelham. The building anchors the north end of Fulton Mall and is a landmark of the Fresno skyline.","narrative":"Rising ten stories at 1401 Fulton Street in downtown Fresno, this office building was constructed in 1923 and 1924 for the San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation. Designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, it follows a classical three-part scheme: a rusticated base of terra cotta made to resemble granite, a brick shaft, and a capital with a Corinthian colonnade beneath a hipped tile roof. A tall rooftop sign and radio towers crown the structure, which reaches 235 feet. Inside, a marble lobby, a first-floor display room and a tenth-floor ballroom retain much original finish. The Fresno firm R. F. Felchlin Co. served as architect, engineer and builder, with chief architect Shaw leading the design. The building was listed for its architectural merit as a distinctive tall office building in this style and for its role as a skyline landmark anchoring the north end of Fulton Mall. It has kept a high level of integrity in design, materials and workmanship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"R. F. Felchlin Co. (architect, engineer and builder); Shaw, chief architect","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"PG&E vacated the building in 1987; it later housed offices, with the third and fourth floors unoccupied at the time of nomination, and it retains good to excellent integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.746395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05001497.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001497/334c5b1c93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001497/334c5b1c93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0725-CA-Fresno-SJLightPowerCorp.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0725-CA-Fresno-SJLightPowerCorp.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858691","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_Light_and_Power_Corporation_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7414397"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/fresno-county/san-joaquin-light-and-power-corporation-building-05001497/"}