{"nrhp_refnum":"79000474","name":"Fresno Republican Printery Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2130 Kern St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fresno","county":"Fresno County","state":"CA","lat":36.73374769000003,"lon":-119.78728034599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story commercial building at 2130 Kern Street in downtown Fresno, California, built in 1919-1920 as the job printing annex of the Fresno Morning Republican newspaper. It was designed by the architectural firm Glass and Butner.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a rare, almost unaltered example of the firm's early work, designed by Charles Butner and Edward Glass, and a sophisticated interpretation of California's Mediterranean-influenced revival styles of 1915-1930. It is also the direct heir to the Fresno Morning Republican, which it describes as a major force in early California publishing, and it retains antique printing equipment and type dating to 1876.","narrative":"Built in 1919-1920 at 2130 Kern Street, this Fresno building was designed as the job printing annex of the Fresno Morning Republican newspaper. Architects Edward Glass and Charles Butner created a large print shop lit by six banks of north-facing skylights, fronted by a symmetrical plastered-brick office block with a red tile canopy, diamond-shaped tiles and engraved lettering naming the building and its craft. Inside, the offices keep their oak paneling, counters, floors and a staircase to a mezzanine. The printing business operated for decades, and the building still held antique presses, foundry and engravers' type cases, and a wood type collection dating to 1876. The nomination values it as a rare, nearly unaltered work of the Glass and Butner firm, blending classical detail with California revival forms, and as a link to the Republican newspaper. Plans called for restoration as a restaurant, offices and gallery.","period_of_significance":"1919-1920","architect_builder":"Glass and Butner, Architects","architectural_style":"Mezzo-mediterranean styles of California's eclectic revival era (1915-1930), with classical details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as virtually unaltered and in good condition, with a plan to restore it as a historical restaurant, offices and a gallery; a 1963 structural improvement to the roof trusses is noted.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.483996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000474.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000474/47fd8563a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000474/47fd8563a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0725-CA-FresnoRepublicanPrintery.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-FresnoRepublicanPrintery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858654","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_Republican_Printery_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85762138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/fresno-county/fresno-republican-printery-building-79000474/"}