{"nrhp_refnum":"82002176","name":"Maulbridge Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2344 Tulare St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fresno","county":"Fresno County","state":"CA","lat":36.73665792800006,"lon":-119.78615401499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick apartment building at 2344 Tulare Street in Fresno, California, built in 1911 with a basement, four stories and a later penthouse. It stands on the south corner of Tulare and N Streets.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the earliest substantial apartment building still standing in Fresno. It was designed by the noted architect Benjamin G. McDougall and shows early 20th century academic revivalism in a modified palazzo form. It retains high integrity of original design and is seen as a significant part of Fresno's historical development.","narrative":"Maubridge Apartments is a brick apartment house at 2344 Tulare Street in Fresno, completed in 1911 for two prominent local doctors, J. L. Maupin Sr. and D. H. Trowbridge Sr. Its name combines their surnames. Architect Benjamin G. McDougall, who designed many buildings in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley, gave it a Renaissance Revival facade in the manner of a modified palazzo, with a rusticated base, arched ground-floor windows, metal belt courses and a bracketed sheet-metal cornice. Inside, the original Otis elevator, installed in 1911, still operates. A parking garage was built beside it in 1951-52, and a penthouse was added to the roof. It was advertised in 1912 as a prestigious address, and it is described as the earliest substantial apartment building still standing in Fresno. Its high integrity of original design makes it a strong example of its type and period, and renovation was planned.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Benjamin G. McDougall","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival (modified palazzo combining Italian and English Renaissance elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good, altered condition; planned for renovation under the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.175103-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002176/8665578815-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002176/8665578815-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0725-CA-MaubridgeApartments.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-MaubridgeApartments.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858669","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133260695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/fresno-county/maulbridge-apartments-82002176/"}