{"nrhp_refnum":"83001178","name":"Brix, H. H., Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2844 Fresno St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fresno","county":"Fresno County","state":"CA","lat":36.742046505000076,"lon":-119.78310165299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, twelve-room mansion at 2844 Fresno Street in downtown Fresno, California, built in 1910-11 for Herman H. and Helena S. Brix and designed by architect Edward T. Foulkes as a Beaux Arts interpretation of an Italian Villa.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to Herman H. Brix, an immigrant who made a fortune in Coalinga oil and invested heavily in Fresno's commercial growth. It also presents the mansion as Edward T. Foulkes's finest Fresno work and the only Fresno residence built in this lavishly embellished Italian Villa style.","narrative":"Built in 1910-11 at 2844 Fresno Street in downtown Fresno, this three-story, twelve-room mansion was commissioned by Herman H. Brix and his wife Helena. Designed by architect Edward T. Foulkes and built by H. A. Hansen, it follows an Italian Villa model with an L-shaped plan, an asymmetrical observation tower, smooth stucco walls, a tiled roof and elaborate baroque ornament. Brix, born in Silesia, Germany, homesteaded near Coalinga, then profited from the oil boom and later invested in Fresno, including the Hotel Fresno and the Brix Apartments. Foulkes, trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and a Rotch Travelling Scholar, regarded this house as his finest Fresno work. It is described as the only Fresno residence in this lavish villa style. Surrounded today by medical buildings, it remains largely unaltered and now serves as law offices, with its original front and side landscaping preserved.","period_of_significance":"1911","architect_builder":"Edward T. Foulkes, Architect; H. A. Hansen, Builder","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts interpretation of the Italian Villa style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as virtually unchanged, in excellent structural condition and beautifully maintained; used as corporate legal offices since adaptation, after serving as a family residence until 1945.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.784981-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001178/9b9d806d19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001178/9b9d806d19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Meeshbaxter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H._H._Brix_Mansion.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Meeshbaxter</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H._H._Brix_Mansion.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858636","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133260823"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/fresno-county/brix-h-h-mansion-83001178/"}