{"nrhp_refnum":"83001182","name":"Jastro Building","other_names":["Standard Oil Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1800 19th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bakersfield","county":"Kern County","state":"CA","lat":35.376329198000064,"lon":-119.02261585899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-storey office building at 1800 19th Street, at the corner of 19th and G Streets in downtown Bakersfield, Kern County, California. It was built in 1917 for Henry Jastro and enlarged in 1921 for Standard Oil Company.","why_significant":"The building served as Standard Oil's first office building in Bakersfield and its Central Valley headquarters, reflecting the company's investment in the Kern County oilfields. It is a good local example of Second Renaissance Revival architecture and one of the few historic structures left downtown. Its construction also marked G Street's crossing as the edge of the city's business district.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of 19th and G Streets in downtown Bakersfield, this two-storey office building was constructed in 1917 and enlarged in 1921. It is faced with vitrified brick over hollow tile and has a flat roof with a bracketed cornice and parapet. Ornate terra cotta decorates the second-storey porch, and a Corinthian-style entry marks the front. Architect Everett M. Hinshaw of Whittier designed both phases, and Currie and Dulger built them, so the 1921 west wing nearly matches the original. Henry Jastro was the original owner, and his heirs later sold the building to Standard Oil, which moved its Central Valley offices from Fresno to Bakersfield in 1920. Standard Oil was Kern County's largest taxpayer for more than 25 years. The building also marked G Street as no longer the outer edge of the business district. It is described as a good local example of Second Renaissance Revival design, with its exterior largely intact after the 1952 earthquakes.","period_of_significance":"1917/1921","architect_builder":"Architect Everett M. Hinshaw of Whittier, California; builders Currie & Dulger","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Standard Oil vacated the building in the mid-1960s; the form says the present owners have been restoring the interior to its original appearance. Condition is rated excellent with minor alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.672098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001182.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001182/e57a2ba256-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001182/e57a2ba256-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0726-CA-Bakersfield-JastroBuilding.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:2009-0726-CA-Bakersfield-JastroBuilding.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858859","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastro_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164213"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/kern-county/jastro-building-83001182/"}