{"nrhp_refnum":"83001212","name":"Chapman Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"110 E. Wilshire Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fullerton","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.87234769600008,"lon":-117.92402682999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story commercial office building with a basement at 110 E. Wilshire Avenue, at the corner of Harbor Boulevard in Fullerton, Orange County, California, built in 1922-23 and designed by architect M. Eugene Durfee.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture, its economic role, and its link to Charles Clarke Chapman, a prominent Fullerton, Orange County and Southern California figure known as the \"Father of the Valencia Orange Industry.\" It was the largest building in Orange County when built and is a fine example of Renaissance Revival styling with notable terra cotta detailing.","narrative":"Rising five stories above downtown Fullerton, this commercial office building at Harbor Boulevard and Wilshire Avenue was built in 1922-23 for Charles C. Chapman. Designed by Anaheim architect M. Eugene Durfee in Italian Renaissance Revival style, it has cast iron columns and large plate glass storefronts at street level, and Romanesque arches, blue terra cotta medallions and a corbeled cornice above. At 65 feet tall with over 50,000 square feet, it was the largest building in Orange County when completed, at a cost above $300,000. Chapman, a Chicago transplant who became Fullerton's first mayor and a leader of the Valencia orange industry, built it on a lot he bought in 1905. Local labor was used for excavation to create jobs. The exterior has changed little apart from the entrance marquee and doors, and the building is valued for its architecture, its reflection of 1920s optimism, and its association with Chapman.","period_of_significance":"1922-23","architect_builder":"M. Eugene Durfee - Architect","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as vacant for nearly twenty years; condition marked good, altered, original site. Ground floor retail space remains virtually unaltered, while the upper office floors were remodeled in 1954.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.789653-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001212.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001212/d9b22007bf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001212/d9b22007bf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Traveler100","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChapmanBuilding01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Traveler100</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:ChapmanBuilding01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860183","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133325302"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/chapman-building-83001212/"}