Warehouse Row
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Three brick industrial buildings on a block beside the Santa Fe Railway tracks in downtown Fresno make up Warehouse Row. The Wormser Warehouse (1903-04), the Swift Co. meat packing plant (1910) and the Fresno Consumers Ice Co. building (1903) share arched double-hung windows with radiating brick trim and 8-inch brick walls. They went up as irrigation and the railway turned Fresno County into a leading agricultural area, and the county's population nearly doubled between 1900 and 1910. The ice company was the first plant in Fresno devoted solely to ice and the first to deliver to homes; it later became cold storage. The meat plant shifted to turkey processing, linked to a hatchery and an eviscerating plant by a tunnel under P Street, and operated until 1960. The furniture warehouse belonged to Sigmund Wormser's business, which grew into one of California's largest of its kind. Restoration of the group began in the mid-1970s.
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| Period of significance | 1900- |
|---|---|
| Styles | Brick commercial warehouse architecture, with some Queen Anne brick detailing on the ice house cornice |
| Areas of significance | Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation, Architecture |
| Acreage | 1.1 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Warehouse Row (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.