The Fresno County Courthouse is an 8-
story,
low-rise building at 1100 Van Ness Avenue in downtown
Fresno, California
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, makin ...
that serves as the main location for the
Fresno County Superior Court.
Construction was completed on the building was in 1966 on the site of–and replacing–the previous neo-classical style courthouse that was completed in 1875. Architectural historian David Gebhardt said of the loss of the old courthouse to the current one, "insipid."
The courthouse is connected to the
Fresno County Jail
The Fresno County Jail is a detention center made up of three different adjacent complexes, located at 1225 M. Street, in downtown Fresno, California, operated by the Fresno County Sheriff's Department. The facility is made up of the Main Jail, t ...
underground through a system of tunnels providing easy and safe transportation of inmates.
A $113 million seismic retrofit was scheduled to be completed in 2015.
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External links
The Superior Court of California, County of Fresno official website
Government buildings completed in 1966
Buildings and structures in Fresno, California
County courthouses in California