Richard Ferdinant Felchlin (October 9, 1888 – January 6, 1960) was born in Stockton, California. He was a civil engineer who designed many of the buildings that give downtown

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its architectural character. He studied civil engineering at the

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, then moved to Fresno and entered practice.

Notable buildings

Felchlin and his Fresno company R.F. Felchlin Company (later Felchlin, Shaw, & Franklin) designed many notable Fresno commercial and residential buildings, a number of which are now on the

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. Commercial buildings designed by Felchlin and his firm include the

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(1923), the Bank of Italy building (1918), and the California Hotel (1922), which are all on the National Register, and

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(1925) which stood as the tallest structure in the city for 80 years. A notable residence that is also on the National Register the Kindler home.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Felchlin, Richard 1888 births 1960 deaths 20th-century American architects American civil engineers People from Stockton, California Engineers from California

Notable buildings

See also

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