San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building is an historic 11-
story,
high-rise 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, maki ...
. The building was completed in 1923 for the
San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation
The San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation was a utility company that provided electricity to seven counties in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The company is one of several utilities acquired by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company durin ...
, that later became the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU). The company is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, in San Francisco, California. PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 millio ...
, by chief designer
Raymond R. Shaw of the
R.F. Felchlin Company. The building is the fourth tallest in the city.
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External links
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San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation Building (1924)at the Historic Fresno website
Buildings and structures in Fresno, California
Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
Commercial buildings completed in 1923
National Register of Historic Places in Fresno County, California
Beaux-Arts architecture in California
Skyscraper office buildings in California
Skyscrapers in Fresno, California