The Twohy Building is a historic building in

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, located on the

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in Downtown San Jose. It was built in 1917 for Judge John W. Twohy, the founder of the Twohy Brothers Construction Company. With The company focused on "design and heavy/civil construction of railroads, bridges, tunnels, and public wprks projects, as well as manufacturing railroad cars,

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"Victory" ships, and ownership of railroads. In 1906, the Twohy family relocated to San Jose to construct the nearby Bayshore Cut-Off for Southern Pacific and supervise repairs to railroad bridges damaged by the San Francisco earthquake" For example, it built part of the

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. The building was designed by architect William Binder in the Classical Revival architectural style. It has been listed on the

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since October 6, 2003. It was built as a commercial building, with professional offices above a large ground floor drug store."Construction of the Twohy Building helped establish South 1st as the center of the business community in San Jose."

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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California Neoclassical architecture in California Buildings and structures completed in 1917 Downtown San Jose {{SantaClaraCountyCA-NRHP-stub