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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM264K_padre-hotel_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Padre Hotel is an eight-story Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style building constructed on the former estate of Judge Benjamin Brundage (1834-1913). The Padre was originally designed by Los Angeles architect John M. Cooper (1883-1950) …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM264J_kress-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
S.H. Kress & Co. was the trading name of a national chain of "five and dime" retail department stores operating from 1896 to 1981. Opening in 1931, this three-story reinforced steel and masonry building was designed by New York City-based architec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM264I_the-fox-theater_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Fox Theater was designed by Los Angeles-based motion picture theater architect S. Charles Lee (1899-1990), built by Beller Construction, and supervised by local architect Charles H. Biggar (1882-1946). The three-story Spanish Colonial Revival …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM264H_kern-county-hall-of-records_Bakersfield-CA.html
Completed in January of 1909, the Hall of Records is the oldest government building in continous operation in Kern County. The structure was originally designed and constructed by Los Angeles architects Robert Train (1869-1951) and Robert Williams…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CH_vest-drug-store-and-market_Bakersfield-CA.html
A three-alarm fire swept through the Fish Building in 1936, destroying a business that had stood at this site since 1890. The current structure, built in 1938 by local contractor Henry Eissler (1879-1966), was designed by local architect Charles H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22BO_f-w-woolworth-company-store_Bakersfield-CA.html
F.W. Woolworth's stores have been in various Bakersfield locations since 1911. The most modernly-equipped and air-conditioned F.W. Woolworth's store on the Pacific Coast opened to the public on May 6, 1950.
Jackson Brothers of Los Angeles constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KOM_general-store_Bakersfield-CA.html
One of the first retail establishments built in a small town during the early 1900s was a general store selling food, household goods and hardware to people living nearby
The town of Woody, named for Sparrel Woody, was established about 1889 in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KHP_kern-county-hospital_Bakersfield-CA.html
In 1875 a one story wooden building was erected here facing G Street in a swampy area. Facilities were primitive. Cost of the structure was $1,400.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XP_oildale-a-100-years-ago_Bakersfield-CA.html
This mural depicts Oildale around 1899, from the bridge to the surrounding oil derricks on the hills.
Oildale was called "Waits" during the oil boom.
To your right is Waits Train Station, on Norris Rd.
Several business sprang up, and even…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HJ_bungalow_Bakersfield-CA.html
The bungalow style home was popular throughout California and across the country in the early years of the 1900s because of its simplistic design and low cost.
People migrating to California often had very limited resources and would first live…