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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AOD_united-states-post-office_Bakersfield-CA.html
In 1924, Bakersfield was the twenty-first city in California to receive a Federal Post Office Building. Built at a cost of $130,000, the Mission architecture style building, constructed of masonry and concrete and reinforced with steel, was the of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29W2_hay-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Hay Building was initially constructed in the Victorian architectural style in 1894 for the Dinkelspiel brothers, Emile (1852-1906) and Louis (1854-1906). Dinkelspiel Brothers operated as a "Store of Fashionable Merchandise" at groun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29W1_site-of-bakers-field_Bakersfield-CA.html
In 1863 Col. Thomas Baker settled on the site of the present City of Bakersfield and fenced a ten-acre plot of alfalfa. This became known as Baker's Field where travelers through the area camped with their stock for protection from marauding outla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V9_crites-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Crites Building was designed by Bakersfield architect Benjamin McDougall (1865-1937) of McDougall Brothers of San Francisco and constructed as a two-story retail business by Charles J. Lindgren Company of San Francisco in 1900 for John Barthol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27N9_first-baptist-church_Bakersfield-CA.html
The First Baptist Church was completed under the supervision of local architect Charles H. Biggar (1882 - 1946) in 1932. The building, designed in the Northern Italian Romanesque architectural style, is described in the National Register of Histor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27N8_hayden-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Hayden Building is a classic example of Second Renaissance Revival architectural style. It was designed for the Kern County Land Company by San Francisco architect Charles I. Haven (1849-1916) and opened in 1904 as the Hayden Furniture Company…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27F5_first-presbyterian-church_Bakersfield-CA.html
In 1889, First Presbyterian Church began its ministry in Kern County as Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1905 the church merged with Westminster Presbyterian; being renamed First Presbyterian Church of Bakersfield. The church acquired property o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27DY_southern-hotel_Bakersfield-CA.html
This site occupied by the French Hotel during the 1870's, later by the Southern Hotel from 1888 to 1947.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27AQ_kern-county-courthouse_Bakersfield-CA.html
This was the site of the original county courthouse in Bakersfield (1874). In 1913 it was purchased by the city for use as a city hall and was occupied until the earthquakes of 1952. The present city hall was dedicated in 1954.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27AP_haberfelde-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
George Haberfelde (1871 - 1962), a civic and business leader in the community, contracted with local architect Charles H. Biggar (1882 - 1946) to construct this five-story office and retail building in the Sullivanesque architectural style. When c…