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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/HM1SL9_mountain-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
One and one-half miles north of this point stood the Mountain House Station on the route of the Butterfield Stage. Operating through present Kern County during 1858-1861, this famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the out…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OE0_ethels-old-corral_Bakersfield-CA.html
These days restaurants come and go in the blink of an eye. But every so often a venue dishes up just the right mix of food and ambiance. Ethel's Old Corral is a perfect example of a restaurant getting it right. Great food, entertainment, customer …
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/HM1KJ7_don-jose-jesus-j-j-lopez_Bakersfield-CA.html
This gentleman deserves so much more than a simple grave marker saying, "Father - Joseph J. Lopez - 1852 - 1939". The man's true name was José Jesús Lopez (or J. J.). Among other things he was in charge of all of the animals on Rancho El T…