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For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 S.H. Kress Building, was doubled in size. The building was placed on Bob Hope Theatre (Fox California Theatre), 4 (c. 1930) 409 the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 10 242 East Main Street. Constructed E. Main Street. within 14 months in the Spanish Colonial Revival Decorated with style by Fox Theatres, it opened on October 14, terracotta elements 1930. After closing for renovations in 2002, the from the renowned Fox was reopened in September 2004 as the Gladding McBean firm, Bob Hope Theatre. One of the only remaining the structure boasts “movie palaces” in California. The sidewalk one of the city’s finest mosaic represents the rebirth of the theatre Art Deco facades. The (Myklebust & Sears, 2005). The exterior lobby interior lobby features has the original tile and chandelier. The interior Emergency Hospital (not in service), c. 1905, a large mural designed by Russel Joseph lobby features vibrant colors, gold leaf and 220 N. San Joaquin Street. It was built in the Buckingham in 2005. restored chandeliers. The Italian marble floor 1 Bank of Stockton (Stockton Savings & mosaic, made up of 80,000 pieces, represents Mission Revival style and replaced the Masonic Lodge, (Carl Werner, Allen 8 Loan Society), c. 1908, 301 E. Main Street. the fountain and pool which once stood in the old receiving hospital located in the cellar of the McDonald, 1922) 340 E. Market St., 5 Stockton’s first “skyscraper.” Designed by San rotunda (Evergreen/Siebrand, 2005) and is county jail building, originally next door. Between Spanish Revival Style. The elaborate, Gothic Francisco architects Meyers and Ward in the surrounded by new carpet, duplicated from 1905 and 1941, almost a half million people influenced, plaster work wraps around the Classic Revival style. The building featured historical photos. Artwork throughout includes received care in the hospital. recessed entrance and extends upwards toward Stockton’s first revolving door and an interior of gargoyles, coats of arms and a mural of mythic the huge arched windows. Unlike many historical Medico-Dental marble quarried in Tuolumne County. The top two horses. The Mighty Robert Morton Organ was Stockton buildings, the architecture appears to 2 Building, c. 1927, floors used to be occupied by The Yosemite Club, originally installed in the Seattle . 242 N. Sutter Street. be unaltered. the oldest private club in California, which was The downtown’s tallest Henery founded in 1889 and closed in 2010. building, the 12-story 6 Apartments, California Building (Farmer’s and Commercial Gothic (Glenn Allen, c. 1913) 9 Merchant’s Bank), c. 1917, 11 S. San building was originally 121 S. Sutter Street. Joaquin Street. The Italian Renaissance Revival devoted exclusively The brick and terracotta building was designed by prominent to medical and dental building in a distinctive architect, George W. Kelham, who also designed professionals. Mansard roof style with the St. Francis Hotel and San Francisco Public T h e cornerstone reads three dormers facing Library. The central lobby features Tennessee “Dedicated to the Practice of Medical Service the street. Arched marble floors with walls and pillars covered with and to the Service of Humanity.” windows, cornices Travertine marble. Its coffered ceilings are 25 feet with medallions and high and are ornamented with painted plaster. decorative brackets identify the Henery as a fine example of French Second Empire Style. Cort Tower 7 (Commercial & Savings Bank), c. 1915, 343 E. Main Street. Built Elks Building, c. 1908, 36 N. Sutter Street. by the Commercial 3 The 5-story building originally housed the & Savings Bank, this Benevolent Protective Order of Elks until 1976. is a fine example St. Mary’s Catholic Church, c. 1861, 203 E. The building featured a huge stained glass dome of the Beaux Arts - 11 Washington Street. The building has been skylight intended for the San Francisco Elks Hall Renaissance Revival modified since the cornerstone was laid in 1861. however destroyed by the Great 1906 Earthquake style in vogue early A transept was added in 1870 and the steeple bell and Fire. The building lobby contains the original in the century. The building was heavily tower was raised in 1893, but it remains true to its mosaic floor with Elks motif. damaged by a fire in 1923, and following repairs red brick Gothic Revival style. DOWNTOWN STOCKTON ALLIANCE 1 www.DowntownStockton.org 209-464-5246 SELF-GUIDED ART & HISTORY TOUR SELF-GUIDED ART & HISTORY TOUR

For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 Art on the 14 Waterfront. 11 Stroll on the Joan St. Mary’s Catholic Church is Darrah Promenade the oldest existing building alongside the south in Downtown Stockton. shore of the Deep Water Channel and notice stainless steel and bronze images imbedded in the walkway. They were designed and installed by Dan Snyder, Berkeley, were exactly replicated and leaded stained glass Main Street: In the 1850s, the waterfront and tell the history of this area. Water creature panels were cleaned and restored. The upper businesses, plagued by a series of floods and elements incorporated in stair railings, bicycle floors now provide apartments and the great fires, started migrating towards Main Street. racks, and light poles were designed by Wayne rooftop terrace offers a magnificent waterfront Early buildings included grocery and provision Chabre, Walla Walla, WA. At the end of the view to the west. Listed on the National Register stores, saddle and harness shops, as well as Promenade is Morelli’s Park and Boat Launch of Historic Places. hardware and machinery merchants. Horse featuring a multi-colored group of stainless steel drawn carts and buggies traveled the unpaved and aluminum kinetic sculptures. They were road while pedestrians used the wooden fabricated and installed by Mark White, of Santa sidewalks. By the turn of the century, Stockton Fe, NM, in 2009. had grown into an industrial city. Streetcars In 2009, Moto running down Main Street and the presence of 15 Ohtake of Santa banks, hotels, and theatres, attracted a steady Cruz installed a twenty flow of visitors. By the 1930’s, Main Street foot high kinetic sculpture, boasted several skyscrapers and became the entitled “Airbourne” at center of town’s leading shops and prominent the North Point (near businesses. The pioneer stores were replaced the Waterfront Hotel). by larger retail stores, including the Owl Drug Tretheway Building, c. 1892, 227 E. Weber The large abstract piece 17 Ave. Listed on the National Register of Historic Store, J.C. Penny’s, or Woolworth’s. During features wind driven the 1960’s, Main Street was made into a one- Places, the building was originally the Argonaut paddles which rotate in Hotel with a hardware store on the ground level. way street in an effort to improve the flow of different directions inside traffic downtown. Built in the Queen Anne style with Romanesque and a hoop. The sculpture Moorish influences, the facade is embellished is made of brushed Anchored (Steve Petruska and Diane with cast zinc floral patterns and sandstone. stainless steel. 12 Pumpelly Bates, 2016) Dean DeCarli The building originally had a much taller false front parapet which fell as a result of the San Square. The sculpture reflects dynamic nature Hotel Stockton, c. 1910, 145 E. Weber Francisco earthquake of 1906. of change; how histories begin, end and overlap. 16 Avenue. One of the finest examples of Stainless steel structure, 23 feet high. Spanish Mission Revival architecture in Belding Ethnic California. The first all steel reinforced concrete 18 Building, 110 N. 13 Diversity construction in the San Joaquin Valley. “The San Joaquin St. Built Sculpture (Eric Lee, Stockton” was restored and officially reopened in in 1915 by Charles 1989), corner of San 2005. The lobby Belding, Mayor of Joaquin and Weber, features original Stockton 1878 -1879, concrete. This site fireplace and two in the Beaux Arts- honors the ethnic story mezzanine. Renaissance Revival diversity of San Oak railings and architecture style. Joaquin County. wainscoting Once occupied by the Belding Soda Works,

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For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 Continued from page 4 Central Fire whose glass bottles are still in demand by 23 Alarm Station, c. collectors. Today, the building is a prime location 1926, 46 W. Fremont 32 for office and co-work spaces as well as ground Street. The Beaux Arts Historic B&M Building at 125 Bridge floor restaurants. - Classical Revival Place is the second oldest building in Downtown Stockton. style building was built Downtown Sidewalk Brass Inlays (Dan to house Stockton’s Snyder, 2004) Snyder placed six sets of brass Gamwell Fire Telegraph inlays around the downtown area, catching the relay equipment. It attention of Guaranty Bank. That prompted served as the central Guaranty to commission Stockton’s first location for emergency public/private public art partnership in placing feature a richly coffered ceiling and decorative calls to the Fire a set of brass inlays in front of the Guaranty bronze electroliers. A mural by Gregg Custodio Department from call Bank branch on Hunter Street. represents different ethnic groups and trades boxes located throughout the city. that settled in Stockton. Memorial to Martin Luther 24 Mexican Braceros 21 King, Jr. Statue (Rafael Arietta Eskarzaga, (Rafael Arrieta-Eskarzaga, 2002), McLeods Park, 2004), MLK Plaza, El bronze, cement, masonry. Dorado St., bronze. One Shows a bracero working arm of the statue is raised in the field. and pointing east to a dawn of new hope.

Fire Fighter 25 Memorial, McLeod Park, 1998, bronze. Dedicated to those who gave their lives in the fire service to the City of Stockton. On the side of the statues are names of fallen firefighters. St. John’s Anglican Church, c. 1889, and 19 Guild Hall, c. 1892, 306 N. El Dorado Street. The Episcopal congregation built their first church Civic Memorial Auditorium, c. 1926, 525 Stockton Rising on this site in 1857. The current St. John’s building 22 N. Center Street. The Roman-Doric style 26 (Scott Donahue, is a rare example of Nordic architecture and replaced building is dedicated in memory of Americans who 2006), N.Madison and the first church after it was demolished in 1889. The lost their lives in WW I. The exterior is finished in W. Fremont St., concrete chancel window from the original church is located stucco to resemble sandstone and trimmed with with bronze. The overall above the west entrance. The building is known for terra cotta. Each side presents a polychrome cylindrical form is similar its superior acoustics and intimate surroundings. St. panel of the seal of the City of Stockton, State to the Arena’s. The large John’s parish is the third oldest Episcopal Church of California, federal government and emblems figures represent athletes on the Pacific Coast. of the American Legion, Spanish American War without personifying City Hall, c. 1926, 325 N. El Dorado Street. Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Grand a particular sport. The 20 Built in the Grecian-Iconic style of stone Army of the Republic. The 12 emblems of the smaller figures refer to and marble, the lobby of this elegant building armed forces are on the building’s frieze. the family, friends, and community.

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For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 For a guided tour of historic Downtown Stockton call 209.888.8636 or 209.464.5246 Nippon Hospital, 25 S. Commerce St. 31 The 2-story brick structure with elements SperrySt. Mary’s Union Church Mill Warehouse built about 1870, now known as the Waterfront Warehouse. of Classic Revival architecture. Built in 1919, 30 it served the largest Japanese population in the U.S. at that time and operated until 1930, when it became a hotel. It’s the Event Center Garage Entryway last standing structure 27 Feature (Gordon Huether, 2005) built by Stockton’s early 22,000 Mattell toy cars make up this piece on the Japanese community. west side of the Stockton Arena parking garage. The cars are epoxied and urethane sealed onto 4ft x Downtown maintenance hole covers, (Molly 8ft sections. The mosaic exploits an idea of tongue- Toberer) carry an aesthetic legacy of the in-cheek humor, the element of surprise, and the American 1930’s. There are 20 units spread direct relevance to the building holding the artwork. from Martin Luther King Plaza to Main St. and Confucius from Weber Point to San Joaquin St. 17 unique 28 Monument, designs represented such themes as Work, McLeods Lake at Center Taste, Grow, Invent, Sister Cities and others. St. 13.5 foot high pagoda- like monument of red and green tile; a bi-centennial celebration gift from the Chinese Community to Stockton. The red roof tiles and inscribed marble slabs were hand crafted in Taiwan. The north facing slab explains Chinese philosophy of the Great Harmony and the east one shows an image of Confucius. Sperry Flour 29 Mill, c. 1888, 146 W. Weber Ave. The Victorian Commercial style building was at one time the 2nd largest Weber Avenue Tree Guards and Grates (Scott flour milling operation in Runion, 2002) serve to protect new trees and California. An addition provide vertical and horizontal art elements. was built in 1917. The tree grate has a water lily and fish Sperry Union Mill Warehouse, c. 1870, theme while the tree guard has six cattails 30 known as the Waterfront Warehouse, emerging out of the rippling water. The green 445 W. Weber Ave. The oldest surviving structure stalks and leaves have been powder-coated on the Stockton Channel. Part of the Eureka in green for a hard and durable surface and Warehouse complex occupied by the Granger the cattail heads have been treated to create Cooperative Union in the 1870s. Now occupied by a rich brown color as in nature. The design restaurants and offices, it features exposed interior merges the regional and historical heritage of wood beams and a picturesque amphitheater. the Delta and the waterways. DOWNTOWN STOCKTON ALLIANCE 4 www.DowntownStockton.org 209-464-5246 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O 11 SELF-GUIDED ART & HISTORY TOUR SELF-GUIDED ART & HISTORY TOUR 11

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