Jastro Building

Coordinates: 35°22′35″N 119°1′18″W / 35.37639°N 119.02167°W / 35.37639; -119.02167
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Jastro Building
Jastro Building is located in Bakersfield, California
Jastro Building
Jastro Building is located in California
Jastro Building
Jastro Building is located in the United States
Jastro Building
Location1800 19th St., Bakersfield, California
Coordinates35°22′35″N 119°1′18″W / 35.37639°N 119.02167°W / 35.37639; -119.02167
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1917
ArchitectHinshaw, Everett; Currie & Dugler
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.83001182 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1983

The Jastro Building, also known as the Standard Oil Building, is a historic

office building in Bakersfield, California. The structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP) on September 22, 1983.

Structure

The Jastro Building a two-story structure in downtown Bakersfield, California. Built in the late-

transom. The second story center porch windows have molded arches with frieze.[2]

Significance

The Standard Oil Company entered the substantial oil industry in Kern County in 1902 to develop its holdings in the Kern River Oil Field. With the construction of the Jastro Building, the company moved its Central California operations to Bakersfield. At the time it was built, the building was the first commercial building in the downtown commercial district built across the city's G Street. It is one of the finest examples of its type of architecture to survive the devastating 1952 Kern County earthquake relatively unscathed.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Christopher D. Brewer, Historic Resources Inventory, State of California -- The Resources Agency, Department of Parks and Recreation, April 3, 1984; copy accessed from City of Bakersfield Cultural Resources Survey Downtown Area, located in the Local History room of the Beale Memorial Library, Bakersfield, California.