Sonoma County CA Archives History - Books .....Brick Buildings 1877 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 25, 2006, 12:18 am Book Title: Historical And Descriptive Sketch Of Sonoma County, California BRICK BUILDINGS. The most notable brick buildings, named in the order in which they were built, are: The Santa Rosa Bank building, on Exchange street, built in 1871-2; the recorder's office, on the corner of Exchange and Fourth streets, completed the same year; the I. 0. O. F. hall, on the corner of Exchange and Third streets, built the same year; the Ridgeway block came next, and that was followed by the Grand Hotel building, on the corner of Third and Main streets. This fine structure was built by Neece & West, and is kept as a first-class hotel by Neece & Pooler. The block owned by Judge Overton, Morrow Brothers, and others, on Fourth street, was built about the same time. In 1874 Mrs. Spencer put up a block on Fourth street, Jerry Ridgeway a block on Third street, the Santa Rosa Savings bank their elegant building on Exchange street. The same year T. L. Thompson erected Sonoma Democratic building, on Exchange street, and General Parks the block on the corner of Fourth and B street. The Occidental hotel, on Fourth street, the largest and most costly building in the city, was completed in 1876. It is kept in first-class style by G. A. Tupper, and is one of the finest houses north of San Francisco. For want of space we must bring this branch of our subject to a close, without mentioning other buildings equally worthy of special notice. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, BY ROBERT A. THOMPSON, EDITOR OF "THE SONOMA DEMOCRAT." PHILADELPHIA: L. H. EVERTS & CO. 1877. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/history/1877/historic/brickbui355nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb