Adventure 003, Site 047-Maubridge Apartments

Sherri and NRHP Sign

Maubridge Aprt with house on top

Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 047-Maubridge Apartments
National Registry ID: 1982002176
Local Registry ID: 54




Team: YOLT
Date:  September 5, 2013
Location:
Coordinates: 36°44′12″N, 119°47′07″W

Address: 2344 Tulare, Fresno, CA

Description:
Date Built: 1911
Architect:Benjamin G. McDougall


It is interesting how things sometimes come together. Last December, Sherri was a juror on a trial being held just across the way from this building. During a break, she fascinated the other jurors with how there was a full sized house on top of this apartment building, and how it got there. Last year, we wrote this about the apartments:

The Maubridge Apartments was built by two Fresno doctors: Dr. JL Maupin and Dr. Dwight Trowbridge, Sr. At the time, and it still is, an elegant addition to Fresno. In 1947, a house was built on top of the apartments by a Fresno judge, giving a view of the Sierra's. An Otis elevator was installed during construction and is still operating—making it one of the oldest operating elevators west of the Mississippi.






References:

• Guide to Historic Fresno
  

• Valley's Legends and Legacies, Volume 1 by Catherine Rehart
  

• National Registry of Historic Places: Documentation and Pictures
  

Overall Landmark References:

• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)