Adventure 003, Site 059-Hotel Virginia

Sherri in front of Hotel Virginia

 Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 059-Hotel Virginia
Local Registry ID: 173


Team: YOLT
Date:  September 15, 2013
Location:

Address: 2125-2139 Kern Street, Fresno

Description:
Date Built: 1920
Architect: R. F. Felchli



Some old hotels, you see the former grandeaur of the place. The Hotel Virginia looked like it was pretty basic—or as the write up below says, it catered to the working class people. A news report says the six years ago a developer saved this hotel from the wrecking bacll and wanted to put resturants in. We saw one resturant and a recently put in For Lease sign.

Hotel Virginia (1920)

2125-2139 Kern Street
R. F. Felchlin, Architect
Brick Commercial

Hotel Virginia

The Hotel Virginia is an excellent example of a working class hotel, of which numerous examples once lined the streets of San Joaquin Valley towns. The Kern and Inyo Street elevations are faced with a narrow brick laid up in a common bond that has a textural contrast created not only from the gradations in color of the brown bricks themselves, but also by the use of quoins and inserted decorative elements. Of interest is that the side and rear elevations are of red-colored brick laid up in Flemish bond. A particular character-defining feature of the hotel is the sheet metal marquee/portico over the hotel entrance, which is supported in place by decorative sheet metal brackets.



References:

• Guide to Historic Fresno
  
• Ch 47 2007 news report
  
• What Was There site includes an old picture
  

Overall Landmark References:

• Guide to Historic Fresno