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California Mid-Century Modern Office Buildings (page 8)

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San Jose Water Co.
San Jose, CA
The San Jose Water Co. building was designed by Gifford E. Sobey and built in 1960. Originally, there was a moat with fountains in front of the building. The grass has been replaced with mulch. There was also a sign with a cinder block screen which was removed around 2010. There is also a chain link fence around the building which I believe is vacant. For more, see this website. [map]

CHEIM Lumber Co. [gone]
San Jose, CA
This CHEIM Lumber Co. building was used as a sales office CHEIM's prefabricated houses. The building was designed by Bill May of Kress & Gibson and built around 1954. The building housed Elite Roofing Supply when these photos were taken in 2014. In 2015, the building was demolished. For more, see this website.

medical building [gone]
San Jose, CA
This medical building was built in 1963. By 2022, the building and sign had been drastically remodeled. [map]

More San Jose:
Wells Fargo Building

Water Education Center [gone]
San Leandro, CA
The Water Education Center building originally housed East Bay Pure Water. The building was owned by the City of San Leandro and was vacant when these photos were taken in 2008. By 2012, the building was gone.

Kundert Medical Clinic
San Luis Obispo, CA
The Kundert Medical Clinic was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1956. It was used original as an ophthalmologist's office. The building now houses Kenneth Tway's cardiology office. [map]

Aramaki & Kawazoe dental office
San Pedro, CA
The Aramaki & Kawazoe dental office was built in 1960. [map]

Marin County Civic Center
San Rafael, CA
The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and was built 1957-1972. Wright passed away during the project and the buildings were completed in the 1960s by Taliesin architects Wesley Peters and Aaron Green. Wright's original plan called for gold roofs not blue. The Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, shown above in the bottom row, opened in 1971. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. [map]

Orange County Law Library
Santa Ana, CA
The Orange County Law Library was designed by Ralph Allen in 1972. [map]

Orange County Courthouse
Santa Ana, CA
Santa Ana City Hall
Santa Ana, CA
The Orange County Courthouse was built in 1966. It was designed by Richard Neutra. [map]

The Santa Ana City Hall was built in 1973. [map]

State of California
Santa Barbara, CA
The State of California building was probably built in the 1960s. [map]

Water Street Medical Plaza
Santa Cruz, CA
The Water Street Medical Plaza was designed by Aaron Green. It was completed in 1964. A pharmacy building is at the center of the complex (bottom row above). Green was an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright and collaborated with him on more than 30 West Coast projects. For more, see this website. [map]

Santa Maria Times
Santa Maria, CA
The Santa Maria Times building appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

St. Joseph Health Memorial Hospice
Santa Rosa, CA
The St. Joseph Health Memorial Hospice building was built in 1966. [map]

chiropractic office
Santa Rosa, CA
This chiropractic office was built in 1965. [map]

Christensen Accountancy Corporation
Santa Rosa, CA
This building has housed the Christensen Accountancy Corporation since at least 2008. It features a striking concrete screen. The building was constructed in 1963 and may have housed Burney Realty originally. [map]

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