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the most elaborate of these storefronts, parapet. Christesen's, at 629-33 Main
<br /> witha eorner turret and a br eketed Street, and Cheese "actory, across REVITALIZATION
<br /> cornice with swag frieze. from the Pleasanton Hotel, are two
<br /> e.,am les, both coestructed a ut 1920. DISTRICT
<br /> ~e Pleasanton ~tel (originally the
<br />, Fa~er's Hotel) is compositionally and
<br />~-~-~ ornamentally atypical, as it was 4. Mediterranean (c. 1925 - 1940)
<br /> reconstructed in 1915 as a pastiche of ~ windshield su~ey of
<br />. 19th century motifs. (~e 1851 date of Popular ~tween the late 1920's and World Pleasanton's historic and architectural
<br />---',.~ construction, as stated on the present War II, this style was an outgrowth of the resources was tM first step leadi~ to
<br /> building plaque, is arguable-) Mission ~vival, sharing such motifs as construction of ~undaries and
<br />- stuccoed walls and red-tiled roofs- ~e implementation measures for a ~wnto~
<br />- &~e Victorian residence suwives on F~in most important ex~ples of the style are ~vitalization District- ~e suNey
<br /> Street, the Jerome Mendt }buse of a~ut the Veteran's B~lding at 301 Main Street, identified two levels of resources:
<br /> of a~ut 1930, and the gas station at the
<br /> 1880- It is a good e~mple of late 1) primary resources, ~ich are those
<br />:. Italianate residential design, with ~orthwest corner of ~in and St. ~ry buildi~s and structures possessing
<br />' heavily bracketed roof cornice, window Streets. ~ office buildi~ at ~0 ~in potential eligibility for listing on the
<br />~" ~ cornices and eave returns. Street is the other major example. National ~gister of Historic Places; and
<br />' ~.' 2) secondary resources, ~ich are t~se
<br />: ~veral substantial brick comercial Two important buildi~s in the project buildi~s and structures making a
<br /> structures survive in the do~to~ area. area fall outside the above categories- collective or ~ckground contributiou to
<br /> (~is is not surprising, given the ~e Southern Pacific ~pot (1901), a tM distinctive character of ~wnto'.~
<br /> proximity of the ~nillard brick plant-) wood-framed wood-clad structure, w~ Pleasanton. (A map indicating the
<br /> ~ide from the one-story building with designed in a functio~l non-or~mental location of these primary and secondary
<br /> corbelled brick cornice at 443 ~in Street style. Its ~storical importance to the resources is on file ~th the City's
<br /> development of Pleasanton overshadows its
<br /> (c. 1895), the remaining structures are ~partmeat of Planning and ~munity
<br /> two stories in height, with accentuated architectural quality. ~e ~endt ~velo~ent.)
<br />~4 cornices, parapets and arched windows. Building (fomer Bank of ~erica), at 500
<br />-~'Z4~ Storefronts on the gro~d level generally ~hin Street, was built about 1910. Its
<br /> restrained classical detailing and In addition to identification of do~to~n
<br /> [rove less glazing t~n in wooden
<br />.~ structures of the same ~riod- ~e relatively sophisticated composition are area resources, consideration of district
<br />: Johnston Buildi~ at 465 [~in Street, uniq~ to Pleasanton. bo~daries also took into account land use
<br /> built in 1896, and the Mendt ~mission
<br />. ~use and ~neral blerchandise Store, 450
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<br /> face each other on ~in Street. ~e P.V.
<br />
<br /> Street, was built in the 1880's and is
<br /> unique in Pleasanton for its irregular
<br /> plan and its diagonal corner entrance-
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<br /> 2- Mission ~vival (c- 19~ - 1915) ~_ 2-
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<br /> ~e project area ~s an unusually large
<br /> numMr of buildings in this style.
<br /> ~nerally they are of wood-frame
<br /> construction, clad in stucco- Identifying /"
<br /> motifs include arched o~nings, over-
<br /> hanging red-tiled roofs with exposed roof
<br /> rafters and, most obviously, the cu~,ed
<br /> ~r'~'~- Mission-style parapet. ~e earliest
<br /> example in the project area is the
<br /> I.O.O.F. Building (1901), though most 'Y/ '-~
<br /> examples of the style in Pleasanton ~,,ere /
<br /> built around 1910- ~ese include the / ~
<br /> First National Bank Building (1910), a row ~'.
<br /> of buildi~s extending north from this ~
<br /> building, and a small office building at _ - '~
<br /> t~ northwest corner of Main Street and /
<br /> ~se Avenue, built around 1910 for Dr. E. / "'~¢~
<br /> lhrnes- ~e Western Pacific ~pot, also / '~;
<br /> built around 19lO on ~se Avenue, was an /
<br /> important e~mple of the style and h.~s
<br /> since ~en demolished- ~e old City
<br /> constructed in 1914 at 603 Main Street, is
<br /> a su~ued version of the style-
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<br /> 3. Parapeted ~mercial (c. 1915 - 1930)
<br />
<br /> ~pical connercial buildi~s of t~ ~riod
<br /> from World War I to about 1930 were of
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