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Courthouses in California: James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building, Richard H. Chambers United States Court of Appeals
Description: Chapters: James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building, Richard H. Chambers United States Court of Appeals, Chet Holifield Federal Building, List of United States Federal Courthouses in California, Ventura County Courthouse, Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Alpine County Courthouse, Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse, Madera County Courthouse, Old Lake County Courthouse, Colusa County Courthouse. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building - By the 1870s it became apparent that San Francisco was in dire need of a federal building to house the federal courts and the post office that were located in various downtown buildings. In 1887 a commission delegated to select a site reported that the $350,000 allocated by the U.S. Congress was insufficient and the sum was raised to $1,250,000. The property chosen at Seventh and Mission Streets was more than a mile from the central business district and surrounded by a working-class neighborhood of Irish and German immigrants. Although many disapproved, the lot was purchased in 1891. In 1893 $2,500,000 was appropriated for construction. U.S. Treasury architects worked on designs for the building, with Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor (1857-1929) playing a lead role. Taylor selected a design influenced by Italian Renaissance architecture with magnificent Beaux Arts grandeur. To achieve the high level of craftsmanship specified for the interior, skilled artisans were brought from Italy. Groundbreaking took place in 1897 and the building opened in 1905 to acclaim as "a post office that's a palace." On April 18, 1906, an earthquake devastated San Francisco. The U.S. Courthouse and Pos...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=24806663We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Courthouses in California: James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building, Richard H. Chambers United States Court of Appeals. To get started finding Courthouses in California: James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building, Richard H. Chambers United States Court of Appeals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.