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Tevis Block in Bakersfield, CA |
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Tevis Block in Bakersfield, California |
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Tevis Block or Kern County Land Company Building in Bakersfield, California is yet another historic building listed building on National Register of Historic Places. Like a handful of building that survived the 1952 earthquake, Tevis Block is one of those.
Tevis Block is the only building of a once prosperous Kern County Land Company and a perfect example of what is called as Second Renaissance Revival architecture.
Tevis Block has more than just its two-story structure, it’s a marvellous piece architectural engineering.
It is built up of fire bricks in “U” shape with fanlight windows in its south facing facade and arches made of terracotta. Each floor is designed differently from inside and outside. While the first floor windows are rectangular, bottom hinged, 2 sash windows that are vertically divided with fanlight transom and has a flat lintel, these windows have a mezzanine looks with brickwork all around it.
The second floor windows are totally different, they are single sash that allows light and has flat bricks that radiate above it. They have narrow frieze and square vents and decorated with boxed cornice at the top. On top of this, there is a tall plain cornice like a cap. The back of the building has a second story, a walkway made of iron rail and a closed elevator that was added later.
Although, the building has been renovated after the 1952 earthquake, the building still has its original architecture after more than a century and a decade. |
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