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CONTINUATION/AMENDMENT SHEET Historic Preservation Certification Application Griffith-McKenzie Building 1101 Fulton Mall Fresno, Fresno, CA Instructions. Read the instructions carefully before completing. Type, or print clearly in black ink. Use this sheet to continue sections of the Part 1 and Part 2 application, or to amend an application already submitted. Photocopy additional sheets as needed. This sheet: • continues Part 1 D continues Part 2 D amends Part 1 D amends Part 2 NPS Project Number: George William Kelham As described by the San Francisco Chronicle, George Kelham was one of the west's most noted architects. The Griffith-McKenzie Building is Kelham's only known work in Fresno and one ofKelham's first comm1ss1ons. He was born in Manchester, Massachusetts on May 15, 1871 to S. Daniel and Mary Brown Kelham. He attended Harvard, and then studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. After a brief stay in Rome, in 1898, the 27-year old Kelham moved to New York where he worked at the firm of Trowbridge and Livingston. During this time, in April, 1902, he married Katherine Taft Bruce. The firm sent him to San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake to design the Palace Hotel. He remained in San Francisco and went into business for himself. A practicing architect for three decades, Kelham has left a large body of work - mostly in San Francisco. The Griffith-McKenzie Building is his only known work in Fresno and one of first major commissions. His first known commission was in San Francisco - the Sharon Building (1912; 39-63 New Montgomery). In 1915, he was chief of the Department of Architecture for San Francisco' s Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. That department featured an architectural collaboration that included Willis Polk, Clarence Ward, McKim, Mead & White, and Henry Bacon among others. The Court of Flowers and Court of Palms were his designs specifically. Among San Francisco structures that stand as monuments to his creative ability are the San Francisco Public Library (Civic Center, 1916), Harold Dollar Building (341 California, 1920), London/Paris National Bank (Sansome & Sutter, 1921), Security Pacific Bank (300 Montgomery; 1922), Standard Oil Building (225 Bush, 1922), Federal Reserve Bank (400 Sansome; 1924), San Francisco Zoo Mother's Building (1925), Russ Building (235 Montgomery; 1928), Shell Building (100 Bush; 1930), Hills Brothers Coffee Factory (Spear & Harrison; 1933) and the Pacific Union Club remodel (1000 California, 1934). His last known work is the Marina Middle School (3500 Filmore; 1936). Kelham is also known to have design the Continental Bank Building in Salt Lake City and bank buildings in Stockton and Oakland. In addition, he was supervising architect for the University of California. That work included a campus masterplan for the University of California Los Angeles. Presented in 1925, it featured 40 primarily redbrick Romanesque buildings along a classic cross axis. In that work, between 1927 and 1930, Kelham also designed four campus buildings: the Library, Royce Hall, Chemistry Building and Education Building. Also as supervising architect, he developed the Life Sciences Complex at the Berkeley campus in 1930. He remained supervising architect for ten years, relinquishing the post in 1935. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Industrial Association, and Vice President of the Pacific Union Club. CONTINUATION/AMENDMENT SHEET Historic Preservation Certification Application Griffith-McKenzie Building 1101 Fulton Mall Fresno, Fresno, CA Instructions. Read the instructions carefully before completing . Type, or print clearly in black ink. Use this sheet to continue sections of the Part 1 and Part 2 application , or to amend an application already submitted. Photocopy additional sheets as needed. This sheet: • continues Part 1 D continues Part 2 D amends Part 1 D amends Part 2 NPS Project Number: At the time of his death, he was chairman of the board of architects designing the Golden Gate International Exposition. He died on December 7, 1936 after a short illness. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Bruce Kelham and his son, Bruce. r~"kk axckJej fr-tle- {~:~+J ~~~-~c__ Co Jensen - RE: George Kelham, Architect From: To: Date: Subject: "Rob Mawson" <[e-mail]> "Cory Jensen" <[e-mail]> 10/13/2004 10:41 :52 AM RE: George Kelham, Architect Thanks - the building is very, very similar to the one I'm working on in Fresno - high-rise, 50x150. The time frame is right too. I'm attaching the significance section of our Part 1 which has a fairly long bio of Kelham. The source for the Continental Bank is Kelham's bio in Withey's Biographical Dictionary of American Architects. -----Original Message----From: Cory Jensen [mailto:coryjensen@utah .gov] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:31 AM To: Rob Mawson Subject: Re: George Kelham, Architect Rob, I don't have anything concerning this architect. The nomination for the Continental Bank (see scanned attachments) is an earlier one and is lacking in many details, architect included. If you have a source that gives this info could you scan and email or fax it to me so I can add it to my files? (see address/fax# below). This is the only Continental Bank bldg I know of in SLC, so it is probably the one he designed. Does it appear similar to his other works? Thanks, J. Cory Jensen Architectural Historian/National Register Coordinator Utah State Historic Preservation Office 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 801 /533-3559 FAX [phone] [e-mail] »> "Rob Mawson" <[e-mail]> 10/8/2004 4:12:14 PM >>> I am trying to find some information on this architect's body of work. I have a good handle on his bio. I have a reference that says that he designed the Continental Bank Building in Salt Lake. There is a Continental Bank Building in Salt Lake that is listed on the NR wondering if this is Kelham's. Also wondering if Kelham is known to have done any other work in SLC? Pa e 1