Fresno County Courthouse

Courthouse in Fresno, California

Fresno County Courthouse

Alternative names| Fresno Main Courthouse
General information
Type| Courthouse
Architectural style| New Formalism
Location| 1100 Van Ness Avenue
Fresno, California
Coordinates| 36°44′11″N 119°47′21″W﻿ / ﻿36.7364°N 119.7891°W﻿ / 36.7364; -119.7891
Completed| 1966
Owner| County of Fresno
Management| County of Fresno
Height
Roof| 200 ft (61 m)
Technical details
Floor count| 8
2 below ground
Lifts/elevators| 5
Design and construction
Architect(s)| WALTER WAGNER & PARTNERS, who were Paul Harris, Project Architect, James Blayney, Paul Schoenwald, Will Thomas, and Harry Bode
References
[1][2][3]

The Fresno County Courthouse is an 8-story, 200-foot-tall (61 m) high-rise building at 1100 Van Ness Avenue in downtown Fresno, California that serves as the main location for the Fresno County Superior Court.

Construction was completed on the building in 1966 on the site of, and replacing, the previous neo-classical style courthouse that was built in 1875.[4][5] Architectural historian David Gebhardt said of the loss of the old courthouse to the current one, "insipid."[6]

The courthouse is connected to the Fresno County Jail underground through a system of tunnels providing easy and safe transportation of inmates.[7][8][9]

A $113 million seismic retrofit was scheduled to be completed in 2015.[10]

The V-LINE bus stops here, providing connections to Visalia six times daily [11]

## Gallery

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An early drawing of the old 1885 Fresno County Courthouse The Old Fresno Courthouse from 1956

## References

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1. ^ "Emporis building ID 127095". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
2. ^ "Fresno County Courthouse". SkyscraperPage.
3. ^ Fresno County Courthouse at Structurae
4. ^ "Old Fresno County Courthouse". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
5. ^ "The Life and Death of Buildings". Princeton University Art Museum. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
6. ^ Carl Nolte (13 April 2002). "58 California icons: Every county courthouse has a tale to tell". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
7. ^ "An Assessment of Staffing at the Fresno County Detention".
8. ^ "Correctional Facility Information" (PDF).
9. ^ "Fresno County Jail System Assessment".
10. ^ Office of Court Construction and Management (2012). "Fresno County Courthouse Renovation". Administrative Office of the Courts. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
11. ^ https://ridevline.com/schedule/

## External links

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* The Superior Court of California, County of Fresno official website
* The Original Fresno County Courthouse