Philip Wilson Building

Historic building in California, U.S.

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Wilson Building

First City Hall
Burchell House Building

Philip Wilson Building

Location| 1770 Ocean Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Coordinates| 36°33′18″N 121°55′22″W﻿ / ﻿36.55500°N 121.92278°W﻿ / 36.55500; -121.92278
Built| 1905
Built for| Philip Wilson, Sr.
Original use| Real Estate Office
Current use| retail store
Architectural style(s)| Craftsman

Wilson Building

Wilson Building

The Wilson Building, also known as the Philip Wilson Building is a historic commercial building in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It is an example of American Craftsman architectural style that was built in 1905 on the corner of Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street as a real estate office. In 1916 it became Carmel’s first official City Hall. The building qualified as an important building in the city's downtown historic district property survey and was recorded with the California Register of Historical Resources on November 30, 2002.[1]

## History[edit]

The wood-shingled, Craftsman-style Philip Wilson Building is one of the oldest in downtown Carmel.

The Wilson Building was established in 1905 by the Philip Wilson family as a real estate office. It is one of the oldest continually operating businesses in Carmel. The property is located on northwest corner of Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street.[1][2]

The Wilson Building is a two-story, rectangular wood frame building with a pitched shingled roof with two dormers. The ground floor has the original corner entrance. A doorway was added to the north of the building. The south and east sides of the building have horizontal redwood siding. In 1923, an addition was added to the north side of the building.[1]

The building served as Carmel's first "official" City Hall after its incorporation in 1916. A flagpole was erected on June 6, 1917.[3][4][5]

In the 1990s, it was called the Burchell House Building. The Burchell House Properties (formerly Burchell Realty) held a grand opening of the restored property on October 1, 1999. The Burchell House Properties was a real-estate firm located in the upstairs office of the Wilson Building.[6]

The building qualified for inclusion in the city's Downtown Historic District Property Survey, and was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on September 7, 2004. The building qualifies under the California Register criterion 3 in architecture, as a good example of early Craftsman style built for a commercial building in Carmel.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Wilson Building
* Carmel City Hall

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Richard N Janick (November 30, 2002). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
2. ^ Dramov, Alissandra (2019). Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 70–71, 2. ISBN 9781467103039. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
3. ^ "20 Years Ago". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1937-02-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
4. ^ "Message From The Mayor". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1996-10-24. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
5. ^ Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. pp. 57, 74, 96. ISBN 9780913548738. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
6. ^ "Burchell House grand opening at Carmel's first city hall". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1999-10-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-06-09.

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List of Historic Buildings in Carmel-by-the-Sea

Downtown buildings|

* Adam Fox Building
* Amelia Gates Building
* Bank of Carmel
* Blue Bird Tea Room
* Carmel City Hall
* Carmel Development Building
* Carmel Fire Station
* Carmel Weavers Studio
* Carmel-by-the-Sea World War I Memorial Arch
* Devendorf Park
* Garden Shop Addition
* Goold Building
* Harrison Memorial Library
* La Rambla Building
* La Ribera Hotel
* Lemos Building
* Mary Dummage Shop
* Monterey County Trust & Savings Building
* Pine Inn
* Reardon Building
* Sade's
* Schweninger Building
* Seven Arts Building
* Seven Arts Shop
* Sundial Lodge
* T.A. Oakes Building
* The Tuck Box
* Wilson Building

Other buildings|

* Abbie Jane Hunter House
* American Legion Post No. 512
* Butterfly House
* Carmel Art Association
* Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
* David Starr Jordan House
* First Murphy House
* Forest Theater
* Golden Bough Theater
* Grace MacGowan Cooke House
* La Playa Hotel
* Mission Ranch
* Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
* Mrs. Clinton Walker House
* Murphy's Barn
* Normandy Inn
* Outlands in the Eighty Acres
* Richardson Log Cabin
* Sunset Center
* Tor House and Hawk Tower
* Vernon Kellogg House
* Whalers Cabin

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* Blaine & Olsen
* Frederick Bigland
* Albert Cauldwell
* Albert B. Coats
* Hugh W. Comstock
* Dene Denny
* Albert L. Farr
* Amelia L. Gates
* Lee Gottfried
* Greene and Greene
* Henry Hill
* Robert R. Jones
* Chris Jorgensen
* Guy O. Koepp
* Pedro J. Lemos
* Bernard Maybeck
* Samuel J. Miller
* Jo Mora
* Thomas W. Morgan
* Michael J. Murphy
* Percy Parkes
* Robert Stanton
* Swartz & Ryland
* Hazel Watrous
* H. H. Winner & Co.
* Thomas Albert Work
* Frank Lloyd Wright
* William Wurster
* Frank Wynkoop

Builder/contractor|

* Ernest Bixler
* Hugh W. Comstock
* Delos Goldsmith
* Lee Gottfried
* Samuel J. Miller
* Michael J. Murphy
* Thomas A. Oakes
* Percy Parkes
* Fred Ruhl
* A. Carlyle Stoney

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