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Exterior view of the Henry Fisher residence in Redlands, ca.1900 (CHS-5347)
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Exterior view of the Henry Fisher residence in Redlands, ca.1900
Photograph of the exterior view of the Henry Fisher residence in Redlands, ca.1900. The two-story house has a touch of both Italianate and Mission Revival style. It features arched windows, Spanish tiled roofs and an arcade; which are evident in most Mission Revival homes. It also features low-pitched roofs, balustraded balcony, decorative brackets around windows, a square tower (center), and extended eaves; which are all characteristics of Italianate style buildings. Vines can be seen growing wildly covering one of the balconies (center). The lawn is well manicured.; "During the 1890's, people came for the most part from New England and from the Chicago area. At first many of them came because of impaired health, liked what they saw, and decided to remain. Henry Harbinson Sinclair and Henry Fisher are two examples of the kinds of people who became attracted to the City of Redlands. Sinclair, a New Yorker, received training in the shipping business and in marine law. He came to Southern California for his health. Fisher, from Pennsylvania, controlled much of the Keystone State's oil pipeline system and disposed of his interests to Standard Oil. In 1892, Sinclair and Fisher, now located in Redlands, joined with other investors and organized the Redlands Electric Light and Power Company. The first generation of three-phase electrical power in the United States was achieved by the Redlands company in 1893 and served, not only as an important chapter in electric power history, but also as a tribute to the farsightedness of Sinclair, Fisher and their associates." -- unknown author.
Call number: CHS-5347
Filename: CHS-5347
Coverage date: circa 1900
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Redlands
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5347
Microfiche number: 1-41-17
Archival file: chs_Volume65/CHS-5347.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): residential sites
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1900
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): San Bernardino County -- Redlands -- Architecture -- Domestic
Legacy record ID: chs-m8567; USC-1-1-1-8700
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): San Bernardino
Subject (lcsh): Architecture, Domestic
Subject: Fisher, Henry
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