PCAD - Sill Office Building, Bakersfield, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - commercial buildings - stores

1500 18th Street
Downtown, Bakersfield, CA 93301-4402

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The building stood on the 1500 block of 18th Street at Chester Avenue.

Building History

The three-story Sill Building had a strongly Streamline Moderne character, with full-length, exterior hallways creating deep, linear shadows on the facade. The corner of building was curved, typical of this aesthetic. The Kimball and Stone Drug Store occupied the curve of its first floor, c. 1940. The brick exterior had very clean lines, with all ornamental elements shorn away. The prime visual interest was provided by the shadows of the exterior hallways. On 18th Street, Seilers and Tibbetts also operated stores.

Building Notes

The Sill Building was included on a tour of significant 1930s architecture in Bakersfield by the Society of Architectural Historians, Southern CA Chapter on 10/25/2014. Tel: 661.326.3765 (2012).

PCAD id: 6640

Publications

Brick and Tile as Utilized in Modern American Architecture, np, 1947.

Sill Office Building, Bakersfield, CA (1939-1940)

Publications