The Roth Building in Palo Alto, California was constructed in 1932 to house the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. It operated as a medical facility until it was purchased by the City of Pal Alto in 2000. In June 2010, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The initial assessment of the sculpture of Beniamino Bufano’s “Hand of Peace” was performed in September 2014, during the final stages its installation at Walnut Creek’s Civic Park. Conservators discovered corrosion at metal joints and seams, abrasions and scratches on the lower base, deteriorated patina, loss of screws securing joints,
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This untitled mosaic is one of a series of mosaics designed by Lucien Laubdt and installed by Primo Caredio during the WPA era at the historic Beach Chalet at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California. The “1900” on the mosaic commemorates the year when jursidiction of San Francisco’s parks passed
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The canvas mural at 1700 Webster Street in Oakland, California was painted by Robert Clifford Rishell (1917-1976), an Oakland artist and one of the founders of the Oakland Museum of California. He painted mostly in oils, but was also known for several large fresco murals. Rishell was a graduate of
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The Native Sons Monument, by Douglas Tilden, was unveiled on September 5, 1897 to commemorate California's admission into the Union. The angel that stands at the top of the monument holds an open book, inscribed with the date that California was granted its statehood: September 9, 1850. ARG Conservation Services (ARG/CS)
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Designed by architect/engineer Maurice Couchot, the National Carbon Building at 870 Brannan Street is a large-scale industrial warehouse structure overlaid with classical details. The building was built in multiple phases with the original 1917 building facing 8th Street. The 1917 building was four stories tall above street level with a
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The thirty-eight-foot-tall Peace sculpture was designed by artist Beniamino Bufano in 1938 and 1939. The stainless-steel missile-shaped Madonna figure includes a central glass tile mosaic inlay depicting the Universal Child. It was originally located at the San Francisco Airport before being moved to its current location on Brotherhood Way in
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Falkirk Cultural Center is a 19th century country estate listed on the National Historic Register. The Queen Anne Victorian style structure, was designed by Clinton Day, built in 1888 by Ella Nichols Park, and purchased by Captain Robert Dollar in 1906. Falkirk is named after Dollar’s birthplace in Scotland, and
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Constructed in 1812, Mission San Luis Rey was the 18th of the twenty-one missions founded in California. With the exception of several restoration episodes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the majority of the adobe structure and architectural features are original. ARG Conservation Services was retained by Old Mission
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McKinley Monument is situated at the east end of the Golden Gate Park Panhandle in San Francisco. The sculpture consists of a bronze figure atop a square granite base that is approximately 6 feet wide and 9 feet tall, with a 13 foot wide square granite base. It is set
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Calvary Presbyterian Church was founded in 1854. At the time of its construction, it was the largest Protestant church on the west coast. The first church, constructed in 1855, was located on Bush Street, between Montgomery and Sansome (where the Mills Building stands today). The Church made its first move
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The National Cemetery for veterans in the Presidio of San Francisco dates to 1854. The first national Cemetery on the west coast, the Presidio landmark serves as the final resting place for 3,000 American service members, including buffalo soldiers and Civil War generals. The cemetery is bordered by a historic
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