ABBOTT AWNINGS

This four story rectangular office building has red brick on two sides and glazed masonry with terra cotta trim on the street frontage. There are ornamental grains at the corners of the building. A fixed aluminum awning forms a canopy over the street level facades which contain a variety of phases and periods of remodeling efforts. The upper three stories contain horizontal rows of paired double hung sash windows. A decorative terra cotta band surrounds the building at the roof parapet. 1924Wieland & WeilandThis brick and steel structure reputed to be the largest and finest office building between Stockton and Fresno when it was constructed in 1925 at a cost of $175, 000. This four story building contained 12 stores and 90 offices with every office an outside room. The interior was finished according to the latest mode and included such up-to-date features as a 12 person capacity Otis elevator, compressed air service for dentists and running ice water in the corridors. It was the only office building in California at that time to be heated by electricity due to the advantages offered by low Modesto Irrigation District electric rates. The building’s owner, Jack Beatty, was also the proprietor of the Hotel Hughson. Modesto News Herald, April 2, 1925; April 5, 1925; June 7, 1925
1101J Streetbankart decoThe building is in the art deco style. It is constructed of poured concrete with a stucco finish. The profile of the building consists of a large center block with four recessed and lower blocks at the corners. The roof is flat with chamfered edges and three incised lines near the top of the walls provides decoration in place of a cornice. At each of the corners and where the recessed blocks meet the central portion of the building are vertical panels consisting of flour fluted units. A black marble wainscoting surrounds the building on the street sides. The J Street side features the main entrance. The doors have been replaced with ones of bronze colored aluminum. A rectangular shade structure protrudes from the building above the entrance. Flanking either side of the entrance is an indication of two windows that have been filled in. On each of the lesser blocks is a window. It consists of six panes of different proportions, the small panes being at the top. On the Tenth Street side are three major windows in the center block and consist of a 2-1-2 horizontal configuration of panes stacked four high. Two smaller windows are in the left hand corner block and a single window to match those of the J Street side is in the right hand corner block. All of the windows are recessed and have a modillion block arrangement across the top. There are no windows on the west parking lot side of the building and one large single pane window on the north parking lot side. The Stockton Saving Bank building has architectural significance because it represents a diminishing inventory of prominent Modesto commercial building in the art deco style of architecture of the 1930s. The building was originally the American Trust Bank, 1937 through 1960. 1961-1965 Well Fargo Bank; 1966 vacant; 1967-1970 Don Pedro Savings & Loan; 1971-1982 Fidelity Savings & Loan; 1983-1988 Citicorp Savings & Loan; 1989 Stockton Savings & Loan.

The Tracy Inn opened on January 15th, 1927 along the Lincoln Highway. It was built as a community project financed through the sale of common stock. The new hotel included 60 guest rooms, a large lobby, assembly/ banquet rooms, and retail/restaurant space. From the onset the Tracy Inn was designed to be pure Spanish style of reinforced concrete, with colorful awnings and hangings. The approximate cost of the property, when completed in 1927, came to $185,000.00.