Pacific Southwest Building

The Pacific Southwest Building (also known as the Security Bank Building) is a 15-story, 67 m (220 ft) high-rise completed in 1925 in downtown Fresno, California. The tower's antenna rises to 315 ft (96 m). Original construction took eighteen months and cost $1,200,000 for the headquarters for the Fidelity Branch of the Pacific-Southwest Trust and Savings Bank.^[3] Originally, a beacon on top of the tower served as a frost warning to farmers within a 30-mile radius.^[4]

The Pacific Southwest Building in the Fresno skyline

Pacific Southwest Building
Former names	Fresno Pacific Towers Wells Fargo Bank Security Bank Building
Alternative names	1060 Fulton
General information
Type	Commercial offices Residential condominiums
Architectural style	Neo-Classical
Location	1060 Fulton Street Fresno, California
Coordinates	36.7348631°N 119.7906454°W / 36.7348631; -119.7906454
Construction started	1923; 102 years ago (1923)
Completed	1925; 100 years ago (1925)
Cost	US$3 million
Owner	Hrayr, Serko and Sevag Khatchadourian
Height
Antenna spire	96 m (315 ft)
Roof	67.36 m (221.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	15
Lifts/elevators	3
Design and construction
Architect(s)	R.F. Felchlin Company Robert Richmond Architect
References
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Fresno banker William Sutherland was instrumental in the planning and construction of the building. In 1925, the Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank, with Sutherland as its president, moved its offices there.^[5]

The building is currently owned by Beverly Hills-based developers, Sevak, Hrayr and Serko Khatchadourian.^[6] The top floors of the building have been converted into apartments and have in recent years increased occupancy in the building from 5% to 95%.^[7]