Pacific Southwest Building

The Pacific Southwest Building is a 16-story, 67m high-rise completed in 1925 in downtown Fresno, California. With the tower's spire rising to 315ft which makes it the tallest building between Los angeles and San Francisco. Original construction took eighteen months and cost US$1.2 million for the headquarters for the Fidelity Branch of the Pacific-Southwest Trust and Savings Bank. Originally, a beacon on top of the tower served as a frost warning to farmers within a 30 mile radius.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.The building is currently owned by Beverly Hills-based developers, Sevak, and brother Serko Khatchadourian. The top floors of the building have been converted into apartments.