Downtown Hollister Historic District: 424 East Street

O'Keefe Engines at 424 East Street occupies a contributing historic building to
the Downtown Hollister Historic District. The building was constructed around 1940 out of concrete block.

Downtown Hollister Historic District: 357 Fifth Street

This modest commercial building at 357 Fifth Street always makes me think of Carmel-by-the-Sea. I don't know why. Perhaps it's the quaint roof or  arched doorways. Or, maybe it the amazing details of the wood casings around the windows and doors. The downspouts are pretty cool, too.

Built around 1940, this structure is another contributing historic building to the Downtown Hollister Historic District, which is part of the National Register of Historic Places. By the way, the local American Red Cross chapter occupies this location today.

Downtown Hollister Historic District: 201 Sixth Street

The one-story commercial building at 201 Sixth Street is another contributing edifice to the Downtown Hollister Historic District. Just like the historic building featured yesterday, this one was constructed around 1940 and has corrugated metal siding. Interestingly, the building's gable roofs are made of sheet metal.  The building has two storefronts. Cheung Sheng, a popular Chinese restaurant, occupies the east side, with its entrance beneath the red dragons. 

Downtown Hollister Historic District: 211 Fifth Street

The one-story building at 211 Fifth Street is one of the younger historic buildings in the Downtown Hollister Historic District. Built around 1940, this modest building has vertical aluminum siding, which makes me think of old science fiction movies. Check out the beautiful brick facing beneath the windows.

Downtown Hollister Historic District: 756 San Benito Street

The historic commercial building at the northwest corner of San Benito and South Streets has been home to various businesses throughout the years. Currently, it is home to the Country Rose Cafe. For many years, the building served as a grocery store with a butcher section.

A contributing historic building to the Downtown Hollister Historic District, it was constructed in 1933 by Tony and Frank Borelli, according to Welcome to Historic Downtown Hollister, a walking tour pamphlet by Sharlene Van Rooy. The Borelli brothers designed their store to be a drive through. It was known as the Public Drive-In Market.

The photo in Ms. Van Rooy's pamphlet, showed a car entering the market on San Benito Street and another car leaving on South Street. The white recessed decorative panels that you see on the east and south faces of the building mark the entrances and exits for vehicles.

Once upon a time this decorative cut-out was an archway
for cars to enter the Public Drive-In Market on San Benito Street.

These former archways are on the south side of the building. In the photo
in Welcome to Historic Downtown Hollister, a car was leaving the market
through the archway on the left.

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