Courthouses of California : An Illustrated History

by McDevitt, Ray

• ISBN13: 9781890771492
• ISBN10: 189077149X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Heyday Books

Summary

Cultural Writing. This coffee-table book "contributes a missing chapter in the extraordinary story of the Golden State and gives us a comprehensive survey of what are quite likely our most significant public buildings-the courthouses of California. In this rich and unprecedented collection, the story of the state unfolds in its architecture-from Spanish colonialism to statehood to postwar internationalism. The wedding of architecture and justice has resulted in buildings that have much to say about the values and aspirations of our citizens over the years"-from the Foreword by California Chief Justice Ronald M. George.

Table of Contents

Foreword	viii
Chief Justice Ronald M. George
Introduction	x
Ray McDevitt
Perspectives
Law	2	(2)
Judge Victor Miceli
History	4	(10)
John Burns
Architecture	14	(28)
Michael Corbett
The Courthouses
Map and County Index	42	(2)
The North Coast	44	(14)
Shasta Cascade	58	(16)
The Sierra Nevada	74	(36)
The Sacramento Valley	110	(26)
The Bay Area	136	(56)
The San Joaquin Valley	192	(36)
The Central Coast	228	(30)
The Eastern Sierra	258	(10)
The Inland Empire and the Desert	268	(16)
The South Coast	284	(36)
The Appellate Courts	320	(8)
Preserving the Old	328	(10)
Jay Turnbull
Chris VerPlanck
Building the New	338	(8)
Charles Drulis
Treasured Courthouses	346	(2)
Bibliography	348	(6)
Photographic & Artistic Credits	354	(2)
Contributors' Biographical Information	356	(2)
Acknowledgments	358	(4)
Index	362