FULLERTON: A TOWN WITH A BUSINESS FUTURE;1888
Fullerton News Tribune – September 1,1888 Fullerton is a new town on the line of the California Southern Railroad from Los Angeles to San Diego. The growth of the town has been marvelous. The sidewalks are laid with cement and the growth and prosperity is unabated. The first ostrich farm in California, containing about 80 ostriches is located here. Prices of land varies according to improvements, location, and quality, from $150 to $1000 an acre.
LARGE SUMS FOR BETTER STREETS;1913
Fullerton News Tribune -- October 9, 1913 Fullerton will have about ten miles of paved roadway when the job now under way is finished. Asphalt concrete is the material selected by the road commissioners and city trustees as best suited to the purpose here and meeting all requirements to the best advantage. Bonds in the sum of $130,000 were voted by the citizens of Fullerton to pay for the improvement of its principal roads.
BEAUTIFUL $250,000 HOTEL OPENS TODAY;1923
Fullerton News Tribune -- January 15, 1923 Lured to Fullerton by the greatest social function in the history of the city, thousands of persons from all parts of Orange and surrounding counties today thronged here to pay homage to the municipality’s growth and acquiesce to the formal opening of “The California”, the city’s new $250,000 community-owned hotel. Adding to the charm of the harmoniously furnished lobby were handsome floral tokens of the good wishes of the business men of the community.
OPENING OF THE NEW CHAPMAN BUILDING;1923
Fullerton News Tribune – November 1, 1923 Located ideally for its purpose, the building is a five-story and basement edifice of steel and brick construction with art stone and ornamental iron exterior of beautiful design, and interior finish of tile and hard wood. The present estimated cost of the structure places the figure well above the $300,000 mark, and sets a pace for future construction in Orange County.
CORCORAN REVEALS HOW ‘HUNCH’ PAID HIM;1927
Fullerton News Tribune – January 8, 1927 Although many here in Fullerton told me I had made a mistake in buying property on a hill, I purchased 10 acres northwest of the center of town plus the adjoining 10 acres. The second ten was improved with a nice home and orange trees. The orange trees produced such golden fruit that we gave the place the name – the Golden Hill residential district. Every convenience and improvement are provided, including paved streets and ornamental lighting.
DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY HALL;1942
Fullerton News Tribune – July 20, 1942 During this week, July 20-25, the people of Fullerton take pride in dedicating their new City Hall. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held September 28, 1939, and construction under the Works Projects Administration was started. Mr. G. Stanley Wilson is to be congratulated on the warmth of beauty and symmetry of design of the building which catches the spirit of early California days. It has been built to carry on civic enterprises in war and in peace.
NEW KOHLENBERGER PLANT TO HAVE 150 LOCAL EMPLOYEES;1945
Fullerton News Tribune – December 29, 1945 The Kohlenberger Engineering Co, founded by Hans Kohlenberger in 1922 has purchased a tract of approximately six acres on West Commonwealth. This new plant, necessitated by the growth of the company’s business, which features a complete line of refrigeration equipment for all types of commercial and industrial installations. Many of the Army and Navy cold storage plants installed in the Pacific were equipped by the company.
FULLERTON TO HAVE MOST UNIQUE RESIDENTIAL AREA IN STATE;1946
Fullerton News Tribune – August 28, 1946 The population of Fullerton will be doubled if present plans for future growth and expansion of the residential district of the Sunny Hills Ranch Co become a realization. The Sunny Hills Ranch is one of the largest subdivisions of its kind in the West. The ranch has been carefully planned for rural estates where each home may have a rural atmosphere with a small parcel of land for garden, fruit trees, chickens, and horses.
NEW HOSPITAL TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR;1956
Fullerton News Tribune – July 24, 1956 One of the biggest non-industrial developments in Fullerton since 1950 was the start of construction of the $2,200,000 St Jude Hospital. Located east of the intersection of Valencia Mesa Dr and Fullerton Road, it is situated on an 18-acre site owned by the Sisters of St Joseph, who will maintain and staff the hospital. Designed by Seattle architect John Maloney, It will be the first large hospital in Northern Orange County.
HUGE ELECTRONIC PLANT TO BE BUILT IN FULLERTON;1957
Fullerton News Tribune – January 27, 1957 Hughes Aircraft plans to build a $6,000,000 plant here before the end of the year. Principal output of the plant will be components of ground radar systems for the Army, Navy and civil airways. Key people are to be relocated here, but the objective is to hire many local people. The reason for choosing for site, picked over four other locations, was partially based on the desirability of the city as a home for Hughes’ employees.
FULLERTON TO GET STATE COLLEGE – CYPRESS SITE SELECTED;1958
Fullerton News Tribune – March 13, 1958 Fullerton will be the home of a new four-year state college for Orange County. A 238-acre site at the southeast corner of Cypress and Pioneer will be the setting for classes scheduled to begin in the fall of 1959. Construction may begin within the next six months. Plans now are to have temporary buildings ready for occupancy by September 1959.
$12 MILLION FULLERTON DEVELOPMENT UNVEILED;1964
Fullerton News Tribune – August 12, 1964 Plans were unveiled today for one of Southern California’s largest commercial developments, a six-building office-hotel complex scheduled to rise on the prime 10-acre site directly at Fullerton’s “Y” intersection of Harbor and Brea Blvds. To be known as the Brashears Center, the bold project takes full cognizance of Orange County’s emergence as an urban center by providing a dynamic, self-contained business community within a highly integrated master-planned complex.