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City OKs Wilson Island for historic register

Published online on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

By Russell Clemings / The Fresno Bee
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The Fresno City Council voted Thursday to make three new designations to the Local Register of Historic Resources.

Among the resources was the six-square-block Wilson Island area, south of Fresno High School. The early 20th-century tract has 80 houses and was an early home to the city's business class.

A home at 660 E. Carmen Ave., in Wilson Island, was also added individually. So were a pair of homes at 164 N. Echo Ave., one of which is estimated to have been built in 1884, which would make it the city's oldest surviving residence.


The reporter can be reached at rclemings@fresnobee.com or (559) 441-6371.

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