Amy Building

A.P. May, a Coalinga area pioneer and indomitable force in the town’s development, built five galvanized iron buildings at this site in 1903 despite associates who tried to discourage the expense because they believed the community did not yet justify it. Four years later, he removed those galvanized buildings and constructed the two-story white brick Amy Building, named for his daughter Miss Amy May. It housed a bank, pool hall, and tobacco store among other businesses, with a below-street-level rathskeller space featuring a beautiful tiled floor and its own outside entrance, while the upper floor contained offices for professional men.

Coalinga, California · United States