Post Office in Fresno, located in the two-story Hutchinson Block, is currently the location of the Security Bank Building at Mariposa and Fulton Streets. The Hutchinson Block was built by Charles G. Hutchinson, a San Francisco capitalist, as part of a surge of “block” building with most of the structures named for their builders. Construction began in 1883 and was completed in 1885. Adjoining property owners started the practice of subsidizing the post office to attract business up Mariposa Street. The post office had been farther west toward the Southern Pacific Railroad station. Property owners paid the rent for the post office in the new Hutchinson Building for several years. This building was extensively remodelled in 1889 by the Fresno Loan and Savings Bank, with two additional stories and an elevator. The bank became insolvent in 1895, and the building was demolished in 1923 to make way for the Pacific Southwest (later, Security Bank) Building.
