American Cash Apartments-American Cash Store
historic place
The American Cash Apartments-American Cash Store is a historic mixed-use brick building in Sacramento, California. It was constructed in 1909. Designed by George C. Sellon, California's first state architect, the building represents the Commercial Style of architecture. The ground floor originally housed the American Cash Store, which was established by Orlando F. Washburn in 1885. This store operated with a no-credit policy, offering groceries, delicatessen items, bakery goods, and hardware. The upper floors contained 22 apartments, which attracted middle-class residents and some state legislators. Shortly after its completion, the building experienced an interior fire in November 1909, but it was repaired and reopened by February 1910. The American Cash Store closed by the end of the 1920s. In 1937, the building was renamed the Bel-Vue Apartments. This site received local historic designation in Sacramento in 1982. It was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 2016. The American Cash Apartments-American Cash Store is significant for its early 20th-century commercial development and its architectural style.