Pleasanton in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Meadowlark Dairy – Dairy Bunkhouse

Alviso Adobe Community Park

Dairy Bunkhouse Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 6, 2009

1. Dairy Bunkhouse Marker

Inscription. There were once many buildings on the Meadowlark Dairy complex. One important building was a place for the ranch hands and workers to sleep and socialize. This bunkhouse is a smaller version of the one that was at the dairy. The current Foothill Road runs through the original location of the building.

Erected 2008 by Alviso Adobe Community Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture.

Location. 37° 39.675′ N, 121° 54.791′ W. Marker is in Pleasanton, California, in Alameda County. It can be reached from Old Foothill Road near Foothill Road. Marker is mounted on the far left front of the building. Marker and site are located at the Alviso Adobe Community Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3465 Old Foothill Road, Pleasanton CA 94588, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the

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Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Meadowlark Dairy – Dairy Manager’s House (a few steps from this marker); Meadowlark Dairy - Historic Orchard (a few steps from this marker); Changing Landscape (within shouting distance of this marker); Meadowlark Dairy (within shouting distance of this marker); Meadowlark Dairy - The Dairy Silo (within shouting distance of this marker); Alviso Adobe (about 400 feet away); Alviso Adobe Community Park (about 600 feet away); The Heritage House (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasanton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing).

The Dairy Bunkhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 6, 2009

2. The Dairy Bunkhouse

Marker can be seen at the far left of the building.

Close-Up of Photo on Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 6, 2009

3. Close-Up of Photo on Marker

View of the Meadowlark Dairy facing northwest, ca 1920s. Bunkhouse is in center.

Photo: Doris (Dana) Tobias

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 6, 2009

4. The Dairy Bunkhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,715 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on April 23, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 18, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.