Waterfront Warehouse District in Oakland in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Prime Smoked Meats

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado

1. Prime Smoked Meats Marker

Inscription. Designer: Donald K. Olsen
Builder: Edward Smith
Construction Date: 1953, addition 1967
Architectural Style: Mid 20th century utilitarian

Built in 1953 as a restaurant and warehouse for Davidson Port Products, this warehouse was still processing meat until 2016 for Prime Smoked Meats.

Along with the familiar Prime Smoked Meats logo, this concrete warehouse has vestigges of 1950s styling – a flat roof, a recessed entrance, and an angled cantilevered canopy over the 3rd Street loading door. The original frontage windows have since been filled in. It is notable that the building held the same use for over 60 years.

Waterfront Warehouse District
A National Register Historic District (Marker Number 21.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1953.

Location. 37° 47.702′ N, 122° 16.27′ W. Marker is in Oakland, California, in Alameda County. It is in the Waterfront Warehouse District. Marker is at the intersection of Alice Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Alice Street. The marker is atop a trash can at the street corner. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oakland CA 94607, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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are within walking distance of this marker. S&W Fine Foods Warehouse (within shouting distance of this marker); United Grocers Ltd. Warehouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Autocar Sales & Service Co. (within shouting distance of this marker); Western States Grocery (within shouting distance of this marker); C.L. Greeno Pacific Coast Headquarters (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Waterfront Warehouse District (about 300 feet away); Poultry Producers of Central California Distribution Center (about 300 feet away); W.P. Fuller and Co. Warehouse (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakland.

More about this marker. The Waterfront Warehouse District has special covered trash cans on street corners, with historical markers atop the covers.

Prime Smoked Meats Building and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, July 4, 2023

2. Prime Smoked Meats Building and Marker

Opposite Side of A Marker/Trash Can image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, July 4, 2023

3. Opposite Side of A Marker/Trash Can

Waterfront Warehouse District

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 5, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.