Paul De Martini built Clayton Vineyards Winery in 1885 on land formerly owned by Joel Clayton, the area’s first vintner. An Austrian stone mason directed construction, using stone quarried on Mount Diablo and hauled here by wagon teams. This was the . . . — — Map (db m60033) HM
The Methodist Episcopal Church built this hall in the 1860’s for worship, education, and fellowship.
The Congregation Church Christian Endeavor Society acquired the property in 1896. After Congregation services ended in 1916, volunteer trustees . . . — — Map (db m59972) HM
Jacob Rhine's National Saloon had an impressive inventory of cigars and liquor in 1874.
The saloon was renamed after Carl Berendsen bought the property in 1905. He added a building shipped from San Francisco via Martinez for family living . . . — — Map (db m57976) HM
Two historic Clayton buildings were combined to create this restaurant. A bicentennial project.
One was an 1870’s home that Jack Duncan rebuilt circa 1908. It became a store, post office (1926 – 1937), barber shop, and the Growler Saloon. . . . — — Map (db m59953) HM
Joel Clayton, who founded Clayton in 1857, had this house built circa 1860, where Mitchell Creek meets Mount Diablo Creek.
After his death in 1872 the land was sold and the house had various uses. The Clayton Historical Society acquired it and in . . . — — Map (db m59948) HM
Marker One:
County Fire House
Concord Historical Landmark
Built in 1938-39
Concord Historical Society
Marker Two:
Mt. Diablo Fire District
Headquarters Station
Erected 1939
Board of Fire . . . — — Map (db m206218) HM
Erected 1844. Restored 1941 by Contra Costa Horsemans Association.
Fernando Pacheco Adobe. Concord Historical Landmark. Built in 1844-51. Concord Historical Society. — — Map (db m217089) HM
This Craftsman-Bungalow style home first appears on
a 1925 Sanborn fire map. Built by Austin Root and
Steve Johnson, it was once owned by local volunteer
fireman, Duane Elliott. Joseph and Laura Bettencourt
lived here until George and Vesta . . . — — Map (db m152844) HM
In 1921 this property was
home to carpenter Joe Foster.
In 1926, while his wife Annie was busy
making strawberry jam in the kitchen,
the house caught fire and
burned to the ground.
Joe's father rebuilt this
Craftsman-Bungalow which . . . — — Map (db m152854) HM
IN 1871, this Greek Revival style home was sold to Daniel Boone's great-grandson, Leonides L. Boone. In 1926, Melvin and Myrtle Osborn bought 47 acres here and raised cows, hogs, chickens, rabbits and horses. Melvin was the county roadmaster, loved . . . — — Map (db m199451) HM
The Danville Hotel, a two-story, ten-room folk Victorian, was built after the Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in 1891. It was owned and operated by Edward and Mary McCauley and later by daughters Mollie and Nellie, providing bed, board and Mary’s . . . — — Map (db m200684) HM
In 1919, Congress established the national charter for the American Legion to honor veterans of the Great War. Contra Costa administered a California bond issued to build veteran's memorial halls in each town with an American Legion Post. . . . — — Map (db m93675) HM WM
Tucker Mansion
Originally located at 40
Escobar, this luxurious
mansion was built for Capt.
Tuckers Family, a sea captain turned successful wheat
grower. Home was moved
here in the 1920S by city
postmaster Franklin Glass
& is listed on . . . — — Map (db m146404) HM
Original DiMaggio Home
Vincenzo DiMaggio & his wife Caterina bi Leci, purchased this lot from prominent land owner Achille Baccilieri. Caterina died young during the local influenza epidemic of the WWI years. Vincenzo made fishing nets & . . . — — Map (db m93568) HM
Original home of fisherman and S.P. Railway worker Francesco Marchi and wife Santa Balestrieri. Later home to Bocce Champion Nicola di Tullio and wife Annuziata.
Built 1928 — — Map (db m93572) HM
Aiello Family Home
Fishing nets and wines were made in this home of an Italian fisherman family. In 1892, Francesco Aiello emigrated from the Isola de Favignana Sicilia, Italia.
Built 1904 — — Map (db m93569) HM
Original Homesite of Francesco & Girloma Bilecci.
Francisco biological father was a 4 star general in the Italian army. His adopted father was a prominent local fisherman.
Orig 1900 — — Map (db m93570) HM
DiMaggio Family Home
Built by parents of baseball great, Joe DiMaggio & sold to his aunt & uncle. Site of Joes wedding reception.
Built 1927 — — Map (db m93571) HM
Original
Buckley Home
William Buckley was
in charge of the
Carquinez Ferry piers
and slips. Later home
to several Italian
fishing families.
Built 1884
— — Map (db m91653) HM
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Original home of Antonio and Marian Bruno Russo of Sicily. Later home to bocce champion, Gino di Tullio and wife, Mimma of Pozzuoli Italy
Circa 1900 — — Map (db m17463) HM
Original
Compagno home
and vegetable market.
One of only two examples
of San Francisco Style row housing in
Martinez
* Built 1889 * — — Map (db m145093) HM
Original Tarantino Family Home
Fisherman and Mountain Copper Co. employee, Giuseppe and wife Peppina Amato came here from Sant' Ella, Sicily — — Map (db m145098) HM
Original
Freschi Family Home
The Freschi's were
a prominent Italian
fishing family who
emigrated from Guisto'
de lo Benedetto in 1902
*Built 1916* — — Map (db m145107) HM
Purchased by the Aiello
Family for 14 pieces of
gold in the 1910's. Pete
Aiello was a block warden during WWII, wife
Catherine Lucido, was head
floor lady at the
Martinez Cannery
* Built 1896* — — Map (db m145109) HM
Mascitelli Home & Garden
purchsed from Guiseppe
Bartolini for 10 gold peices,
Angie Mascitellis locally famous
garden grew next door (510).
Husband Joseph was town
barber on Ferry Street.
* circa 1910 * — — Map (db m145108) HM
Original home of fisherman
Nino Cardinalli & family who
operated Cardinallis Fish
Market at 604 Alhambra.
He & wife Jenny, were
parents of former county
supervisor Nancy Fahden
Built 1913 — — Map (db m91663) HM
Dr. John Tennant practiced from this Queen Anne home until his death in 1892. House was later sold to City Attorney James Rogers Sr
circa 1880's — — Map (db m146392) HM
Prosser Home
Dutch Colonial built as a
wedding gift for Alice,
daughter of James Rodgers Sr
Granddaughter of the Buckleys
Built 1919
— — Map (db m91725) HM
Original Rogers Home
This home was moved
from downtown in early
1900's as a wedding gift
to James Rodgers Jr.
Grandson of the Buckleys
Built 1880's — — Map (db m146389) HM
Built by William Jones, Hotelkeeper
1884
Bought by W.J. Hough and became "Hough's Saloon"
1891
Bought by Watkins Prosser
1915
Moved to present site
Residence of Dr. H.D. Buckman family for many years
Historic Marker XVI . . . — — Map (db m16009) HM
Fisherman Giovanni Billecci immigrated to Martinez in 1899. After serving both in the French & Italian armies he and his wife Grazia, raised 14 children in this home. Built 1916. — — Map (db m53573) HM
This Victorian cottage was the home of the Robert Borland Family. Built in 1890 by Dr. John S. Moore, D.D.S., and originally used as his dental office. The property was inherited by his daughter, Mrs. Emma Moore Borland. The Martinez Historical . . . — — Map (db m16730) HM
Framed house shipped around the Horn from the East Coast to San Jose. Eventually barged to Martinez. Later home to several Italian fishing families
Built 1870's — — Map (db m53078) HM
Built in 1914 by
Mayor John J. McNamara, George J. Winkleman
and James E. McNarmara
1st apartment building in Martinez. Built during refinery boom. Unique because it sits astride Alhambra Creek. Retail stores were on 1st floor, . . . — — Map (db m51307) HM
324-328
Talbart
Home of Historic Interest
Former anti-aircraft
W.W.II barracks, moved
from Concord in 1961.
Prior site of shared
water tank house for
neighboring two homes
Built 1930 — — Map (db m17177) HM
334
Talbart
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Home of County Supervisor
& Grangers Warehouse mngr,
Robnson Jones(1873). Later
sold to dog catcher, Capt.,
Horton (1893) who impounded
stray dogs on the property.
Built . . . — — Map (db m17184) HM
Built to replace building destroyed by fire in 1925
Originally built in 1854 by
pioneer & prominent landowner
William Hook
1802-1885
Occupied by the
James Hotel - James Bulger, proprietor
Until closed in 1979
Historic Marker . . . — — Map (db m40601) HM
The family manufactured fishing nets for the local fishing community. Home later sold to the Di Maggios, a prominent fishing family.
Built 1904 — — Map (db m53079) HM
103 Berrellesa
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Pellegrini Home and Fish Company
Luigi Pellegrini was a successful turn of the century fish buyer. This building opens to Alhambra Creek for easy fish unloading and . . . — — Map (db m16212) HM
Built in 1905 by Mrs. James Rankin
after fire destroyed two city blocks
Palm Garden Grill
W.C. Reed - Confectioner & Stationer
E. Pasch - Haberdasher
A.B. Wilson - Jeweler & Optician
Historic Marker No. V
Martinez Historical . . . — — Map (db m27647) HM
Designed Art Deco style
by the
Reid Brothers
Architects/San Francisco
Built by John McNamera
1922
Premier opening
July 2, 1926
Closed due to fire 1931
Reopened 1932
Closed 1961
Purchased by Contra Costa County 1998
Presently . . . — — Map (db m17208) HM
In 1857, Lot No. 1, a quarter section of Rancho Laguna De Los
Palos Colorados was bought by a squatter, Jesse Williams,
from Jose de Jesus Moraga. In 1906, the land was then
purchased by Manuel Lucas and 10 years later, 20 acres were
sold to . . . — — Map (db m136516) HM
The first Orinda
firehouse was built in
1923 after several
homes burned down.
It looked like a garage
and accommodated
one truck which held
2 barrels of water. In
1935, the building was
remodeled in the
California Spanish
style, and a . . . — — Map (db m145155) HM
Gerald Shmavonian's Buehler House
has been listed on the National Register
of historic places by the United States
Department of the Interior
The house was designed and built by
"the world's greatest architect of all time"
Frank Lloyd . . . — — Map (db m159586) HM
In the mid 1800s, squatters would occupy land and building structures without legal rights. Such was the case with the Conklin Hotel, built circa 1858, in anticipation of people arriving along the newly constructed Telegraph Road nearby. Known as . . . — — Map (db m222697) HM
The First National Bank Building was designed by E.L. Norberg and built by G.H. Fields & Co. in 1921.
In January 1927, the bank was purchased by Liberty Bank of San Francisco, which then merged with Bank of America Los Angeles later the same day. . . . — — Map (db m37488) HM
Built in 1923, this brick building was the home of the Coast Counties Gas and Electric Company which provided utilities to the City of Pittsburgh. The company closed its office in the 1950s and the building became a newspaper publishing and . . . — — Map (db m37423) HM
Port Costa's old timers are quite certain that the rumor of the Burlington Hotel being a bordello is untrue. Their reasoning is that the respected owners and their families lived nearby, therefore it could not have been a bordello.
However, the . . . — — Map (db m57971) HM
Four panels, in two sets of two, describe the pre- and post-war history and uses of the Ford Assembly Building:
1930-1939 Ford Model A
"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking." -- Henry Ford
The Ford . . . — — Map (db m94768) HM
David and Eliza Glass began their journey west from Iowa in 1850, during the height of the Gold Rush. They arrived in Placerville and after a short time moved on, settling in Alamo. Their son, Clement Rolla Glass, later wrote about their journey: . . . — — Map (db m202053) HM
Costing $3,000 to build, the two-story Central Fire Station was the first and "hub" station in the County's newly formed Central Fire Protection District. The station's pumper engine cost $7,000. The first fire chief was Raymond Spencer, son of . . . — — Map (db m93825) HM
The Italianate house across the street was originally built as a ranch home for Lawrence Peel and his wife, Margretta. Peel operated a mercantile store on Main Street in the 1860s. The home had many owners over the years and was built by Eldridge . . . — — Map (db m93956) HM
Two giant date palms flanked the entrance to this stately home, owned by Michael Kirsch and his family. Kirsch owned a blacksmith and wheelwright shop next door to this house, at the corner of Main Street and Lafayette Road (now Mt. Diablo Boulevard. — — Map (db m93698) HM
This Property Has Been Placed On The
National Register of Historic Places
By The United Stated Department of the Interior
Built 1903 — — Map (db m209648) HM
Built by Eldridge Dole c. 1879
Renovation completed April 2004
Renovation
Greater Bay Development Corp.
Walnut Creek
Architect
Johnson Lyman Architects
Walnut Creek
Contractor
Guilkey Construction, Inc.
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m27644) HM
Located on this corner in 1853 was a sturdy, well proportioned 2-story hotel known as the American House. The proprietors, Marchant and Crocker, were proud of their hotel with its healthful location on “Piety Hill” opposite the Court H House. This . . . — — Map (db m17161) HM
Jules Francois Bekeart was a gunsmith who came here in 1849 to sell guns and mine gold. He soon became a close friend of James Marshall. The hard labor of gold mining was not to his liking so “Frank” Berkeart continued his successful gunsmith . . . — — Map (db m17225) HM
Coloma’s first post office opened in 1849 when, against his wishes, John T. Little was appointed postmaster. In 1851 Coloma received tri-weekly mail service from Sacramento City. The post office, first designated as Culloma, California Territory, . . . — — Map (db m17180) HM
In 1885 Coloma’s three private school schools enrolled 187 pupils; two years later one large public school held 234 children. That school was housed in the original El Dorado County Courthouse on this site. The courthouse burned in 1915, and this . . . — — Map (db m17129) HM
When El Dorado County was organized in 1850 as part of the new State of California, Coloma was named the county seat. County offices were housed in simple frame structures until 1856, when a fine court house was built here on the public square. . . . — — Map (db m17141) HM
The first known mention of a jail in Coloma was in 1850. It was located in the Marshall House hotel near the river. The second jail was made of large logs and was located farther up High Street. It was used from 1850 to 1856. The third and final . . . — — Map (db m215300) HM
This restored home is typical of a moderately well=to=do merchant’s house of the 1860’s. It represents the economic stability of Coloma, based on agriculture and lumber, after the initial rush for gold had waned. Chauncy Noteware, the original . . . — — Map (db m215642) HM
Built in 1854 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, this hall was also shared with religious organizations of the Coloma community. The I.O.O.F. was only one of the many fraternal lodges that were active during the 1850s in Coloma and in most . . . — — Map (db m17143) HM
A large brick building measuring 50 feet by 65 feet was built here in 1856. Two older frame structures were demolished and sorely missed by the “old-timers” of that day. The store was torn down in 1877 by Robert Chalmers. He used the brick at the . . . — — Map (db m215303) HM
Fire companies had a high status in the social life of the 1850’s. Deep friendships were formed, and frequent reunions, farewells, and patriotic celebrations brought the town’s citizens together. Hook and Ladder house was completed late in 1853. It . . . — — Map (db m215518) HM
One of the oldest surviving structures in Coloma, this house was built in 1852 for Hugh Miller, proprietor of the Fashion Billiard Saloon on Main Street. Miller House has been renovated several times since then. From 1964 to 1983 it was the home of . . . — — Map (db m215641) HM
Probably the first structure on this site was Littner’s Exchange, which was later purchased and remodeled by the Bramer brothers. They operated the Orleans Hotel, Restaurant and Oyster Saloon until 1856 when Elias Weller bought the property and . . . — — Map (db m17176) HM
The Winters’ Hotel was the most ornate building in town. It was one of the earliest hotels here and the best known. A forty-niner later described it as “the hotel par excellence of the town; one could easily perceive that by its long white colonnade . . . — — Map (db m17221) HM
The oldest fraternal edifice in continuous use on the West Coast. Built on this hillside, not on the main street as in the usual practice for the era. It avoided the ravages of fire which razed the town of Diamond Springs on several occasions. . . . — — Map (db m19263) HM
Erected in 1852 by
Diamond Springs Lodge No.9
I.O.O.F.
Oldest building in constant use
By the Odd Fellows in California
Dedicated to the memory of the
Pioneer Odd Fellows
Of El Dorado County by
Marguerite Parlor No.12
Native . . . — — Map (db m19264) HM
[Three small markers are mounted on the front of the building:]
Marker 1:
Balsar House
A hotel built in 1850 by
Madam Balsar
Remodeled for an opera house in 1870. Restored by the Independent Order Odd Fellows and used as a . . . — — Map (db m54812) HM
Latrobe was founded in 1864, when James Miller gave the right-of-way through his property to the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad. Latrobe school originated as a one room classroom, however in 1915 a fire raged through Latrobe and the . . . — — Map (db m19322) HM
The last remaining building
of the Gold Rush era Chinese community
in Old Hangtown
Stone House is famous
for its historical significance
as an old Chinese brothel
Restored by
John R. Berry – Attorney at Law
Architectural . . . — — Map (db m36815) HM
One of the oldest preserved homes of Placerville (Old Hangtown) originally built in 1853 by Col. Fred A. Bee, pioneer merchant, and enlarged in 1889 by Judge Marcus P. Bennett, early jurist, retaining redwood ornate paneling woodwork and fireplace . . . — — Map (db m42260) HM
Branch Saloon Bingham’s Jewelry Seligman Building Ewing Building Collins Auto Parts Placerville Clothing
A log building owned by C.C. Williams once stood on the western portion of this lot. In 1853 thirsty miners stopped here for a drink . . . — — Map (db m69356) HM
Erected in 1860, this part of City Hall housed the Confidence Engine Company which was originally formed as The Mountaineer Engine Company. When flames engulfed most of the town in 1856, concerned citizens of Placerville realized that even the best . . . — — Map (db m35540) HM
This building was erected in the Fall of 1860 for Confidence Engine Company No.1, organized in June 1857. City government located here since 1902. — — Map (db m35546) HM
F.A. Gerbode began construction of this building for W.A. (Will) Fairchild in 1903. Family legend says that when excavation began, enough gold was found to finance the project which totaled $16,000. The building’s two stories, much like today, . . . — — Map (db m35579) HM
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