This area, popularly known as Twin Lakes, was named after twin lagoons that once reached the sea.
Schwan Lagoon and its twin, Woods Lagoon, changed as the town developed. Woods Lagoon became the yacht harbor. Schwan Lagoon lost its connection to . . . — — Map (db m209199) HM
Misión La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz, the 12th Franciscan mission, was consecrated by Father Fermín Lasuen in August 1791. In 1793 the adobe church was built where the Holy Cross Catholic Church is now located. The mission was damaged by several . . . — — Map (db m203623) HM
The Loma Prieta Earthquake struck on Oct. 17, 1989. As a result, a brick wall from the Williamson & Garrett Building collapsed and fell through the roof of the Phoenix Building. Both Shawn McCormick and Robin Ortiz lost their lives as a result of . . . — — Map (db m212244) HM
The old Phoenix Building (1549 Pacific Ave.) was constructed about 1866, and became the old Phoenix Saloon and lodgings. Around 1900 it headquartered the Santa Cruz Stage & Express Co. until 1910, then Hugo Photo Studio (1924-27), a fruit market . . . — — Map (db m212314) HM
Barry Swenson Builder
Project Manager: Jesse L. Nickell III
Thatcher & Thompson, Architects
Project Managers: Robert Scheren and Peter Silva
Structural Engineer: People Assoc.
Project Manager: Chris Taplin
The current facade design is . . . — — Map (db m212379) HM
Built for Anson P. Hotaling
Architects: Kenitzer & Kollofrath
Mission Revival facade—1922
Having been destroyed with the heart of downtown in an 1894 fire, the on-year-old bldg. was rebuilt and renamed “The St. George Hotel”, as the knight . . . — — Map (db m212380) HM
Santa Cruz County
ca. 1886
Sunshine Villa
J.B. Smith Family Residence
Founders of Venetian Water Festival
Historical Trust Landmark
This building professionally Restored
Circa 1990 by
Michael O’Hearn . . . — — Map (db m212482) HM
During the summer of 1885, three young Hawaiian princes rode the waves at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River on Redwood planks the ordered cut in the shape of olo surfboards by the local timber mill.
H.M. Queen Kapi’olani’s nephews: . . . — — Map (db m71541) HM
As early as 1885, Hawaiian princes were reported to have ridden waves at the San Lorenzo River mouth on boards shaped from local redwood. The surfing craze hit Santa Cruz in the 1930s and local teens were soon hooked on the sport.
Ever since, . . . — — Map (db m201647) HM
The only remaining structure of the Villa de Branciforte established in 1797. The last and least prosperous of threee Spanish settlements in Alta California. Populated by paroled petty criminals from Guadalajaran juzgados and pensioned soldiers. The . . . — — Map (db m100905) HM
"One-eye Charley Parkhurst,” working as a driver for stage lines came to California seeking fortune in the gold fields until around 1860. Charley was small, slim and wiry. When he spoke it was in an oddly high-pitched voice. Charley died 1879 in a . . . — — Map (db m62585) HM
Early in the Casino’s history a concert band played on the beach bandstand on summer afternoons and changed into tuxedos for evening dances in the ballroom.
In 1924 Isham Jone’s band brought jazz to the Cocoanut Grove.
1932 introduced . . . — — Map (db m62791) HM
Site of the first Protestant Church in Santa Cruz
The First Methodist
First church building constructed here
Founded 1848 – Dedicated 1850
— — Map (db m203213) HM
The medico-dental building, erected by Frederick A. Hihn in 1894, stood on this site until it was destroyed by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
This building was constructed by Gloria Hihn Welsh in 1994.
General Contractor
Darrow Palmer . . . — — Map (db m62488) HM
Originally we wanted to get the level ground below here for a summer home or mountain cabin, but the gentleman we were buying from would not sell the level ground unless
we purchased a strip across the entire south end of his property including . . . — — Map (db m214820) HM
This photograph, taken circa 1903, shows one of two Pack Houses at the California Powder Works. In this building, located where 267 Keystone is today, 25 and 50 pound cans of black powder were packed and readied for shipment. Before the mid 1870s, . . . — — Map (db m203080) HM
Santa Cruz
1892
The Palmer House
F.A. Hihn • Builder
Stick-Eastlake Style Residence of Sylvester A. & Sarah Palmer, Downton Merchants
Historical Society Landmark — — Map (db m205164) HM
The San Lorenzo Paper Mill was established by Henry Van Valkenburgh in 1861 on the present site of Paradise Park’s Section 6. A dam and flume provided water power to drive the machinery. The photograph above, shows a similar dam which illustrates . . . — — Map (db m203077) HM
Less than a year after fire destroyed the original Casino and Plunge, construction began on new buildings to include an indoor natatorium. The original ceiling arches can be seen today. The main pool measured 144 feet by 64 feet and featured a . . . — — Map (db m62792) HM
Towards the end of the 19th Century Fred W. Swanton, considered one of the greatest promoters and entrepreneurs of his time, laid plans for a casino and boardwalk - a "Coney Island of the West." The casino opened in 1904 but survived only 22 months; . . . — — Map (db m100908) HM
When the “new” Casino was built in 1907, the Boardwalk was owned by the Santa Cruz Beach Company. Local businesses experienced an economic downturn from 1912-1914, and the Beach Company went bankrupt. In 1915 the Santa Cruz Seaside . . . — — Map (db m64253) HM
Santa Cruz County
1876
The Walti-Schilling Residence
of the Walti-Schilling Meat Co.
Italianate Style
Historical Trust Landmark
This Building Professionally Restored
Circa 1990 by
Michael . . . — — Map (db m205372) HM
You are looking at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, a place where people gather for fun and relaxation. When this wharf was built in 1914, it supported commerce and transportation. Steamships loaded with freight and passengers left for ports around . . . — — Map (db m205960) HM
In Memory of Chuck Volwiler (1956-2002)
Booming theatre business in Santa Cruz led the Golden State Theatre chain to replace the 700-seat Unique with the 1,500-seat Del Mar in 1936. The movie palace was a flagship of the chain, . . . — — Map (db m62489) HM
This land given to the state of California as a park in 1955 by Arnold Merritt Baldwin in memory of his beloved parents. Fred Douglas Baldwin and Mary Augusta Baldwin, who pioneered in Santa Cruz County in the late 1860’s. — — Map (db m208513) HM
Historic Landmark
1914
Built by Robert & Ada Paget
”Tower House”
Pagets were flower bulb and poultry farmers who raised three children here.
The Museum of Art & History — — Map (db m208454) HM
Marker One:
Dedicated July 4, 1976 in celebration of the Bicentennial of the founding of our country. Originally erected by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1900, the Town Clock was created and later restored in a legacy of freedom, . . . — — Map (db m212371) HM
1856 Architects Row
Farms and orchards surrounded the site’s original buildings. These were the 1856 home and office of architect Thomas Beck and 1861 home and office of architects John Morrow and John Williams north of Beck’s. Churches Morrow . . . — — Map (db m62503) HM
The Ross Whiting family has been part of Boardwalk history since 1927. As superintendent, Joseph “Ross" Whiting was responsible for the first widening and paving of the Boardwalk. After leaving the Seaside Company in 1946, Ross and his family . . . — — Map (db m62828) HM
For five generations the Whiting family has been providing classic amusement park food to millions of Boardwalk visitors. Whether it’s a hotdog, pizza, cotton candy, or an ice cream cone, you will find it at one of Whiting’s Foods twenty locations . . . — — Map (db m201650) HM
Santa Cruz
1850
William Reynolds House
Original Methodist-Episcopal Church at Mission & Green Sts. • Moved to present site in 1864 by Reynolds
Historical Society Landmark — — Map (db m205263) HM
California Pioneers
James Williams - Chiles-Walker Party 1843
Mary Patterson - Stephens-Murphy Party 1844
Married August 24, 1845
by Thomas O. Larkin
Monterey, Ca.
Twin Sons
James Andrew Apr 4, 1851 – Jan 4, 1852
Andrew James . . . — — Map (db m62420) HM
This site was built around 1880 as a brandy aging barn for the Charles Martin Winery. Later it became a saloon with a small general store next door. — — Map (db m62766) HM
Historic town founded by Charles C. Martin, who came around Horn in 1847, and his wife, Hannah Carver Martin, who crossed the Isthmus. First homesteaded area in 1851 and operated toll-gate and station for stage coaches crossing mountains. Later . . . — — Map (db m2345) HM
Near here in Mountain Charlie Gulch on May 8, 1854, Charles Henry “Mountain Charlie” McKiernan and a friend named Taylor were attacked by a Grizzly Bear. The bear sprang from a thicket, both men fired; but the bear grabbed Mountain . . . — — Map (db m53478) HM
Named for Charles Henry “Mountain Charlie” McKiernan, who was one of the first white settlers in the Santa Cruz Mountain area. One of the largest trees of its species, this Sequoia sempervirens was originally over 300 feet high. The tree . . . — — Map (db m53479) HM
Near this site Charles Henry “Mountain Charlie” McKiernan, native if Ireland, erected his cabin in 1850. The cabin was built of whip-sawed lumber cut from nearby redwood groves. Whip-sawing was a crude form of lumbering preformed by two . . . — — Map (db m53477) HM
Hiram Daniel Scott built the Scott House in 1853 for his father Daniel Scott, stepmother Nancy Parcher Scott and their extended family. The Scotts came from Maine and owned interests in shipbuilding, West Indies trading and lumber mills. Hiram had . . . — — Map (db m137522) HM
The first ballot by a woman in an American presidential election was cast on this site November 3, 1868
by
Charlotte (Charlie) Parkhurst
who masqueraded as a man for much of her life. She was a stagecoach driver in the Mother Lode Country . . . — — Map (db m63489) HM
The year 1868 saw many important beginnings in downtown Watsonville. It was the year Watsonville was incorporated, the first nursery was established by James Waters and Jacob Blackburn, All Saints Episcopal Church was founded, the first wharf was . . . — — Map (db m55476) HM
Noted whip of the Gold Rush days. Drove stage over Mt. Madonna in early days of valley. Last run San Jaun to Santa Cruz. Death in cabin near the 7 Mile House, revealed “One Eyed Charlie,” a woman. The first woman to vote in the U.S. Nov. . . . — — Map (db m62769) HM
Dedicated to
the memory of
Donald Leon Rose
Born July 1888
Killed in Action
August 10, 1918.
St. Miniel, France
4th Military Police
91st Division — — Map (db m54902) HM
An accomplished attorney and Watsonville mayor, James A. Hall was an adventurer at heart. In the summer of 1900, he set out to find a lost mining claim near Teller, Alaska. Before too long, he was lost himself. Without provisions and clad in summer . . . — — Map (db m62799) HM
This property
The Judge Lee House
Built 1894
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Second Marker:
Pajaro Valley . . . — — Map (db m62770) HM
World War I:
Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs
1918
Joseph Rebeiro • Lester Rowe • Reuben Silva • William Sullivan
World War II:
Plaque 1:
May the memory of those alumni of
Watsonville
Union High School . . . — — Map (db m62798) WM
The Castro Adobe is an outstanding example of Monterey Colonial architectural styling. The adobe functioned as a regional social center due to the importance of its location as the governing seat of the Castro family rural empire, which reached . . . — — Map (db m2354) HM
A wooden church was first built on this site in 1864 designed by James Walter. It was moved to Ford Street in 1901, and a larger English Gothic style edifice designed by William H. Weeks was constructed in 1902. It has a seating capacity of 625 . . . — — Map (db m54882) HM
The Apple Annual was held in downtown Watsonville from 1910 to 1913. For the first event in 1910, William H. Weeks, renowned Watsonville architect, designed a pavilion to house the show exhibits which was located on Second Street, now the site of . . . — — Map (db m54881) HM
When the land expedition of Alta California led by Captain Gaspar de Portola passed through this valley in 1769, they reached the Pájaro River, which they named for a large straw-stuffed bird (pájaro in Spanish) with a wing span of six feet . . . — — Map (db m54863) HM
Watsonville City Plaza rests on a portion of the Bolsa de Pajaro Spanish Land Grant which was owned by the Rodriguez family. This plot of ground in the center of town was given to the people of Watsonville by Sebastian Rodriguez in 1860 through his . . . — — Map (db m195877) HM
July 14, 1769, an expedition led by Don Gaspar de Portola left San Diego to rediscover Vizcaino's "Lost Port of Monterey". The expedition reached but failed to recognize Monterey Bay, traveled north, and discovered San Francisco Bay November 4, . . . — — Map (db m86462) HM
Once hailed as the most elegant hotel south of San Francisco, the Mansion House in Watsonville, built in 1871, was considered past its prime in 1910. Owners Mateo and M.N. Lettunich, orchardists who also operated the Pájaro Valley’s largest fruit . . . — — Map (db m195876) HM
On the corner of Main Street and East Beach Streets, where the Lettunich Building now stands, was the Pacific Exchange Hotel built in 1856 by T.D. Alexander. By 1871 the owners decided that a larger and more modern hotel was needed and Thomas Beck . . . — — Map (db m54866) HM
To fire the first salute
(October 18th, 1850)
on the arrival of the news
in California
proclaiming
its admission to the union.
Remounted for the City of Watsonville, March 22, 1922 by the Watsonville Parlor, No, 65, Native Sons of the . . . — — Map (db m54899) HM
After the California gold discovery in 1848, the rush was on from all parts of the nation to the mining regions of the West Coast. In early 1849, a young man named John Howard Watson arrived in California to seek his fortune. Stories have been . . . — — Map (db m21201) HM
Watsonville, where strawberries are sweeter, apples are crisper and produce plentiful, is a friendly place of diverse people who share a strong sense of community and optimism.
Don Sebastian Rodriquez owned the grant, Bolsa de Pajaro, on which . . . — — Map (db m54880) HM
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