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| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2001
In 1919 John and Ada Hinkel donated seven hillside areas to the City of Berkeley in appreciation of the Boy Scouts’ service to the nation during the First World War. Before making their gift, the . . . — — Map (db m53849) HM |
| Near Claremont Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1983
John Muir School was built beside Harwood Creek on land once part of a 19th-century country estate. The half-timbered style reflects the scale and architecture of the neighborhood and the nearby . . . — — Map (db m54682) HM |
| Near Center Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In Memoriam
Jos. H. McCourt
1877 – 1900
Co. F. 8th Cal Inf. U.S.V. – Co. I. 35th Inf. U.S.V.
———
Bruno L. Putzker
1880 – 1899
Btry. K. 3rd U.S. Army
Berkeley men killed in action in . . . — — Map (db m52400) HM |
| On Lorina Street north of Ashby Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This landmark commemorates an all but forgotten community called
Newbury and a pioneer carpenter, Josiah John Rose, builder of many
San Francisco and Berkeley homes. Newbury, annexed later in 1891
by Berkeley was a thriving village. The sidewalks . . . — — Map (db m145339) HM |
| On Le Roy Avenue at Hawthorne Terrace on Le Roy Avenue. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmarks
designated in 1995
When the La Loma Park subdivision was created in 1900, the streets were laid out in harmony with the natural contours of the land as advocated by Berkeley’s Hillside Club. The rustic quality of the . . . — — Map (db m53884) HM |
| Near Shattuck Avenue near Berryman Street. |
| | Live Oak Park was created in 1914 when the City of Berkeley purchased four acres from landowners R.S. Penniman and Michael O’Toole. Mr. Penniman’s brown shingle house served as the park clubhouse and also, from 1916-1936, as Berkeley’s North Branch . . . — — Map (db m54190) HM |
| On Derby Street east of Sacramento Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | William C. Hays, Architect, 1922
James W. Plachek, Architect, 1930
John Reid, Jr., Architect, 1935
ELS/Elbasani & Logan Architects, 1998
As electric streetcar transportation improved and expanded in the early 20th-century, this section . . . — — Map (db m53873) HM |
| On Adeline Street south of Alcatraz Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1910, 1914
James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921
The popularity of early movies created a demand for new spaces to accommodate eager audiences. South Berkeley’s first neighborhood theater with 144 stools for seats was . . . — — Map (db m53816) HM |
| On Durant Avenue east of Ellsworth Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The McCreary-Greer House and neighboring turn-of-the-century houses on this block are survivors of one of the first residential districts developed around the University campus. This house, with its original garden area and carriage house, . . . — — Map (db m52300) HM |
| On Telegraph Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1959, Morris (Moe) Moskowitz and his wife, Barbara, opened a small paperback
bookshop on Shattuck Avenue. They soon moved to Telegraph Avenue where Moe's
Books evolved into a renowned emporium featuring hundreds of thousands of books.
Moe's . . . — — Map (db m136179) HM |
| On Shattuck Avenue at Bancroft Way on Shattuck Avenue. |
| |
Charles Dickey, whose firm designed the Claremont Hotel and who practiced architecture extensively in California and Hawaii, designed this building with two residential floors above commercial storefronts. From 1921 to 1935 the ground floor was . . . — — Map (db m52313) HM |
| | Mortar Rock takes its name from the many holes worn in these hard lavas by Native American women pounding and grinding acorns and other seeds into meal. This staple food could be stored and later cooked into cakes or porridge.
Native Americans . . . — — Map (db m53850) HM |
| On Dwight Way at Telegraph Avenue on Dwight Way. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2005
This corner store was built for Stella King’s dry goods business and upstairs residence. Until the shop closed in 1923, it was a gathering place where neighbors could find everything from sewing . . . — — Map (db m54722) HM |
| On Cedar Street near Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1999
When architect James Plachek was hired at the age of 29 to design this church, it was his first major commission in Berkeley. He later designed many public and commercial buildings, including the . . . — — Map (db m54187) HM |
| On The Alameda near Hopkins Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
Designated in 2001
North Branch Berkeley Public Library
James W. Plachek, Architect, 1936
North Branch Library is one of Berkeley’s many civic buildings by James Plachek, including the Central Library (1930), . . . — — Map (db m15868) HM |
| On The Circle at Marin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on The Circle. |
| |
Berkeley's Northbrae residential subdivision was opened in 1907 by the Mason-McDuffie Company, John Galen Howard - then Supervising Architect of the University of California - designed the Circle and the stairways, benches, and stone pillars used . . . — — Map (db m36674) HM |
| Near Hearst Avenue at Euclid Avenue. |
| | Former site of the Students' Observatory, completed in 1886 and named in 1951 for Armin Otto Leuschner (1868-1953), Director of the Observatory (1898-1938) and Chair of the Astronomy Department (1900-1938). — — Map (db m114355) HM |
| On Hearst Avenue west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. |
| | Berkeley's Ohlone Dog Park, situated along a strip of land cleared in the 1960s
for BART undergrounding, is widely considered the world''s first dog park.
Development plans for the area were upended when activists occupied and
dubbed the strip . . . — — Map (db m137042) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1991
One of Berkeley’s romantic treasures, Orchard Lane is the formal pedestrian entrance to the Panoramic Hill residential neighborhood.
The walk and grand Classical staircase, complete with pillars, . . . — — Map (db m54692) HM |
| | Berkeley History
The Panoramic Hill Historic District typifies Berkeley’s early hillside neighborhoods. Steep and narrow Panoramic Way, carved out in 1888, opened the hill to residential development. University professors and early Sierra Club . . . — — Map (db m54694) HM |
| On Vine Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on Vine Street. |
| | A revolution began here in 1966 when Alfred H. Peet (1920-2007) opened his first coffee roastery and store. Arriving in San Francisco in 1955, “Mr. Peet” was dismayed by the poor quality of coffee in his adopted country. He had learned . . . — — Map (db m54188) HM |
| On Grayson Street east of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Berkeley History
Reflecting West Berkeley’s early industrial heritage, this plant remains one of the city’s largest brick buildings. Once used to produce chemicals for a cluster of nearby industries that manufactured soaps, cleaning agents, paper . . . — — Map (db m53812) HM |
| On Virginia Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Robert Hale Merriman, a UC Berkeley graduate student studying economics during the early 1930s, was among the first Americans to give his life in the fight against fascism. During the Spanish Civil War, Merriman was a commanding officer of the . . . — — Map (db m152785) HM |
| On Shattuck Square south of University Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1876 the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) Railroad expanded into downtown Berkeley. What is now Shattuck Square was the site of freight yards; Berkeley Station was located on the smaller block to the south. By 1903, as the business . . . — — Map (db m52384) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1991
Rose Walk was designed by Bernard Maybeck and completed in 1913 with donations from the neighbors. The walkway linked the Euclid Avenue streetcar line with residences higher on the hill.
After . . . — — Map (db m53859) HM |
| On Sacramento Street north of Ashby Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron
Rumford (1908–1986) served as the first black professional at
Oakland's Highland Hospital. In 1942 he purchased a pharmacy in
Berkeley and, after constructing this . . . — — Map (db m154343) HM |
| On Shattuck Avenue at Addison Street, on the right when traveling south on Shattuck Avenue. |
| | Samuel H. Kress began his chain of retail stores around 1900 and soon these “five and dime” variety stores dotted downtowns across America. Kress’s own company architects designed stores of high quality and adapted them to fit into the . . . — — Map (db m52380) HM |
| On University Avenue east of Bonar Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2001
During the early 20th century, the Santa Fe Railroad provided three-day passenger and freight service between Chicago and the Bay Area. This depot was one of three major rail stations in Berkeley. . . . — — Map (db m53828) HM |
| On Shattuck Square at University Avenue on Shattuck Square. |
| | Shattuck Square is a group of three buildings constructed on the site of a former railroad freight yard, as a northern anchor to Berkeley’s historic downtown commercial district. It is the city’s only work by the San Francisco architectural firm . . . — — Map (db m52391) HM |
| On Addison Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1940s painter David Park (1911-1960) had a studio in a brick building that once occupied this site. Despite a well-received exhibition of his abstract expressionist works at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1948, Park rejected abstraction . . . — — Map (db m52388) HM |
| On Rose Street west of Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | City of Berkeley Structure of Merit
designated in 1988
German immigrant George Hunrick built one of Berkeley’s many neighborhood groceries on this site when the north Berkeley hills were in an early stage of development. In those days before home . . . — — Map (db m54189) HM |
| On Allston Way east of Shattuck Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1998
By 1900, downtown Berkeley had developed around Shattuck Avenue, its main street. On this site, owned by John Hinkel, stood a brick livery stable run by John Fitzpatrick, the early operator of the . . . — — Map (db m54346) HM |
| On Oxford Street at Codornices Creek on Oxford Street. |
| | In 1858, prosperous farmer Napoleon Bryne sold his Missouri land and journeyed west with his wife Mary Tanner Byrne, four children and other relatives. Two freed slaves, Pete and Hannah Byrnes, came with the family and became Berkeley’s first known . . . — — Map (db m54728) HM |
| On California Street south of Addison Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | From 1877 to 1988
the Sisters of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
operated Berkeley's first convent
and parochial school on this block.
The land was donated by
Berkeley pioneer James McGee.
The grounds included a garden and grotto . . . — — Map (db m137043) HM |
| Near San Francisco Bay Trail near Shellmound Street. |
| | In the early 20th century, a thriving manufacturing district grew up in southwest Berkeley. This is the site of a former saltwater pump house, located on what was once the east shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The pumps supplied water used in the . . . — — Map (db m54669) HM |
| On Sacramento Street at Prince Street, on the right when traveling north on Sacramento Street. |
| | Founded in 1945 by local sports hero Melvin Reid and his wife Betty Reid, Reid’s Records was one of the first Black-owned record shops in California and one of the few shops of any kind where African-American music could be purchased before the . . . — — Map (db m152805) HM |
| On Oxford Lane at Oxford Street on Oxford Lane. |
| | An apple orchard, two houses, and a tailor shop once occupied this block. In 1879, six local businessmen and a university professor financed the purchase of part of the block near Oxford Street as the site for one of the city’s first public schools. . . . — — Map (db m54336) HM |
| Near Colusa Avenue south of Tacoma Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1993
The residential subdivision of Thousand Oaks was incorporated into Berkeley in 1920. On this site, one year earlier, a new school building overlooking Blackberry Creek was built to replace wooden . . . — — Map (db m53847) HM |
| On Telegraph Avenue south of Dwight Way, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Robert Agers constructed this building to manufacture "the very best soda water" for customers throughout California. The recessed storefronts, second-floor oriel windows, and high false front are all largely unchanged from a 1904 expansion. The . . . — — Map (db m29383) HM |
| On Adeline Street at Alcatraz Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Adeline Street. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1982
In the early 20th century, this was one of two banks anchoring the busy Lorin business district’s streetcar intersection. The building remained a bank until the 1980s. Its architecture combines a . . . — — Map (db m53815) HM |
| On 4th Street north of University Avenue. |
| | Clam chowder, baked beans and 10¢ beer – these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger’s. It all began in the 1860s when Johann Spenger from Bavaria started fishing in the Bay. The gabled structure he built here housed his business and . . . — — Map (db m52303) HM |
| On Claremont Avenue at The Uplands, on the right when traveling south on Claremont Avenue. |
| | The Star Grocery, one of Berkeley's oldest and most beloved
family-run businesses, was founded in 1922 by Greek immigrant
brothers Nick and Jim Pappas. They originally hand delivered groceries
in wicker baskets which, as the business flourished, . . . — — Map (db m154319) HM |
| On College Avenue south of Asby Avenue (California Route 13), on the right when traveling south. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1982
Built as the Strand Theater in the Art Nouveau architectural style, this was one of the neighborhood’s first commercial structures. Admission was ten cents for adults, five for children and the theater . . . — — Map (db m54813) HM |
| On Shattuck Avenue at Addison Street, on the left when traveling south on Shattuck Avenue. |
| | First home of the
California College of Arts and Crafts — — Map (db m52397) HM |
| On Buena Vista Way, on the right when traveling east. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmarks
designated in 1992
In one of Berkeley’s more eccentric experiments in living, Charles and Florence Boynton built their family residence as a version of a Greco-Roman temple with no walls. Two circular, open-air porches . . . — — Map (db m53864) HM |
| On Oxford Street south of Hearst Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On the morning of September 17, 1923, a grass fire spread from Wildcat Canyon over the hills into Berkeley. Driven by hot, dry winds, the fire spread rapidly across the northeast residential districts of the city, burning as far south and west as . . . — — Map (db m54213) HM |
| On Russell Street at Piedmont Avenue on Russell Street. |
| | On a once rural site now bordered by Russell Street, College Avenue, and Stuart Street, the Kelsey family planted orchards and grew ornamental plants on land they purchased in 1860. The 24-acre Kelsey Ranch supplied trees and plants for the grounds . . . — — Map (db m54691) HM |
| On Centennial Drive south of Grizzly Peak Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This is the electromagnet for the world's first major cyclotron. With it, professor Ernest O. Lawrence and others perfected the difficult cyclotron technology. Originally a 27-inch cyclotron, it was converted to a 37-inch instrument in 1937. . . . — — Map (db m91800) HM |
| On Milvia Street just south of Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This garden honors Berkeley’s many innovative poets, poetry presses and publications, and their creative legacy. It was dedicated in 1999 on the second anniversary of “Beat” poet Allen Ginsberg’s death. Through their writings, the . . . — — Map (db m54191) HM |
| Near Shattuck Avenue north of Parker Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Berkeley History
Horse-drawn wagons once carried goods to the Berkeley Free Market housed here. In 1952 the structure was modernized to accommodate automobile showrooms, with artist studios above. Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Biscoff, William . . . — — Map (db m54333) HM |
| On San Fernando Avenue at Yosemite Road on San Fernando Avenue. |
| | Berkeley History
In the early 1900s, the natural beauty of this undeveloped district, with dramatic rock outcroppings and ancient oaks made it a favorite destination for picnickers and hikers.
After a campaign to make the area a city park . . . — — Map (db m53848) HM |
| On Tenth Street south of Delaware Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1979
Toward the end of the 19th-century, a large Finnish immigrant community was located in west Berkeley. Together they constructed this wooden building which integrates traditional Finnish and American . . . — — Map (db m53834) HM |
| Near Shattuck Avenue north of Bancroft Way, on the right when traveling north. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1984
John Tupper and Lawrence Reed constructed this building for their music store, which they had established in Berkeley in 1906. University of California art professor Eugen Neuhaus complimented them . . . — — Map (db m54507) HM |
| On Allston Way east of Milvia Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1980
Berkeley’s elegant Main Post Office is representative of the Second Renaissance Revival style, also called Neo-Classical Revival. Government buildings constructed in this era were designed to . . . — — Map (db m54260) HM |
| Near Center Street east of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In the early 1920s Alameda County voters approved a special tax to construct buildings that would honor war veterans and provide a meeting place for their organizations. The City of Berkeley contributed the land for this building. Designed in the . . . — — Map (db m52399) HM |
| On Virginia Street west of Shattuck Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1984
This reinforced concrete Moderne-style building replaced an 1892 wood frame school. Faculty of the original school planted the five Coast Redwoods at the southwestern edge of the school grounds. The . . . — — Map (db m54192) HM |
| On Sacramento Street at Julia Street, on the right when traveling north on Sacramento Street. |
| | William Byron Rumford was a phamacist who worked on this very
block. In 1948 he was elected to the California
State Assembly becoming the first African
American elected to any public office in Northern
California. He took the lead in passing . . . — — Map (db m154349) HM |
| On Seventh Street south of University Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Originally located at Sixth and Delaware streets, this simple wooden building was constructed by volunteers from the Workingman’s Club, a west Berkeley political organization. Built as a reading room for laborers, it was used briefly as Berkeley’s . . . — — Map (db m53836) HM |
| Near Dublin Canyon Road near Schaefer Ranch Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Once a hiding and trading place in the 1850's for the notorious bandit Joaquin Murrieta, known in California as "El Famoso," this canyon has produced many rodeos dating back to the rancho days circa 1820.
Harry Rowell, originally from England, . . . — — Map (db m94033) HM |
| On Redwood Road near James Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This site was part of the original Don Castro Land Grant. In 1866 pioneer settler Josiah Grover Brickell made a land grant of this site for “educational purposes only” and paid the teacher’s salary, who taught children by day, in a one . . . — — Map (db m100557) HM |
| On San Ramon Road south of Silvergate Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Site of the home of Peter and Wilhelmina Rasmussen from 1914 until 1937. Peter came to America from Denmark in 1871. He was part of a wave of Danish immigrants who settled in Alameda County. The house was a Craftsman Bungalow built on twenty acres . . . — — Map (db m112846) HM |
| On Iron Horse Parkway near Martinelli Way, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During World War II 3,396 acres were purchased for the largest naval installation in the U.S. Three navy bases sat adjacent to each other in an area known as Fleet City. Camp Parks located along Dougherty Road, The U.S. Naval Hospital among . . . — — Map (db m94022) HM |
| On Donlon Way at Dublin Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Donlon Way. |
| | For 86 years a favorite congregating spot. Built by John Green in 1860, with a balcony over the porch and a gabled roof. A famous cross-roads stop and transfer point on the Oakland-Stockton and Martinez-San Jose stagecoach routes intil the 1890's . . . — — Map (db m59944) HM |
| | Margaret Tehan Dobbel, the granddaughter of Jeremiah and Ellen Fallon. She was born in Jeremiah Fallon’s home, Dublin, 1874. She married Julius Dobbel and had 13 children. They raised cattle and sheep at Rice, Camel, Dougherty and Donlon Ranches. — — Map (db m26822) HM |
| On San Ramon Road 0.1 miles north of Dublin Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Jose Maria Amador, born 1794 at San Francisco Presidio, spent his early years in the Mexican Army, as soldier, explorer, Indian fighter, and was later administrator at Mission San Jose.
Amador was paid for his service with land, a grant . . . — — Map (db m69727) HM |
| | John & Katherine Donlon Flanagan from Longford, Ireland came to Dublin in 1868. In 1896 John was blinded, but continued to raise sheep and farm with the help of his wife and 3 girls, Eva, Katherine (Murphy), and Elizabeth (Nevin), who was a teacher . . . — — Map (db m26785) HM |
| Near Donlon Way, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This seven acre park is on the site of Dublin's original settlement that was established in 1850. Within the park are the 1856 Murray Schoolhouse, the 1859 St. Raymond Church, the 1880 Kolb Old House, the 1911 Kolb Craftsman Bungalow, the 1870 . . . — — Map (db m59946) HM |
| Near Calle Verde Road at Mape Way. |
| | Commander John "Jack" Clement Mape USN, was Dublin's first casualty of the Vietnam War. A 40-year old father of seven, Mape lived in Dublin and was stationed in Alameda, CA. He was assigned to Squadron VA-52 of the USS Ticonderoga in September, . . . — — Map (db m69725) HM WM |
| On Dolan Way at Carsten Court, on the left when traveling south on Dolan Way. |
| | In 1852 Irish immigrants Michael Murray and Jeremiah Fallon purchased 1000 acres of land from Don Jose Maria Amador, and on this site Murray erected his modest home in 1857. Murray sold his house to John Green, proprietor of the Green Store, whose . . . — — Map (db m94035) HM |
| | It took 6 months for Leo and Mary Jane Norris to come to California by covered wagon. In 1852 Leo purchased 10,000 acres from Don Jose Maria Amador for $20,000 and one white horse. Their lands include most of present day San Ramon Valley. Later, the . . . — — Map (db m27669) HM |
| On Donlon Way, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Oldest Extant Catholic Church Building
In Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
This land was donated as a Catholic site by Michael
Murray and Jeremiah Fallon, who was one of the
rescuers of the ill fated Donner Party in the Sierra.
Tom . . . — — Map (db m26701) HM |
| | Son of Jeremiah and Ellen Fallon. Regarded with great respect by people of the area for his honesty and integrity. Renowned for his fine horsemanship and proficiency with the riata (rawhide rope), which sometimes was up to 70 feet in length. He . . . — — Map (db m26722) HM |
| On Dublin Boulevard at Donlon Way, on the right when traveling west on Dublin Boulevard. |
| | Built at the crossroads in 1862 by James Witt Dougherty where it served travelers going by stagecoach from Oakland to Stockton and from San Jose to Martinez and Sacramento. This area was named Dougherty Station from 1862 until 1878, and the hotel . . . — — Map (db m69726) HM |
| | William born in Kilkenny, Ireland, 1845. Ellen Fallon Tehan, daughter of Ellen and Jeremiah Fallon, was a year old when she came west by covered wagon from St. Joseph, Mo., in 1846. William and Ellen’s marriage was the first in Old St. Raymond’s Jan . . . — — Map (db m28612) HM |
| On Donlon Way at Dublin Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Donlon Way. |
| | Built in 1860 by John Green this building has been in constant use as a business building. It began as a general store, changed into a neighborhood pub, and now is a restaurant.
From 1914 – 1948 the northeast corner of the building was . . . — — Map (db m28578) HM |
| Near Horton Street near 59th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A 3 foot narrow gauge railroad starting on land owned by Joseph E. Emery, later president and founder of the City of Emeryville.
The line started at 40th and San Pablo, extended through Berkeley and up San Pablo Creek to Bryant (Orinda) 23 . . . — — Map (db m72398) HM |
| On San Pablo Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This was the main terminal for
the Key System Railway during World War II.
The Shipyard Railway – also known as the “Pass the Ammunition”
Railway – was built by the Key System for the United States Maritime . . . — — Map (db m72396) HM |
| On Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m72399) HM |
| On 53rd Street west of Hollis Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This plaque commemorates the pioneering scientists on this campus
who have made discoveries and advances that are essential to many areas of life science research, forensics, and patient care.
• 1983 - 1991: Discovery and development of the Nobel . . . — — Map (db m154531) HM |
| Near Ardenwood Boulevard near California Highway 84. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m28825) HM |
| |
Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site – The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area.
In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris . . . — — Map (db m26666) HM |
| On Mission Boulevard near Mission Tierra Place, on the right when traveling south. |
| | With the discovery of gold in California, the town around the Mission San Jose became the gateway and provision center for the “49er” on his way to the Southern Mines.
To meet these demands, the firm of Strauss and Co. was founded by . . . — — Map (db m64904) HM |
| On Niles Boulevard at G Street, on the right when traveling west on Niles Boulevard. |
| | The western branch studio of the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913 to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that purpose in Northern California.
The Essanay company of 52 people led by movie star cowboy . . . — — Map (db m63811) HM |
| On Niles Boulevard east of G Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Francis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin, Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Ben Turpin, Vic “Slippery Sam” Pottel and “Alkalie (sic) Ike” starred here 1910/1912. Earliest films starred Gilbert Anderson (Max Aronson) alias . . . — — Map (db m64009) HM |
| Near Ardenwood Boulevard near California Highway 84. |
| | Joseph Silviera Leal and Julia Perry Leal built this tank house on their ranch in the Mission San Jose area of Fremont in 1925. The lower floor was a storage room and the upper floor a bedroom. The tank on top stored 5,000 gallons of water pumped . . . — — Map (db m29090) HM |
| On Stanford Avenue near Vineyard Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This winery was founded in 1869 by Leland Stanford, railroad builder, Governor of California, United States Senator, and founder of Stanford University. The vineyard, planted by his brother Josiah Stanford, helped to prove that wines equal to any in . . . — — Map (db m100554) HM |
| On Mission Boulevard at Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Mission Boulevard. |
| | At the Ohlone Indian village of Oroysom, Padre Fermín Francisco de Lasuén founded this fourteenth of twenty-one Franciscan missions June 11, 1797. Taught by Padre Narciso Durán, the Ohlone Orchestra and Choir became famous. By 1830 almost 2,000 . . . — — Map (db m100551) HM |
| On Walnut Avenue at Gallaudet Drive, on the right when traveling east on Walnut Avenue. |
| | [Side A:]
Mormon Pioneers
Mormon pioneers traveled far in search of a land where they could worship God in an environment of religious tolerance. Named below are some of the pioneers who settled in Washington Township. They sailed . . . — — Map (db m28707) HM |
| | In 1775 and 1776, Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza and
Father Pedro Font led an expedition of 240 settlers, soldiers,
and others 1,800 miles from Sonora, Mexico to Monterey,
California to colonize the Bay Area. Anza and Font then led
a much . . . — — Map (db m153291) HM |
| On Temple Way near Utah Way, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Approximately one mile west John M. Horner built the first American schoolhouse non-Catholic chapel in Centerville, Alameda County, 1850. Said to be the first Latter Day Saint Chapel in California. A small structure with three windows in the side . . . — — Map (db m26629) HM |
| On Niles Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site of the First Post Office
In Niles
Established 1873
William Synder
Postmaster
Annual Salary $12.00 — — Map (db m63809) HM |
| | Thomas Jefferson Chadbourne and his wife Nettie built this Victorian carriage house in the 1870’s. He owned fine racing horses and stock horses and wanted them housed in suitable surroundings.
They purchased the property in 1872 from Charles C. . . . — — Map (db m28826) HM |
| On Mission Boulevard (California Route 238) 0.5 miles west of Niles Canyon Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Site of flour mill, Niles. Built 1853 by Don Jose De Vallejo, brother of General Vallejo, on his Rancho Arroyo De La Alameda.
Niles was once called "Vallejo Mills". Stone aqueduct carrying water for mill parallels Niles Canyon Road. — — Map (db m154369) HM |
| On Washington Boulevard at Mission Boulevard, on the left when traveling east on Washington Boulevard. |
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1839-1890 Adobe home of Don Jose De Jesus Vallejo, administrator of Mission San Jose. Center of early day culture.
1949 Two buildings constructed on this site by Miss Olive Ryde to enhance the historic mission.
1962 Generous gify to the . . . — — Map (db m152794) HM |
| On Mission Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Washington Hotel originally located across the street as a two story adobe building. Destroyed by the 1868 earthquake. Rebuilt on the present site in the same year.
The building has served as a hotel, stage stop, state library, and present day . . . — — Map (db m54668) HM |
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In Memory of War Heros
World War II 1941
Ernest A. Azevedo
Joseph T. Silveira
Tony Carodza, Jr. — — Map (db m26636) HM |
| On Main Street north of D Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Allen F. Strutz, World War II veteran of the United States Armed Services, dedicated fifty
years of his life to caring for this Veterans Memorial Building in Hayward, to preserve the
heritage of Alameda County veterans. His paramount leadership . . . — — Map (db m152676) HM WM |
| On C Street near Mission Boulevard. |
| | Don Guillermo Castro, founder of the city, preserved the plaza for the enjoyment of the citizens, and in 1856 conveyed to them ownership of the land forever. This library, originally constructed on the plaza in 1951, and enlarged in 1958, was . . . — — Map (db m28774) HM |
| | Along the ridge behind this panel lies a 52-acre parcel of historical significance. This farmstead known as “Ukraina” was the home of Ukrainian patriot, writer, and publisher Father Agapius Honcharenko. He and his wife Albina lived here . . . — — Map (db m26499) HM |
| On C Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on C Street. |
| | A Portuguese-American fraternal benefit society receiving members of all nationalities established in the State of California in 1889 to assist widows and orphans. This local chapter, Council #14, was organized on April 23, 1898, by its founder and . . . — — Map (db m94557) HM |
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