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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Contra Costa County, California
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In front of you is the last remaining structure of El Cerrito's once vibrant Japanese American flower growing industry: the former storefront of Contra Costa Florist which was owned by the Mabuchi Family.
Hikojiro and Tomi Mabuchi, aided . . . — — Map (db m145944) HM
Juan Bautista de Anza National Trail passed through present day El Cerrito April 1, 1776 Homeland of the Huchiun-Ohlone Tribe of American Indians
The fields are green with grass and thickly covered with various . . . — — Map (db m91843) HM
With an inventory of fifty books, El Cerrito's first public library was opened in the local post office in 1913. It moved several times before expanding and relocating to Stockton Avenue in 1949, becoming the first postwar library built in the Bay . . . — — Map (db m91361) HM
El Cerrito became a city on August 23, 1917. Businessman Philip Lee lead the incorporation effort and raised bonds for essential services, including fire and police protection. Lee was elected to the City Council multiple times and served as mayor . . . — — Map (db m94106) HM
Both El Cerrito's and Richmond's populations quadrupled between 1941 and 1945 due to the massive influx of wartime shipyard workers. These workers brought new musical styles, such as blues, western swing and country. This musical melting pot . . . — — Map (db m94129) HM
From the late 1920s until the early 1950s, El Cerrito and nearby unincorporated areas were popular destinations for people to play the slots, high-low games, numbers and more while enjoying fine food and entertainment. — — Map (db m94100) HM
Fairmont School was originally built about 1903 and was El Cerrito's second school. Fires claimed many structures in early El Cerrito, including Fairmont School, which burned down in 1924. A new school was built at the same site on Stockton between . . . — — Map (db m91358) HM
El Cerrito was once a town of farms and dairies. The mild weather, lush fields, and many creeks coming down from the hills made for excellent dairy farming. Over the years, there have been about 25 dairies located in El Cerrito. — — Map (db m94131) HM
Cerrito Creek and its branches carry
rain and spring water from the East Bay Hills
to San Francisco Bay. Native Americans lived along
its banks. It became the boundary between vast
Spanish land grants and, later, the county line.
The City . . . — — Map (db m155139) HM
The Festival of the Holy Ghost was started in Portugal by Queen Izabel to celebrate the end of a famine in 1296. Since the 1920s, Portuguese Americans have gathered in El Cerrito in late June to carry out this annual tradition with a parade, the . . . — — Map (db m94192) HM
In the early 1900s, Japanese immigrants planted the seeds of a remarkable nursery community in El Cerrito and Richmond. These nurseries were located mostly west of San Pablo Avenue and north of Portrero Avenue. After interment during World War II, . . . — — Map (db m94249) HM
Italian immigrants were a major ethnic community in El Cerrito. Establishments in the heart of Little Italy included Tezzi's Italian cooperativa, Fandio Bortolotti's barber shop, Cisi's Dry Goods, Louie's Club, Poloni's Bakery, . . . — — Map (db m94198) HM
Highly regarded French artisan plasterers, Joseph Laleux and Peter Allinio, both lived near here in the early 20th century. Individually, they worked on well-known projects as the Palace of Fine Arts, the Curran and Geary Theaters, and the original . . . — — Map (db m94128) HM
In the early 1900s, El Cerrito became the local center of a thriving "blueschist" quarry industry. Along with some smaller ones, Bates & Borland Quarry and the Hutchinson Quarry were two of the major local quarries that operated up to the 1930s and . . . — — Map (db m94189) HM
{North-facing side:}
This
Monument
marks the
Northern
Boundary
of the
Rancho
San Antonio
43,473 acres
granted by
Governor Pablo Vicente de Sola
acting for the King of Spain
to Don Luis Maria Peralta
August 3, . . . — — Map (db m36728) HM
Between 1904 and 1979, the Santa Fe Railway line was a busy place in El Cerrito. Santa Fe had two small stations and a three-track yard in the City. In this area, the railroad altered the creek channel. The presence of the railroad eventually . . . — — Map (db m94250) HM
In the early 1900s, streetcars ran the length of San Pablo Avenue. In those days, people could ride from the county line to Grand Canyon Park (now Alvarado Park) or out to MacDonald Avenue to the San Rafael Ferry. — — Map (db m94194) HM
Golden Gate Lanes, El Cerrito's only bowling alley was located near here. Other summer staples included Bardon's Fruit Market, Betsy's Kitchen and Big Boys Barbecue, Motorcycle Hill, the Whoopie Bumps, and Peek-a-Boo Park, an early auto-court . . . — — Map (db m94222) HM
Four hundred feet west of this plaque Victor Ramon Castro
1817 - 1900 built three adobe dwellings, the south one in
late 1830's the main one or west one in 1840's the
north in late 1840's They with later additions were
destroyed by fire April . . . — — Map (db m144264) HM
During the Spanish colonial era, the train that would become San Pablo Avenue connected many ranchos across the East Bay. By the mid-1800s, it featured a state line connecting Oakland and Martinez. Today the Avenue remains the center of El . . . — — Map (db m94248) HM
Businesses along San Pablo Avenue and the Santa Fe railroad, such as building materials companies, TEPCO (Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company), coal dealers, monument companies, several lumberyards, a slaughterhouse, and a few furniture . . . — — Map (db m94188) HM
Walt Gatto's "IT" Club, located at Central and San Pablo was named for Clara Bow, the famous cinema "IT" Girl. Redd Foxx, Gypsy Rose Lee, The Vagabonds, Sally Rand, Frank Fontaine, and Johnny Mathis all played the famous "IT" Club. — — Map (db m94122) HM
1885 First Domoto nursery opens in Oakland. The Domotos pioneer California's Japanese American nursery industry and create its wholesale market.
1902 Yataro Nabeta founds the first Japanese American nursery in Contra Costa County, near . . . — — Map (db m146036) HM
El Cerrito, Spanish for "the little hill", is named for the hill to the southwest - now called Albany Hill. Like Brooks Island, the hills north Port Richmond, and the hills at China Camp across the bay, Albany Hill is a part of a range older than . . . — — Map (db m94105) HM
The Figone family's "Six Bells" restaurant stood near here for many years. Later Berkeley-born and well-known Major League Baseball player (and later manager) Billy Martin opened "Cerro Square" here in the early 1960s. — — Map (db m94124) HM
After running kitchens in early hotspots such as the "IT" Club and Six Bells, Violet Wong went on to become a culinary pioneer in El Cerrito by introducing Chinese American food. In 1945, Violet and her husband, Albert Wong, opened Violet's Dining . . . — — Map (db m94126) HM
Hill View Center, El Sobrante's first strip mall, was constructed in 1960. Though the businesses have changed over the years, the appearance of the complex has changed very little. The "ranch house" architectural style was very popular during this . . . — — Map (db m94307) HM
Here, following the base of San Pablo Ridge, ran the tracks of the California & Nevada Railroad. Incorporated in 1881, its founders had grand plans to run from Emeryville to Nevada. The line never got farther than Orinda. Until ending service in . . . — — Map (db m94300) HM
These eucalyptus trees mark the route of the narrow gauge California and Nevada railroad chartered in 1884 to connect California to the Nevada mines.
Only 23 miles of track were completed by 1891 from Emeryville to Bryant now Orinda. In addition . . . — — Map (db m133653) HM
This was the site of Pitt Arena, which featured equestrian events during the 1930s and 1940s. Owned by Babe and Claude Pitt, the arena showcased the horsemanship of the El Sobrante Horsemen's Association, San Pablo Horsemen's Association, Western . . . — — Map (db m148703) HM
El Sobrante never attracted heavy industry. Probably the largest commercial enterprise in the town was the S.P. Skow & Sons Dairy, which supplied milk in Richmond and surrounding towns. For most of that time, the dairy was located on Clark Road, . . . — — Map (db m94273) HM
In 1946, Charles Deabenderter constructed this building for his Chevrolet service and repair business. The building has remained an auto repair business since that time, although under different names and specializations. In 1974 the business was . . . — — Map (db m94277) HM
A branch of Mechanics Bank opened at this location in May 1955. Aside from its added faux roof faηade and wall graphics, the building itself is a nice example of mid-century modern architecture, a recognized genre passionately preserved in many . . . — — Map (db m94279) HM
El Sobrante's first free-standing post office opened in this building in 1957, marking an important milestone in the town's development. The post office was previously located in the adjacent Lee's Variety Store (the Elks Lodge as of 2014) and . . . — — Map (db m94308) HM
The large building at this site was the home of El Sobrante's first supermarket, which opened in 1951. Owned by the Louis Store chain, the store was re-named LoRay in 1965 when the business was bought by Loretta and Ray Dickenson. A portion of the . . . — — Map (db m94299) HM
The Fry's Foods grocery chain began at this location in 1954 when Donald Fry acquired Ray's Market, owned by Ray Dickenson. Joined by his brother, Charles, in 1955, they grew that initial store into a 41-store chain which they sold in 1972. Charles . . . — — Map (db m94274) HM
El Sobrante pioneer, John Oliver, purchased an existing business at this location in 1943, and re-opened it as a hardware store and gas station. As of 2013 it has been the longest continuously operating business in downtown El Sobrante. The . . . — — Map (db m94272) HM
Opened in 1949, the Park Theatre was the only commercial movie theatre in El Sobrante. It was owned and built by Dick Jeha, member of a prominent local family in the business community. More than just a movie house, the Park served for years as a . . . — — Map (db m94296) HM
El Sobrante gets its name from Rancho El Sobrante, "surplus" land situated between existing ranchos that in 1841 was granted by the government of Mexico to brothers Juan Jose and Victor Castro. Curiously, El Sobrante's downtown is actually within . . . — — Map (db m94305) HM
In 1860-1861 Pony Express riders stopped in Lafayette 19 times to change horses en route to San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri
Lafayette Historical Society
1992 — — Map (db m24461) HM
In 1927 these trees were
planted by Robert Elam McNeil
and his
wife, Gertrude,
pioneer leaders in the
Methodist
Church and in
the community. Born in
Lafayette, the McNeils
were proprietors of the
Pioneer Store from 1902 to 1935. — — Map (db m143636) HM
The founder of Lafayette built
his principal home in this vicinity in 1858.
"Squire” Brown purchased the
Rancho Acalanes in 1847, upon
which he raised cattle and grain,
and served as the miller for the
area.
He became Alcalde of the . . . — — Map (db m145017) HM
Fred Geils erected this saloon in 1880. It has housed various businesses through the years, including dressmaking, butcher, shoe repair and barber shops.
Dedicated by
Soroptimist Club of Lafayette-Orinda
June 29, 1971 — — Map (db m25091) HM
Built in 1893 this portion of the church
is the old schoolhouse with the original
belfry, the third school in Lafayette since
1853. In 1927 the building was purchased
to serve as the Methodist church.
A group of neighbors formed the . . . — — Map (db m143634) HM
Dedicated April 23, 1998
Lafayette House
Added Station
By
Diablo Foods
Better Homes Realty - Lafayette
Diamond K. Supply, Ltd.
Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Historical Society
Pony Express Trail Association
{reverse . . . — — Map (db m24916) HM
Community spirit led to construction of this hall by the Lafayette Improvement Club. Land was donated by Frank and Rose Ghiglione with funds and labor provided by the townspeople. A grand opening ball and midnight supper were held on May 1, 1914. . . . — — Map (db m49861) HM
To give one's life in the
cause of freedom for others
is the noblest cause of all
Robert Stanley Baird
David Ray Elliott
Terence Michael Hustead
Kenneth Eugene Mattson
Timothy Arma Thomas
Donald Herbert White — — Map (db m143578) WM
Benjamin Shreve, the settlement's
earliest known schoolteacher, entered
the general merchandise business in
1855. Credited with naming the town,
he was appointed first postmaster of
Lafayette in 1857. He erected this
building in the early . . . — — Map (db m152802) HM
Built in 1894 as a hotel and tavern
by Edward J. Brady & Co. on a portion
of the mill lot once owned by Elam
Brown. Colorful name bestowed by
T. H. Reed, a later proprietor. — — Map (db m144949) HM
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 Martellacci Home
Frank & Emma emigrated from
Suvereto, Tuscany, Italy. They
owned Martellaccis Grocery
on Main St. & provided a wine
press at $1.25 for the service.
Built 1926 — — Map (db m146403) HM
Original
Lubbe Family Home
Pete Lubbe ran a saloon & livery until his death in 1897.
His widow remarried Jim Smith and they operated
a wagon dairy and horse and buggy rental into the 1930's
Circa 1870 — — Map (db m145090) 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
Costanza Home
Former Saloon, Bakery &
Boat Shop. Moved here
from Grangers Wharf
in 1927, operating as a
store and home until 1941
* Circa Pre 1900 * — — Map (db m145100) 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
David & Golda Mendel,
owners of "Mendel's Dry
Goods" on Main St. Later
home to the Frazer
& Vitale families
* Built 1920 * — — Map (db m146395) 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
Building originally served as a
boarding house to early refinery
workers & fishermen. Owned by Frank
Martellacci, who lived next door. He
also owned a grocery store, worked
at the Shell Refinery & C&H Sugar
Built (date illegible) — — Map (db m146385) 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
Original
Oehm Hotel
First modern hotel
in Martinez. Built in
anticipation of the
soon to come Shell
Oil refinery.
* Built- 1914 * — — Map (db m146378) HM
Built after the Fire of 1904 that consumed the entire block Occupied in 1881 by Contra Costa Telephone Company founded in 1881 by J. Borland which was sold to Pacific Bell Telephone Company in 1892 with R. Borland as superintendent for 40 years . . . — — Map (db m53919) 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
This lowland marsh area, now known as McNabney Marsh, was first visited by
the Bay Miwok's Chupcan people. This local tribelet is thought to have consisted
of about 200 people. With the vast fishing, hunting, and plant resources of the
bay, . . . — — Map (db m145094) HM
Built by Maximillian Bergamini in 1905 to replace grocery and notions store that was leveled in block-wide fire of August, 1904.
Historic Marker XII
Martinez Historical Society
October 11, 1997 — — Map (db m53997) 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
On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, bartender, served up the first martini when a miner came into his saloon with a fistful of nuggets and asked for something special. He was served a "Martinez Special." After three or four drinks, however, the . . . — — Map (db m57975) 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
This monument erected in honor of his contributions as a soldier, mountain man, and explorer who through his efforts and those of his breed such as Jim Bridger, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith, helped explore and open the way to the West. There . . . — — Map (db m93508) 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
Dedicated to the family of Don Ignacio Martinez, who settled El Rancho Pinole in 1830. Many of his descendants rest here, members of one of Contra Costa's first families.
Dedicated by
Joaquin Murrieta Chapter 13
E Clampus Vitus
September . . . — — Map (db m53061) 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
In 1988, a massive oil spill from the nearby Shell Refinery
inundated the Carquinez Strait and downstream marshes
including McNabney Marsh. As a result of a settlement with
a number of agencies, Shell Oil paid over $12 million into a
Natural . . . — — Map (db m145095) HM
Potters field at Alhambra Cemetery. Here, marked by numbered headstones the size of bread loaves, are buried over 600 poor and unknown early pioneers of California and Martinez. The earliest known burial was in 1853 and they continued until the . . . — — Map (db m93541) HM
On this site in 1852, Hiram Fogg began a mercantile store.
Operating since as:
1854 - 1897 Simon Blum & Bro.
1897 - 1912 Baer Bros.
1912 - 1986 Hilson's — — Map (db m93573) HM
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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
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