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Colma is in San Mateo County
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Architect
Resing & Mc Ginnes
Contractor H.H. Smith
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Incorporated as Lawndale
In Aug. 1924. The Town’s name
was changed to Colma in Nov. 1941
Originally the Town Hall
served as a traffic court,
post office, health dept. and . . . — — Map (db m18401) HM
This building memorializes the contributions of the Abbey Land and Improvement Company to the development of Colma. The company established Mount Olivet Memorial Park, the sixth cemetery to be built in Colma, and constructed a streetcar line along . . . — — Map (db m18367) HM
Historical Site
1883 – 1924
Adjacent to this site stood “Cavalli’s Blacksmith Shop” which served the truck farmers in the area.
Joe Cavalli
1883 – 1946
Joe was the first and last sheriff of Lawndale (1924 . . . — — Map (db m29134) HM
Built by Peter Brooks in 1883, serving the needs of tourists, local citizens, mourners, partyers, Clampers, and a host of others ever since. — — Map (db m18405) HM
In 1896, the Abbey Land and Improvement Company established Mount Olivet Cemetery. During that year, the company also obtained a franchise from the County of San Mateo to run a street car line from the tracks of the “40 Line” to the . . . — — Map (db m18345) HM
In 1870, Southern Pacific Railroad assumed ownership of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which had originally been opened as an independent railroad in 1863. The second stop south of San Francisco, in what then was the center of the larger . . . — — Map (db m18384) HM
In 1870, Southern Pacific Railroad assumed ownership of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which had originally been opened as an independent railroad in 1863. The second stop south of San Francisco, in what was the center of the larger . . . — — Map (db m18390) HM
This type of railroad signal was introduced, circa 1898, to control the movement of trains and to prevent accidents. The blade moved up or down corresponding with green, yellow or red lights.
(Donated by
Southern Pacific
Transportation . . . — — Map (db m18389) HM
By 1913, the Water Works complex included several buildings integral to cemetery operations.
The challenge of maintaining a landscape subject to regular burials and service traffic led to the construction of an upgraded irrigation system . . . — — Map (db m176886) HM
