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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83U_methodist-episcopal-church-of-pescadero_Pescadero-CA.html
This Property Has BeenPlaced On TheNATIONAL REGISTEROF HISTORIC PLACESBy The United States Department Of The Interior National Register of Historic Places Statement of Significance: Building/structure dates: 1890 initial constructionSignific…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM786_ralston-hall_Belmont-CA.html
This redwood structure was completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco financier, incorporating Count Cipriani's earlier villa. This enlarged mansion with its mirrored ballroom became the symbol of the extravagance of California's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM73T_san-carlos-station_San-Carlos-CA.html
Southern Pacific constructed this station in 1888 to meet the needs of the new town of San Carlos. The use of the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style of architecture was exceedingly rare for railroad depots in California. This style and the use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6W8_the-determination-of-one-man_Half-Moon-Bay-CA.html
In October of 1906, Joseph Debenedetti constructed this two story mission revival commercial style building, which immediately became the center of commerce for Half Moon Bay and the surrounding area. Rising from the ashes of the devastating 1906 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6W6_first-concrete-bridge-erected-in-san-mateo-co_Half-Moon-Bay-CA.html
J. Debendetti SupervisorD. Bromfield & C. Tobey Jr. EngineersR.C. Mattingly & W. Heafey Contractors
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6W4_town-of-searsville_Woodside-CA.html
Here stood the lumberman's village of Searsville whose first settler, John Sears, came in 1854. Across the road westerly from this monument stood a hotel. The school, store, blacksmith shop, and dwellings were to the southeast. Some on the site of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KY_union-cemetery_Redwood-City-CA.html
Union Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti- slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secess…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12Z_burlingame-railroad-station_Burlingame-CA.html
This first permanent building in the Mission Revival style of architecture was designed by George H. Howard and J. B. Mathison and financed by local residents and the Southern Pacific Railroad. It opened for service on October 10, 1894. The roof u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10U_pigeon-point-lighthouse_Pescadero-CA.html
This brick lighthouse was built to incorporate a French first order Fresnel lens. Although no longer used, the lens is still operable in the lantern room. Previously the lens had been installed at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It first flashed ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8_menlo-park-railroad-station_Menlo-Park-CA.html
This building, constructed in 1867 by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company, is the oldest railroad passenger station in California. The Victorian ornamentation was added in the 1890s when the station was remodeled to serve the newly-ope…
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