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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7C_hendy-stamp-mill-hendys-california-stamp-mill_Sunnyvale-CA.html
Hendy Stamp MillDuring the California Gold Rush, Hendy Iron Works built mining and stamp mill machinery exclusively. They supplied mining operations around the world with 5-stamp mills that could operate as a single unit or as multiple units of up…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK6U_sainte-claire-club_San-Jose-CA.html
The Sainte Claire Club was organized in 1888 by a group of distinguished local citizens, including James Phelan, banker, U.S. Senator and former mayor of San Francisco. San Jose's oldest men's club has occupied this handsome structure since its co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK6O_first-church-of-christ-scientist_San-Jose-CA.html
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was designed by Willis Polk and built in 1905. The plan of the building is a Greek cross; four Ionic columns dominate the entry portico. Since the construction of a new church in 1946, the building has been u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK68_st-josephs-cathedral_San-Jose-CA.html
St. Joseph's was the first church of the Pueblo de San Jos?. The original adobe structure was built on the present site in 1803. It was replaced by a second adobe in 1845, which in turn was replaced by a wooden building in 1869. After this structu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK66_plaza-de-cesar-e-chavez_San-Jose-CA.html
The Plaza de Car E. E. Ch?vez is part of the original plaza of the 1797 Pueblo de San Jos? and is the oldest continuously used public open space in the city. The plaza was the hub of the old Spanish settlement: the site of Juzgado and the church, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5V_henry-morris-naglee_San-Jose-CA.html
Brigadier General United States VolunteersLieutenant Colonel United States ArmyA Citizen of San JoseBorn 1815 · Settled in California 1847 · Died 1886This monument commemorates his service to the Countryin the Mexican and Civil Wars.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK58_home-of-martin-murphy-jr_Sunnyvale-CA.html
Martin Murphy, Jr. arrived in California with his family in 1844 in the first wagon train to cross the Sierra Nevada. The founder of Sunnyvale, he constructed here his house of pre-fabricated lumber brought around the Horn in 1849. Members of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK54_birthplace-of-a-p-giannini_San-Jose-CA.html
Amadeo Peter Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy - now the Bank of America - was born at 79 N. Market St. on May 6, 1870. Perhaps San Jose's most famous native, Giannini is considered by many to be the greatest figure in American banking. A lib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4N_the-juan-bautista-de-anza-trail_San-Jose-CA.html
The Juan Bautista de Anza National HistoricTrail marks a 1,200 mile route that brought settlers to California from Tubac, in present-day Arizona, to what is now San Francisco.
The Spanish planned a system of Presidios, or military forts, and mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK43_first-unitarian-church_San-Jose-CA.html
This building, designed by George W. Page in 1891, became the permanent home of a congregation that first met in City Hall in 1866. A version of Richardsonian Romanesque style, the innovative structure withstood the earthquake of 1906 and became a…