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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8U_hori-midwife-house_San-Jose-CA.html
My grandmother kept her patients in the house for five days. My mother cooked the meals and grandmother would serve them. My mother was a very good cook. My dad taught her how; he'd learned to cook while working as a houseboy to put himself throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7Z_the-chiechi-house_San-Jose-CA.html
A late Victorian example of simplified Italianate architecture, the Chiechi House was built in approximately 1876 by John and Jane Campbell. In 1913 the house, at 820 Northrup Avenue, was purchased by Michele Chiechi. Prominent valley orchardists,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7Y_the-zanker-house_San-Jose-CA.html
The Zanker House is a mid-19th Century example of an informal Victorian Italianate farmhouse. The house, built of California redwood, was originally located north of the Alviso-Milpitas Road on the west side of Zanker Road.
The outhouse is the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7W_the-umbarger-house_San-Jose-CA.html
In 1851 David Umbarger, a "forty-niner" from West Virginia, bought 136.5 acres in the Santa Clara Valley. Umbarger built this house on his homestead in the 1870s.
Like many ex-miners who remained in California, Umbarger started farming in order…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7U_empire-firehouse_San-Jose-CA.html
The San Jose Fire Department, initially an intensely dedicated volunteer organization until the hiring of professionals in 1876, was established by a City ordinance in 1854. In that same year, a firehouse was erected on Lightston Street, functioni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7T_the-nelson-deluz-house_San-Jose-CA.html
The Nelson-DeLuz House was constructed about 1905 at the southeast corner of William and 11th Streets. It is a typical middle class home of transitional architecture with neoclassic features. It bears a striking similarity to the published plans o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7K_dashaway-stables_San-Jose-CA.html
Hailed as one of the best arranged and equipped livery stables on the coast, Dashaway Stables was constructed by Frederick Tennant and William Connell in 1888 at 130 South Second Street, San Jose. Dashaway Stables, proud of its excellent reputatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7J_dr-warburtons-office_San-Jose-CA.html
Doctor Henry Hulme Warburton was one of the first physicians in the Santa Clara Valley. Born in Staffordshire, England in 1819, he emigrated to the United States in 1844. Warburton was a surgeon aboard a whaling ship when it docked in San Francisc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7I_ng-shing-gung_San-Jose-CA.html
The original Ng Shing Gung, or Temple of Five Gods, was constructed in 1888 on Cleveland Avenue near Taylor Street in Heinlenville, and early San Jose Chinatown. Heinlenville consisted of a network of small streets within the block bordered by Six…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7H_o-briens_San-Jose-CA.html
Acclaimed as "the prettiest and most attractive candy store on the Pacific Coast. O'Brien's Candy Store was more than a business to San Joseans, it was an institution - the natural spot to stroll to after a show or the ideal place to meet a friend…