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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKUB_juzgado_San-Jose-CA.html
On this site stood the Juzgado, or town hall, of the Pueblo de San Jos?. Constructed of adobe in 1798, it housed the jail, the court and the offices of the comisionado and alcalde, and was the pueblo's primary governmental building. When Captain T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTD_electric-light-tower_San-Jose-CA.html
When completed in 1881, the 237-foot electric light tower that once spanned the intersection of Market and Santa Clara Streets was the largest single source of electric light in the country. The brainchild of J.J. Owen, founder of the San Jose Mer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKPE_knox-goodrich-building_San-Jose-CA.html
This charming commercial structure was built in 1889 by Sarah Knox-Goodrich on property left to her by her first husband, Dr. William Knox, using sandstone from the quarry owned by her second husband, Levi Goodrich. Both men were important San Jos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKET_bank-of-america-building_San-Jose-CA.html
One of the San Jose's earliest skyscrapers, this building has served as a local landmark since its construction in 1925-6. The Bank of America, originally known as the Bank of Italy, was founded by San Jos? native A.P. Giannini in 1904. Although t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC5_labor-temple_San-Jose-CA.html
The San Jos? Labor Temple, located at 72 North Second Street, was a hub of the city's turn of the century labor movement. It was established informally between 1901 and 1903 by Harry Ryan, an early San Jos? labor leader, and Jack London, the famou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9D_herrold-radio-broadcasting-station_San-Jose-CA.html
Charles Herrold, a pioneer in radio, was the first person to transmit radio programs of music and news to a listening audience. Beginning in 1909, three years before Congress' Radio Act of 1912, Herrold broadcast from his College of Engineering an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK96_site-of-worlds-first-broadcasting-station-worlds-first-broadcasting-station_San-Jose-CA.html
First Marker:Site of World's FirstBroadcasting StationOn this corner stood the Garden City Bank Building, where Charles D. Herrold established Station FN, the first radio broadcasting station in the world. As a pioneer in wireless telephony (radio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8U_trinity-episcopal-church_San-Jose-CA.html
Oldest church building in San Jose in constant use. First unit erected in 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8D_trinity-episcopal-church_San-Jose-CA.html
This Carpenter Gothic church was constructed in 1863 and is the oldest church building in San Jos?. John W. Hammond, a sea captain and a member of the parish, built the structure to his own design. A simple rectangle with a steeply hipped roof, it…
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…