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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJX_letitia-building_San-Jose-CA.html
This commercial building was named for Letitia Burnet Ryland, daughter of the first American civil governor of California, Peter Hardeman Burnett, and wife of San Jose councilman C.T. Ryland. Some have speculated that Peter Burnett's election was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJW_new-century-block_San-Jose-CA.html
This splendid structure was built in 1880 by Adolf Pfister, a prominent San Jose businessman who served three times as the city's major. The building was added to twice in later years. A fine example of 19th century commercial architecture, it has…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJU_first-state-capital_San-Jose-CA.html
The first California State Legislature met on this site in 1849. San Jose was designated State Capital at the Constitutional Convention in Monterey after intensive lobbying by local representatives. The town made every effort to accommodate the Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJD_san-jos-diridon-station_San-Jose-CA.html
Rededicated December 8, 1994by thePeninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board · Supervisor Tom Haieh, Chair · Supervisor Mike Nevin, Vice Chair · Commissioner Phillip Adams · Councilmember Jin Beall · Supervisor Rod Di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJC_captain-thomas-fallon_San-Jose-CA.html
This statue of Captain Thomas Fallon was commissioned in 1988. It memorialize the raising of the U.S. flag in San Jose in 1846, when California was still a part of Mexico. Scheduled to by installed in 1990, the statue generated and intense controv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJB_pellier-park_San-Jose-CA.html
[This markers in composed of three photographs with captions. Reading from left to right:] San Jose City Gardens NurseryPeople traveled far and wide to visit Louis Pellier's City Gardens Nursery and purchase orchard and vineyard fruit varieties fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJA_pellier-park_San-Jose-CA.html
Pellier Park is all that remains of the City Gardens Nursery, established by Louis Pellier in 1850. Here with, his brothers, Pierre and Jean, Louis introduced "la petite D'Agen," the French Prune, during the winter of 1856-1857. I was this variety…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHW_st-james-park_San-Jose-CA.html
St. James Park and its environs were the heart of nineteenth century San Jose. While the Plaza has been the center of the older Hispanic settlement, St. James Park and its surrounding buildings reflect the aspirations of an emerging American city.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHT_japantowns_San-Jose-CA.html
From the late 1800s, Japantowns began to emerge in California's port towns and agricultural areas where Japanese immigrants helped build the state's economy through fishing, farming and other businesses. By the 1930s, as many as forty Japan towns …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHP_japanese-kuwabara-hospital_San-Jose-CA.html
The Nishiura Brothers built this Colonial Revival structure in 1910. Named after its first resident physician from Japan, Dr. Taisuka Kuwabara, the Kumamoto Kenjin-kai (a prefectural association) established the hospital to serve the Japanese comm…