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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2Q_colma-city-hall_Colma-CA.html
ArchitectResing & Mc GinnesContractor H.H. Smith**Incorporated as LawndaleIn Aug. 1924. The Town's namewas changed to Colma in Nov. 1941
Originally the Town Hallserved as a traffic court,post office, health dept. andCity Hall. It was leased toT…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2H_old-colma-railroad-station_Colma-CA.html
In 1870, Southern Pacific Railroad assumed ownership of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which had originally been opened as an independent railroad in 1863. The second stop south of San Francisco, in what was the center of the larger Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2G_railroad-semaphore-signal_Colma-CA.html
This type of railroad signal was introduced, circa 1898, to control the movement of trains and to prevent accidents. The blade moved up or down corresponding with green, yellow or red lights. (Donated bySouthern PacificTransportation Company)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2C_old-colma-railroad-station_Colma-CA.html
In 1870, Southern Pacific Railroad assumed ownership of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which had originally been opened as an independent railroad in 1863. The second stop south of San Francisco, in what then was the center of the larger…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1V_colma-historical-museum_Colma-CA.html
This building memorializes the contributions of the Abbey Land and Improvement Company to the development of Colma. The company established Mount Olivet Memorial Park, the sixth cemetery to be built in Colma, and constructed a streetcar line along…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC19_mount-olivet-cemetery-office-and-streetcar-line_Colma-CA.html
In 1896, the Abbey Land and Improvement Company established Mount Olivet Cemetery. During that year, the company also obtained a franchise from the County of San Mateo to run a street car line from the tracks of the "40 Line" to the office buildin…