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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7F_the-print-shop_San-Jose-CA.html
This building, originally a residence, was built in 1884 in downtown San Jose at 91 North San Pedro Street near the corner of St. John Street. The neighborhood was an Italian American commercial district for one hundred years and the center of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7E_the-printing-office_San-Jose-CA.html
Originally a residence, this building was constructed in the early 1880s and stood at 91 N. San Pedro Street near the corner of St. John Street. The popular Italianate style of architecture is seen in the top brackets and the decorative quoins at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6X_san-jose-electric-tower_San-Jose-CA.html
San Jose's Electric Light Tower was the inspiration of J.J. Owen, editor of the San Jose Mercury. On May 13, 1881, Owen printed an editorial suggesting that by providing one high and immense source of arc light, the night would become as day for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6W_stevens-ranch-fruit-barn_San-Jose-CA.html
Around 1890, Orvis Stevens built this fruit barn to store fruit. He was one of the first orchardists in Coyote Valley, located in South San Jos?. Born in Vermont, Stevens came to California in 1852 to try his hand at mining before settling in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6V_keeslings-shade-trees_San-Jose-CA.html
The Northern California Black Walnut trees seen along this highway owe their existence to horticulturist Horace G. Keesling of San Jos?. While passing this way by camp wagon on a blistering summer day in 1900, Keesling could find no roadside tree …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6J_gordon-house_San-Jose-CA.html
Welcome to theGordon HouseHome of the Rotary Club of San JoseHanford Lennox Gordon was born in 1846 and over his lifetime held a variety of positions as attorney, and officer for the Union Army during the Civil War, a farmer, and a rancher.
Han…