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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK6O_first-church-of-christ-scientist_San-Jose-CA.html
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was designed by Willis Polk and built in 1905. The plan of the building is a Greek cross; four Ionic columns dominate the entry portico. Since the construction of a new church in 1946, the building has been u…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK66_plaza-de-cesar-e-chavez_San-Jose-CA.html
The Plaza de Car E. E. Ch?vez is part of the original plaza of the 1797 Pueblo de San Jos? and is the oldest continuously used public open space in the city. The plaza was the hub of the old Spanish settlement: the site of Juzgado and the church, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5V_henry-morris-naglee_San-Jose-CA.html
Brigadier General United States VolunteersLieutenant Colonel United States ArmyA Citizen of San JoseBorn 1815 · Settled in California 1847 · Died 1886This monument commemorates his service to the Countryin the Mexican and Civil Wars.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK54_birthplace-of-a-p-giannini_San-Jose-CA.html
Amadeo Peter Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy - now the Bank of America - was born at 79 N. Market St. on May 6, 1870. Perhaps San Jose's most famous native, Giannini is considered by many to be the greatest figure in American banking. A lib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4N_the-juan-bautista-de-anza-trail_San-Jose-CA.html
The Juan Bautista de Anza National HistoricTrail marks a 1,200 mile route that brought settlers to California from Tubac, in present-day Arizona, to what is now San Francisco.
The Spanish planned a system of Presidios, or military forts, and mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK43_first-unitarian-church_San-Jose-CA.html
This building, designed by George W. Page in 1891, became the permanent home of a congregation that first met in City Hall in 1866. A version of Richardsonian Romanesque style, the innovative structure withstood the earthquake of 1906 and became a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3V_santa-clara-county-courthouse_San-Jose-CA.html
Completed in 1867, this imposing building was constructed in the hope of attracting the State Legislature back to San Jos?. It was designed by Levi Goodrich, a noted local architect. The original building was two-storied with a central dome. After…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK38_international-business-machines-ramac_San-Jose-CA.html
[ Main Marker: ]International Business Machines : RAMACIn 1952, IBM sent Reynold Johnson to San Jos? to open its first West Coast development laboratory to research new data storage methods. At this site in 1955, IBM unveiled RAMAC (Random Access …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK34_main-post-office_San-Jose-CA.html
This beautiful building was designed by Ralph Wyckoff to house San Jos?'s Main Post Office. It was built as a W.P.A. project in 1933 and is a prime example of Depression-Era federal construction. The terra cotta work on the building's exterior is …