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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RP4_first-church-of-christ-scientist_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Local Christian Scientists first organized in Walnut Creek in 1913, meeting each Sunday at the Masonic Temple. Church members built their own church on Locust Street in 1924 and building a larger church on the same site in 1949. The church moved t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RP0_dole-house_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
The Italianate house across the street was originally built as a ranch home for Lawrence Peel and his wife, Margretta. Peel operated a mercantile store on Main Street in the 1860s. The home had many owners over the years and was built by Eldridge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ROZ_veterans-memorial-building_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Walnut Creek's Veterans Memorial Building was both a meeting place for local veterans and other groups and a popular site for weekend dances. The building also doubled as a County courthouse. Local veterans now have a new building in Lafayette.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNY_valley-mercantile_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Originally located at another Main Street site, Valley Mercantile move into the old Grange Hall at this corner around 1910. The owner, Joseph Silviara, replaced the wood structure with a brick building in 1916. In addition to its retail business, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNX_lawrence-garage_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Preferring cars to the family meat business, Lester Lawrence opened this auto garage across from his brother's meat market in 1921. Soon, he also began selling cars. He owned several dealerships over the years, including a dealership on North Main…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNR_rogers-hotel_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
For 80 years, the corner across the street was a hotel. From its opening in 1879, the Rogers Hotel did a brisk business, partly because it also served as a stagecoach stop. The hotel changed owners and names several times before it was razed for a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNQ_first-national-bank_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Now a row of retail shops with apartments above, this two-story building with the distinctive roofline was built by Robert Noble Burgess as the First National Bank, the town's second financial institution. First National merged with San Ramon Vall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNP_main-street-1921_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
By a vote of 127-76, Walnut Creek residents chose to incorporate as a city in October 1914, largely to get Main Street paved. It took another seven years to secure the funds but, finally, Main Street was paved in 1921.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMZ_stow-building_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
With its twin towers and bay windows, the two-story Stow Building was a landmark on Main Street for many years. James Stow constructed the building for his mercantile store. The towner and bay windows were removed in a 1947 remodel.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMY_bradley-bros-shop_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Customers from as far as Oakland would make the drive to Guy and Ed Bradley's soda shop, particularly to watch the large electric ice cream machine displayed in the store's front window. The store also housed the town's first telephone exchange.