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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMX_downtown-traffic_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
The 1951 opening of Broadway Shopping Center increased traffic on Main Street, which also doubled as part of two state highways. Photos like this helped convince State officials to build a freeway bypass to ease congestion. The new freeway opened …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMV_bridge-over-walnut-creek_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Walnut Creek's namesake creek runs beneath Broadway at the end of this block. Before the creek was "underground" to prevent flooding, a bridge at the end of this street was essential to reach the homes and farms across the creek and to get to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMO_leech-house-medical-clinic_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
1525 N. Main St. This wood-frame Italianate house was about 30 years old when it was purchased by Dr. Claud Leech, town physician, and his wife, Eva. The first floor served as the medial clinic, the upper floor as the family residence. The house o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMN_mauzy-plumbing_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Mauzy Plumbing was Walnut Creek's longest-operating family-owned business when it closed after 98 years in 2011. The family business moved to Walnut Creek from Oakland in 1913, eventually to the site across Main Street. Four generations of the fam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMM_town-hall_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Desiring a place for community meetings and events, a newly formed Town Hall Association acquired the lot at Main and Bonanza. Several years later, and with a loan from the new San Ramon Valley Bank, the group built the imposing two-story Town Hall.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RML_post-office_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
In the early years, Walnut Creek residents picked up their mail from one of the local merchants on Main Street, who served as postmaster. This brick building served as Walnut Creek's first post office, beginning in 1928. A newer post office opened…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMK_central-fire-station_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Costing $3,000 to build, the two-story Central Fire Station was the first and "hub" station in the County's newly formed Central Fire Protection District. The station's pumper engine cost $7,000. The first fire chief was Raymond Spencer, son of Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RMJ_ramona-theatre_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
The 400-seat Ramona, Walnut Creek's first cinema, opened in 1920 as a silent-movie house. The theater sat on Main Street, next to the Contra Costa Courier newspaper and where Cypress Street now connects to Broadway. It was owned by Theodore Berlin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLZ_reinhartss-building-clock_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
For 60 years, the Art-Moderne-style clock on the sidewalk on Main Street was the trademark of Rinehart's of Walnut Creek, a jewelry and gift store. Although Rinehart's closed in 2007, the clock still stands in from of the retail building.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLY_el-rey-theatre_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
The plush El Rey Theatre was Walnut Creek's second movie house and a popular venue for nearly 50 years. The El Rey showed films ranging from Shirley Temple's "Wee Willie Winkie" to the cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show." An office building s…