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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLX_lommels-creamery-greyhound-bus-depot_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Diagonally across the street stood Lommel's Creamery, opened in 1939 and a local favorite for 35 years. After Greyhound began commuter bus service to San Francisco, Lommel saw his chance and convinced the company to use his Creamery as the bus stop.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLW_nut-bowl-fountain_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Originally a hardware store, the corner of this two-story building became the Nut Bowl Fountain restaurant in 1947. Proprietor Vern Snedden opened a second Nut Bowl in Pleasant Hill. The Walnut Creek Nut Bowl closed in 1967.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLV_womens-club-of-walnut-creek-clubhouse_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Two blocks east is the clubhouse of the Women's Club - the town's first service club, founded in 1911. Among the Club's accomplishments, the group secured the Carnegie Library Foundation grant for the 1916 library. The Women's Club sold its clubho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLU_city-park-walnut-festival_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Walnut Creek's first park - City Park (now Civic Park) - opened in 1949 at the site of an abandoned sewer farm. City Park had a lighted ballfield and tennis courts and, until 1976, was the site of the annual Walnut Festival, held in September.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLT_city-hall-1951-american-red-cross-building_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
The first "modern" City Hall sat on Ignacio Avenue (now Civic Drive), across from the park. Its design was similar to that of the American Red Cross Building (now Park Place), which sits at the opposite corner of Civic and Broadway. In 1981, a new…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLS_walnut-creek-library_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Walnut Creek's third library opened at this site in 1961, when the city had fewer than 10,000 residents. This library replace the small Carnegie Library on Main Street, which had opened 45 years before. The current library opened in 2010.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLR_carnegie-library_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Diagonally across the street stood Walnut Creek's second library, built with a $2,500 Carnegie Library Foundation grant. In 1961 (after 45 years), the fast-growing city needed a larger library. This site was sold to help fund the new library, loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLQ_city-hall-1981_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
In 1981 and after three decades of rapid growth, Walnut Creek built its second City Hall, using the same site but facing Main Street. In recent years, the City renovated and expanded the 1981 building.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RKX_civic-arts-theatre-nuthouse_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
In 1965, the City repurposed an abandoned walnut warehouse to house the Civic Arts Theatre & Gallery - affectionately nicknamed "The Nuthouse." Some 25 years later ant through extensive private fundraising, the Lesher Center of the Arts was built,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RKW_walnut-growers-processing-plant_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
In 1917, local walnut ranchers formed a growers association and, a few years later, built a walnut processing plant next to the railway line that ran along today's California Boulevard. The plant closed in 1957 after most walnut groves were remove…