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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JM_alhambra-theater_Redwood-City-CA.html
The finest playhouse between San Francisco and San Jose opened here January 20, 1896. In 1921, the building was purchased by Redwood City Masonic Lodge which was instituted August 28, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JK_diller-chamberlain-gen-store-american-hotel-american-house-sequoia-hotel-bank-of-san-mateo-county_Redwood-City-CA.html
(Four markers are mounted on this pedestal.)Diller-Chamberlain General Store(Quong Lee Laundry)726 Main StreetJ.V. Diller had this one-story brick building constructed in 1859 to house his general store, historically significant as San Mateo Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JJ_embarcadero-turning-basin-site_Redwood-City-CA.html
You are standing over what was once Redwood City's original waterfront, made up of creeks, tidal basins, and a fresh-water slough, providing the start of lumber, shipping and shipbuilding trades for the area. The tidal basins south of Bradford Str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JI_former-site-of-sequoia-high-school_Redwood-City-CA.html
Sequoia High School started September 16, 1895 with 53 students attending classes held on the third floor of the Redwood City Grammar School (replaced by the building now housing the Fox Theatre one block down Broadway). At that time, the building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J2_al-terremere_Redwood-City-CA.html
Al Terremere is a member of the Sequoia Sports Hall of Fame as both an athlete and a coach. Al was All-League in both football and baseball during his Sequoia playing career, and captured multiple championships in both baseball and football as a S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J0_s-m-mezes_Redwood-City-CA.html
In memory ofS.M. MezesFounder ofMezesvilleNowRedwood CityDonor of this plazaFor the enjoymentOf all people
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IY_california-square_Redwood-City-CA.html
California Square was a parcel of land located north of Marshall Street, between Hamilton and Winslow, diagonally located across the street from the Courthouse. The site was originally designated as a public park plaza in the Town of Mezesville su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IX_old-san-mateo-county-courthouse_Redwood-City-CA.html
Simon M. Mezes, owner of the land that now includes most of Downtown Redwood City, donated a block to the newly-formed San Mateo County in 1858 so that a courthouse could be built. There were eventually four courthouses built on this property. Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IG_new-sequoia-fox-theatre_Redwood-City-CA.html
This block of Broadway underwent a number of major changes during the first half of the twentieth century.It started out as the Central Grammar School in 1895 (legally named "Redwood City Public School") shown at the left above. Part of a third fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IF_lathrop-connor-mansfield-house_Redwood-City-CA.html
This home housed three families of historical significance. B.G. Lathrop who had the house built in 1863 was San Mateo County's first clerk-recorder and assessor, serving until 1864 when he became Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for San Mateo…
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