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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKET_bank-of-america-building_San-Jose-CA.html
One of the San Jose's earliest skyscrapers, this building has served as a local landmark since its construction in 1925-6. The Bank of America, originally known as the Bank of Italy, was founded by San Jos? native A.P. Giannini in 1904. Although t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC5_labor-temple_San-Jose-CA.html
The San Jos? Labor Temple, located at 72 North Second Street, was a hub of the city's turn of the century labor movement. It was established informally between 1901 and 1903 by Harry Ryan, an early San Jos? labor leader, and Jack London, the famou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9D_herrold-radio-broadcasting-station_San-Jose-CA.html
Charles Herrold, a pioneer in radio, was the first person to transmit radio programs of music and news to a listening audience. Beginning in 1909, three years before Congress' Radio Act of 1912, Herrold broadcast from his College of Engineering an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK96_site-of-worlds-first-broadcasting-station-worlds-first-broadcasting-station_San-Jose-CA.html
First Marker:Site of World's FirstBroadcasting StationOn this corner stood the Garden City Bank Building, where Charles D. Herrold established Station FN, the first radio broadcasting station in the world. As a pioneer in wireless telephony (radio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK92_de-anza-expedition-1775-1776_Sunnyvale-CA.html
Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site - The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area.
In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8U_trinity-episcopal-church_San-Jose-CA.html
Oldest church building in San Jose in constant use. First unit erected in 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8P_george-donner-jr_San-Jose-CA.html
[Front of Marker:]DONNERHere lies George Donner, Jr., a California Pioneer and a Donner Party survivor. He was born 10 August 1836 in Sangamon County, Illinois, the eldest son of Jacob Donner and Elizabeth Blue Hook. In April 1846 his father, Uncl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8D_trinity-episcopal-church_San-Jose-CA.html
This Carpenter Gothic church was constructed in 1863 and is the oldest church building in San Jos?. John W. Hammond, a sea captain and a member of the parish, built the structure to his own design. A simple rectangle with a steeply hipped roof, it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK86_scottish-rite-temple_San-Jose-CA.html
Built as the Scottish Rite Temple in 1925-25, this distinguished structure was designed by architect Carl Werner. The entry portico, with its six Ionic columns and unusual Egyptian ornamentation, lends the buildings special grandeur. In 1981, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7K_eagles-hall_San-Jose-CA.html
Local Scottish Rite Masons built their hall on this site in 1909. Designed by George Page, it was a simple rectangular structure with a severe Greek Revival fa?ade. When the Masons moved into the new Scottish Rite Temple in 1925, the vacated build…