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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.
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.