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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…
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…