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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RKK_hagstroms-market_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
In 1932, Emil Hagstrom opened the 25th store in his chain of cash-and-carry grocery stores on Main Street. In 1946, the store moved to this location on Locust Street and offered free off-street parking.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RKJ_civic-art-theatre-nuthouse_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
By the mid-1960s, community theater groups needed better performance space. The City re-purposed an obsolete walnut warehouse as the Civic Arts Theatre & Gallery - affectionately nicknamed "The Nuthouse." In 1990- and after extensive private fundr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RK5_kitty-milk-bar_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
A popular café for more than 20 years, Kitty Milk Bar was particularly renowned for its ice cream and donuts. The café took its name from the nickname of the proprietor's sister, Catherine.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RK4_st-pauls-mission-chapel_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
Local Episcopalians built St. Paul's Chapel on this lot in 1889. In 1950, St. Paul's built a new church up the hill. Wanting to save the treasured chapel, church members "trundled" the sturdy redwood building to the new church site, where it still…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RK3_judge-duncans-courtroom_Walnut-Creek-CA.html
From its first meeting following city incorporation in October 1914, Walnut Creek's City Council held its meetings for a number of years in the courtroom of Judge George O. Duncan, adjacent to the San Ramon Bank.