Spotted in downtown Orinda at the roundabout at Moraga Way and Bryant Way near Orinda Theatre Square. The plaque says: Bryant Station Site which was the “terminus of the California and Nevada railroad”. It was named after San Francisco mayor Andrew J. Bryant, who “owned a large farm in Orinda Park”.
The Elam and Margaret Brown Home-Site, spotted in front of which Lafayette neighborhood restaurant?
Spotted at Vic Stewart’s in Walnut Creek, the plaque says:
Southern Pacific Railroad
Passenger and Freight Depot
Opened June, 1891
Walnut Creek Historical Society
1973
Spotted in front of Bank of America on N. Main St. and Duncan St. in downtown Walnut Creek.
SITE OF FIRST COUNCIL MEETING
of
THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
October 22, 1914
H.F. Spencer, MAYOR
Spotted on Locust St. in downtown Walnut Creek:
A Tribute to Ted Gurney
The Mayor of Locust Street
Master of photography – photographic craftsman
President Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce 1977-78
President Parent Club, Los Lomas High School
Locust Street beautification chairman
Chairman Civic Arts Commission
U.S. Air Corp World War II
Walnut Creek’s business person of the year 1982
Spotted on Croakerts St. in Walnut Creek near the new VW dealership, the plaque says:
Site of the homestead of
BERNARD CROKAERTS
1882 – 1972
Fifty-year resident of Walnut Creek
Awarded a certificate of merit by the
Walnut Creek City Council in 1972 for
his role in the early development and
growth of the city and its North
Broadway Area
Erected 1989
Spotted at a Starbucks in downtown Walnut Creek on N. Main St. and Duncan St. According to the Walnut Creek downtown historic sites page:
Walnut Creek’s first financial institution, the San Ramon Valley Bank, was built in 1908 at the southeast corner of Main and Duncan. The bank left the building after a few years, and the building saw many different uses as an office and retail store before being razed in 1998.
This is what the bank looked like in the beginning:
I can’t believe it was still here as late as 1998. That would have been cool to see.
Spotted at Mechanics Bank in downtown Walnut Creek.
SITE OF
ROGERS HOTEL
ERECTED 1880 BY WILLIAM B. ROGERS
OPERATED BY THE ROGERS FAMILY
UNTIL 1918 LATER KNOWN AS THE
LAS PALMAS HOTEL, ALA COSTA HOTEL
COLONIAL INN, AND EL CURTOLA INN,
RAZED 1959
DEDICATED 1988
WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
Located right by the Cheesecake Factory, this plaque says:
Site of the original
Walnut Creek
Grammar (Central)
School
1871-1956
I wonder what these Walnut Creek students think of what’s there now.
As seen at La Fogata restaurant at N. Main St. and Mt. Diablo Blvd. The plaque says:
Oldest Commercial Building
in Walnut Creek
Site of Lawrence G. Peel’s store 1863
Partially destroyed by fire 1879
Rebuilt by Albert Sherburne 1880
Dedicated 1988
Walnut Creek Historical Society