Mision de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur, Southeast corner of Alamed...
Significance: The layout of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is an example of the New Mexican style of mission churches which were built during the 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by their linear, boxlike... More
Mision de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur, Southeast corner of Alamed...
Significance: The layout of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is an example of the New Mexican style of mission churches which were built during the 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by their linear, boxlike... More
Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...
Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More
Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...
Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More
Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...
Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Mail, Baggage, & Express Buildin...
Significance: The utilitarian Mail, Baggage, and Express Building served as part of the overall services associated with the architecturally and historically significant Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. S... More
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Mail, Baggage, & Express Buildin...
Significance: The utilitarian Mail, Baggage, and Express Building served as part of the overall services associated with the architecturally and historically significant Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. S... More
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Mail, Baggage, & Express Buildin...
Significance: The utilitarian Mail, Baggage, and Express Building served as part of the overall services associated with the architecturally and historically significant Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. S... More
S.S. Alameda with supplies for new railroad at Anchorage, Alaska
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Photo by Maud Dempsey, 2313 - N.39 St., Seattle, U.S.A. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntin... More
Pina House, 3260 Alameda Street, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1846 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...
Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alamed...
includes field notes for 295-A through 295-R Significance: The United Engineering Company Shipyard, established in 1941 to build and repair ships for the U.S. Navy, is the last surviving of several large World ... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Reserve Materials Storehouse, Between I &...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-GG Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, General Office & Storage Building, East E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-L Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...
Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More
Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...
Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Piers 4 & 5, Piers 4 & 5, Oakland, Alamed...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-S Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Private Vehicle Inspection Building, Africa Street ...
Significance: Building 4 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-C Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Snow White Cleaners & Laundry, 3043 West Alameda Avenue, Denver, Denve...
Survey number: HABS CO-192 Building/structure dates: 1947-1948 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type C, Intersection of Third &...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-C Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Mission Motel, Six & Ten-Unit Buildings, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oak...
Survey number: HABS CA-2651-D Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...
Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More
Ignacio Peralta House, 561 Lafayette, San Leandro, Alameda County, CA
Significance: Built in 1860 by W.P. Toler; it is said to be the first brick house erected in Alameda County. A.C. Peachy purchased the house from Rafaela Sanchez Peralta (Ignacio's widow) on May 18, 1875. Immed... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Firehouse, East of Fourth Street, between...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-CC Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Administration Building, Between D & E St...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-X Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Alameda City Hall, 2329 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, Alameda County, C...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, Pier 5, Oakland, Alame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-R Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, Pier 5, Oakland, Alame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-R Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...
Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... More
Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...
Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... More
Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...
Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Administration Building-Dental Annex-Disp...
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Oakland Substation, Foot of east span of bridge, Oakland, Alameda Coun...
Significance: The building was constructed as an electrical substation for the interurban trains that originally ran across the Bay Bridge from Oakland to the Transbay Transit Terminal in San Francisco. It is ... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Wet Basin, 2900 Main Street, Alam...
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Grove Street Pier, 1 Market Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Grove Street Pier, a transit shed with pier understructure, is the oldest surviving municipal port building on the Oakland waterfront. It is one of two pre-World War II port buildings to have... More
Oakland Army Base, Private Exchange Cafeteria, Bataan Avenue & Attu St...
Significance: Building 60 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-D Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More
Alameda French Bakery, 99 Pleasant Street, San Jose, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: The Alameda French Bakery, due to its architectural integrity and contribution to the urban fabric, forms an integral part of the River Street Historic District, a rare intact late nineteenth and ... More
Alameda French Bakery, 99 Pleasant Street, San Jose, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: The Alameda French Bakery, due to its architectural integrity and contribution to the urban fabric, forms an integral part of the River Street Historic District, a rare intact late nineteenth and ... More
Tucker Building, 1516 Jefferson Street & 595 Sixteenth Street, Oakland...
Significance: This building is a contributing structure to the Oakland Downtown district. The Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey describes the district as, "...an architecturally, historically, and functionally ... More
Safeway, 3033 West Alameda Avenue, Denver, Denver County, CO
Survey number: HABS CO-193 Building/structure dates: 1941-1942 Initial Construction
Safeway, 3033 West Alameda Avenue, Denver, Denver County, CO
Survey number: HABS CO-193 Building/structure dates: 1941-1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Administrative Offices, On Seventh Street...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-LL Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
John Breuner & Company Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, Alameda Co...
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United Engineering Company Shipyard, Engineering Building, 2900 Main S...
Significance: The Engineering Building is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. T... More
James White House, 702 Eleventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: Built in 1875 for James White, a leader of the Seventh Day Adventists and the founder of the Pacific Press, the structure's simple Italianate details are common to the area. Survey number: HABS C... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Lumber Storage & Box Factory, East of Fif...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Steam Plant, Sixth Street south of East K...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-F Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...
Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More
Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...
Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More
Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...
Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Commanding Officers Residences, Between E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-Z Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...
Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More
Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...
Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More
Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...
Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More
Interurban Electric Railway Bridge Yard Shop, Interstate 80 at Alameda...
Significance: The Interurban Electric Railway (IER) Bridge Yard Shop has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, significant under criteria A and C, as a rare survivi... More
Interurban Electric Railway Bridge Yard Shop, Interstate 80 at Alameda...
Significance: The Interurban Electric Railway (IER) Bridge Yard Shop has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, significant under criteria A and C, as a rare survivi... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Dry Provisions Storehouses, Between Third...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-AA Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
J. Mora Moss House, Broadway & MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda C...
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Carroll Overhead Bridge, Altamont Pass Road, Livermore, Alameda County...
Significance: The Carroll Overhead Bridge is composed of 26 spans of reinforced concrete T beams, with a curvilinear alignment and superelevation. Built in 1922-1923, it is the longest bridge of its type and a... More
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...
Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...
Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More
Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda ...
Significance: Mills College began in 1852, though under another name, when a Young Ladies Protestant Seminary was founded in the city of Benicia. Its significance rose in 1953-54 when Benicia became the capito... More
Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda ...
Significance: Mills College began in 1852, though under another name, when a Young Ladies Protestant Seminary was founded in the city of Benicia. Its significance rose in 1953-54 when Benicia became the capito... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, General Storehouses, Between Third & Four...
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Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...
Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...
Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Al...
Significance: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was church home to its congregation from its construction, between 1920 and 1923, to the date of sale of the property, April 15, 1984. This building was a fami... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...
Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Ica...
Significance: According to a HABS survey prepared by Ana Beth Koval in 1992: "This building is one of the fourteen 1930s buildings on Coast Guard Island which appear to be eligible to the National Register as ... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Inspection & Repair Shops, 2900 M...
Significance: The Inspection and Repair Shops building is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of His... More
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building, 1519 Franklin Street, ...
Significance: This structure is historically important for its association with early 20th century growth of telephone service in the East Bay and the fact that it is still used by the firm that built it. At t... More
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building, 1519 Franklin Street, ...
Significance: This structure is historically important for its association with early 20th century growth of telephone service in the East Bay and the fact that it is still used by the firm that built it. At t... More
Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...
Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More
Walt Disney Studios, Process Laboratory, Corner of Buena Vista Street ...
Significance: The Process Lab is part of the Disney Studio complex, the buildings of which were built in a single style during the early 1940s. The Laboratory was the site of the development and implementation... More