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
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type B, Intersection of Third &...
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Oakland Army Base, Box & Crate Shop, Ukraine Street & Warehouse Road, ...
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William H. Quinn House, 1425 Castro Street, Oakland, Alameda County, C...
Survey number: HABS CA-2057 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Cold Storage Warehouse, South of C Street...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-N Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Cold Storage Warehouse, South of C Street...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-N Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
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
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Office Building No. 137, 2900 Mai...
Field notes with main record CA-295 Significance: The office building is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National ... 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
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
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
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, South of D Street betw...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-O Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, South of D Street betw...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-O Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
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, Pier Transit Sheds, North Marginal Wharf,...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-P Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Parking Lot, 800 North Alameda S...
Survey number: HABS CA-2158-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1939 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000811
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Parking Lot, 800 North Alameda S...
Survey number: HABS CA-2158-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1939 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000811
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
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
Santos Farm, Santos House, 1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, Alameda County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Santos Farm, Santos House, 1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, Alameda County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Boiler House, 2900 Main Street, A...
Field notes with main record CA-295 Significance: The boiler house is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Reg... More
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
Stulsaft Building, 1517-1519 Clay Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Stulsaft Building, 1517-1519 Clay Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
St. Francis de Sales Church, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland...
Significance: St. Francis de Sales Church is a characteristic example of a large brick urban Catholic Church of the late 19th century. It is Gothic Revival in style, has a cruciform plan, and a plaster ceiling... More
St. Francis de Sales Church, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland...
Significance: St. Francis de Sales Church is a characteristic example of a large brick urban Catholic Church of the late 19th century. It is Gothic Revival in style, has a cruciform plan, and a plaster ceiling... More
St. Francis de Sales Church, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland...
Significance: St. Francis de Sales Church is a characteristic example of a large brick urban Catholic Church of the late 19th century. It is Gothic Revival in style, has a cruciform plan, and a plaster ceiling... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... 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
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...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
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
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
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...
Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...
Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More
Lake Chabot. The water supply of Alameda, California
Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 5351. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Small farm in the coast range foothills. Alameda County, California
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Lodge-Cafeteria, East of Fifth Street, be...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-OO Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
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, 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
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
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
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
Estudillo House, 1291 Carpenter Street, San Leandro, Alameda County, C...
Survey number: HABS CA-1662 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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 Naval Supply Center, Coffee Roasting Plant, East of Fourth Str...
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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
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
Oakland City Hall, Fourteenth & Washington Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...
Significance: Done by a nationally prominent architectural firm, who won this commission and two others for city halls in competitions, Oakland city hall is a blending of Beaux Arts planning and contemporary sk... 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 Army Base, General Purpose Administration Building, Chungking ...
Significance: Building 90 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-G Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction