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Oakland Churches Church of St. James The ApostleThis church, founded under authority of Bishop Kip, first Episcopal Bishop for California, has given uninterrupted service to this community since Jun... [click for more]
Coast Guard Lightship WLV 605: Relief (decommissioned)Lightships were floating lighthouses anchored in areas where it was too deep, expensive, or impractical to construct a lighthouse. Lightship WLV... [click for more]
First Unitarian Church of OaklandDesigned in 1889 by Walter J. Mathews, this solid masonry Romanesque church departed radically from California's traditional Gothic wood frame constru... [click for more]
Oakland Schools Site of College of CaliforniaThe University of California, chartered March 23, 1868, used buildings of the former College of California between Franklin and Harrison and 12th and ... [click for more]
Site of Saint Mary’s CollegeSite of Saint Mary's College, 'The Old Brick Pile,' 1899-1928. Plaque placed by Saint Mary's College Alumni, April 25, 1959.... [click for more]
Oakland Historic Homes & Houses Joaquin Miller HomeJoaquin Miller, 'Poet of the Sierras,' resided on these acres, which he called 'The Hights,' from 1886 to 1913. In this building, The Abby, he wrote C... [click for more]
Pardee HomeThe property was built by prominent Oakland pioneer Enoch Pardee, who was a state senator and representative to the Assembly. He was also mayor of Oak... [click for more]
Oakland General Interest Camino of Rancho San AntonioThe Camino of Rancho San Antonio ran from Mission San Jose to Fruitvale, and later to San Pablo by way of Oakland and El Cerrito. The word camino mean... [click for more]
Mills HallWhen Mills Seminary, forerunner of Hue college, transferred its operations to Oakland from Benicia in 1871, it moved into a long, four-story building ... [click for more]
Paramount TheatreThis is the 'Art Deco,' or 'Moderne' style of movie palace built during the rise of the motion picture industry. The Paramount, which opened on Decemb... [click for more]
Peralta Hacienda SiteOne of California's original Spanish colonists, Luís Peralta received the first and largest Mexican land grant. His hacienda was the nucleus of... [click for more]
Rainbow Trout Species IdentifiedThe naming of the Rainbow Trout species was based on fish taken from the San Leandro Creek drainage. In 1855, Dr. W. P. Gibbons, founder of the Califo... [click for more]
Site of Blossom Rock Navigation TreesUntil at least 1851, redwood trees on this site were used as landmarks to avoid striking the treacherous submerged Blossom Rock, in San Francisco Bay,... [click for more]
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