National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County California (Historic Districts) has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Atchison Village Defense Housing Project, Cal. 4171-x, East Brother Island Light Station, Richmond Shipyard Number Three, Black Diamond Mines and Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Contra Costa County places including Andrew T. Hass, Mory Wortman, Carl I. Warnecke, Unkown, Anor Larson, Albert Kahn, William S. & Son Mosser, Rider & Connor, Edward A. Hoffman and Havens & Topeke. Prominent architectural styles found in Contra Costa Country are Italianate, Queen Anne and Beaux Arts.

Alvarado Park (added 1992 - - #92000313)

Also known as Grand Canyon Park;CA-CCO-553H

Jct. of Marin and Park Aves. , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Hoffman,Edward A.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Atchison Village Defense Housing Project, Cal. 4171-x (added 2003 - - #03000473)

Also known as Atchison Village Mutual Homes Corporation^

Roughly bounded by MacDonald Ave., Ohio St., First St., and Garrard Blvd. , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Park

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Park

Black Diamond Mines (added 1991 - - #91001425)

Also known as Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

Somersville Rd. SE of Antioch , Antioch

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, European, Engineering, Industry, Social History

Cultural Affiliation:

Welsh

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Extractive Facility, Village Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Contra Costa County Courthouse Block (added 1989 - - #89002113)

Also known as Finance Building

625 Court St. , Martinez

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Havens & Topeke, Mosser,William S. & Son

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

East Brother Island Light Station (added 1971 - - #71000138)

On East Brother Island W of Point San Pablo , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unkown

Architectural Style:

Other, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility

Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant (added 1988 - - #88000919)

1414--1422 Harbour Way, S. , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kahn,Albert

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Forest Home Farms (added 2002 - - #02000677)

19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd. , San Ramon

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rider & Connor

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium

Hercules Village (added 1980 - - #80000799)

Kings, Railroad, Santa Fe and Hercules Aves., Talley Way, Bay and Pinole Sts. , Hercules

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Old Borges Ranch (added 1981 - - #81000147)

1035 Castlerock Rd. , Walnut Creek

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Processing

Point Richmond Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000472)

Also known as See Also:East Yard District

Off CA 17 , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local, State, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Richmond Shipyard Number Three (added 2000 - - #00000364)

Also known as Kaiser Shipyard, Richmond Number Three

Point Potrero , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wortman, Mory, Larson, Anor

Architectural Style:

Other, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Maritime History, Engineering, Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Defense, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Naval Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Water-Related

Shannon--Williamson Ranch (added 1987 - - #87000003)

Also known as Williamson Ranch

RR 1/Lone Tree Way , Antioch

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Winehaven (added 1978 - - #78000658)

Also known as Point Molate;Fuel Department;NSCO

Point Molate , Richmond

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

Chinese, Costanoans

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Processing

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Naval Facility