The Moraga Adobe was abandoned until 1939, when Katherine Brown White Irvine, wife of James Irvine, began to restore the house and expand it. The family lived there until 1950. The Moraga Adobe became California Registered Landmark No. 509 in 1954...
Located in Orinda. Said to be the only remaining part of Moraga's Rancho past, located on a hill above Moraga Valley. Construction began in 1841; originally 3 rooms. Made of bricks to form 36" width exterior walls. Redwood cut from Moraga...
Concord (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the Concord Library built in 1917 with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation on Salvio Street in the Plaza area. It was demolished in 1959.
Concord (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the front of the Concord Library built in 1917 with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation on Salvio Street in the Todos Santos Plaza area. It was demolished in 1959.
Danville (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Danville (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the San Ramon Valley Library shortly after opening in its new location in 1962. The name was changed to the Danville Library when the San Ramon Library opened in 1989.
El Sobrante (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- El Sobrante (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of a sign in the shape of a book at the edge of an orchard announcing the building of the El Sobrante Library. The sign reads: "Title: El Sobrante Library site, Author: Friends of the El Sobrante Library League, Dedicated to: the People...
Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pittsburg (Calif.) -- History.; Historic sites.; Historic mines.; Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve (Calif.).;
Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Public libraries -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Library buildings -- United States -- Design and construction.;Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photographs showing various stages of construction of the Pleasant Hill Library in 1960. The bottom image includes former County Librarian Bertha Hellums on the left.
Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Public libraries -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.).;Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the Pleasant Hill Library in its pre-1961 location.
Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Public libraries -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
