California - Contra Costa County - Historic Districts
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
Sanfranman59, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Californiathegreat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (added 2009 - - #11000237)
4202 Alhambra Ave., Martinez
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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
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