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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "building construction"
History of the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, by
City of Santa Cruz
A history of the Civic Auditorium building in Santa Cruz. [Read more]
Bache, A. D. [Read more]
Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church: The Mission Era, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Construction activities atop Mission Hill in Santa Cruz began in 1792 with construction of the adobe convento, 64 varas (176 ... [Read more]
Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church: Ex-Mission Santa Cruz became Holy Cross, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Following Fr. Jose Antonio Suarez Del Real's departure for Mexico in 1845, other priests, including Anzar of Mission San Juan ... [Read more]
New construction activities on the site of Holy Cross Church are expected to involve considerable earth disturbance in and around ... [Read more]
Architecture and history are closely intertwined in Santa Cruz, California. Each period in the City's history has left its impression ... [Read more]
Commercial Development: Downtown business; Residential development, by
Susan Lehmann
As discussed in an earlier section, the Santa Cruz Mission and its satellite properties (including the Mission gardens, orchard and ... [Read more]
The First Aptos Library, and How It Grew…, by
Margaret Souza
Many Aptos residents believe that “Helen’s” (Wikkerink) library, which began in 1944, was the first library in the area. It ... [Read more]
The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon, by
Robert W. Piwarzyk
The presence or absence of firebricks at an industrial site, and the names found on these bricks, is revealing. [Read more]
The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon, by
Robert W. Piwarzyk
wedge-shaped brick used in building an arch. Usually an arch brick is wedged such that it appears truncated when viewing ... [Read more]
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Lumber: The enormous stands of virgin timber found in what would become Santa Cruz County attracted entrepreneurs to the area as early as 1840 when a French Canadian, Francisco Lajeunesse and two Americans, Isaac Graham and Henry Neale made attempts to acquire Rancho Zayante. Graham, a trapper and rifleman, ..." [More]
Excerpted from Industrial Development: Lumber, Lime and cement, Fishing by Susan Lehmann
