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Oakland, California began a program of designating the city's historic landmarks and properties starting in 1973. Many of the properties have also received recognition at the federal level by inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places or by designation as National Historic Landmarks.

Color markings (highest noted listing)

US National Register of Historic Places
California Historical Landmark
Oakland Designated Landmark
National Historic Landmark

Oakland Designated Landmarks

# Name Image Address Date Description
1 Western Pacific Depot Oakland 3rd Street station, November 2017.jpg 3rd & Washington Streets July 9, 1974
2 Camron-Stanford House Camron Stanford House.jpg 1426 Lakeside Drive January 7, 1975
3 Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon Heinolds First and Last Chance 1960.jpg 90 Jack London Square January 7, 1975
4 Tower to General John C. Fremont Upload image Joaquin Miller Park January 7, 1975
5 Joaquin Miller Abbey Joaquin Miller House (Oakland, CA).JPG Joaquin Miller Park January 7, 1975
6 J. Mora Moss House Moss mansion.jpg Mosswood Park January 7, 1975
7 Governor George C. Pardee House NRHP-Ref 76000476 02.jpg 672 11th Street January 7, 1975
8 Alfred H. Cohen House Alfred H. Cohen House (Oakland, CA).JPG 1440 29th Avenue January 7, 1975
9 Paramount Theater Paramount.jpg 2025 Broadway January 7, 1975
10 Antonio Maria Peralta House Antonio Maria Peralta House (Oakland, CA).JPG 2465 34th Avenue August 5, 1975
11 Adobe Headquarters Site, Rancho San Antonio Upload image 2465-2501-2511 34th Avenue August 5, 1975
12 Treadwell Hall Treadwell Mansion (Oakland, CA).JPG 5212 Broadway August 5, 1975 Formerly used by California College of Arts and Crafts
13 First Unitarian Church NRHP-Ref 77000284 04.jpg 685 14th Street August 5, 1975
14 Frederick B. Ginn House Upload image 660 13th Street August 5, 1975
15 Tribune Tower Downtown Oakland Historic District-6.jpg 409-415 13th Street May 4, 1976
16 Herbert Hoover House Upload image 1079 12th Street October 5, 1976
17 Jack London House Upload image 1914 Foothill Blvd. March 8, 1977
18 Young Women's Christian Assoc. (YWCA) Oakland YWCA (Oakland, CA).JPG 1515 Webster Street May 24, 1977 Now Common Webster and the Envision Academy of Arts & Technology
19 Lakeshore Highlands Portals Upload image Trestle Glen Road & Longridge Road November 15, 1977
20 Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption (Oakland, CA).JPG 950 Castro Street November 29, 1977 Original Location: 920 Brush Street
21 Quinn House Upload image 1004-06 16th Street March 21, 1978 Original Location: 1425 Castro Street
22 Arbor Villa Palm Trees West side of 9th Avenue from E. 24th to E. 28th Streets, along Bayview Avenue and Park Blvd. to 9th Avenue March 21, 1978
23 Fox Theatre Fox Oakland Theatre.jpg 1807-1829 Telegraph Avenue March 28, 1978
24 California Cotton Mills Company Factory Hdr 00074 0 1.jpg 1091 Calcot Place February 20, 1979
25 Maclise Drug Store Building Upload image 1633 San Pablo Avenue February 20, 1979
26 Locke House Locke House (Oakland, CA).JPG 3911 Harrison Street April 3, 1979
27 Oakland Municipal Auditorium / Henry J. Kaiser Center Oakland Civic Auditorium circa 1917 (kt7199q9d0-z122).jpg 10 Tenth Street April 3, 1979
28 Oakland City Hall Oakland City Hall.jpg 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza June 19, 1979
29 St. Augustine's / Old Trinity Church Trinity Church (Oakland, CA).JPG 29th Street & Telegraph Avenue December 4, 1979
30 Earl Warren House Earl Warren House (Clausen House), Oakland, CA.jpg 88 Vernon Street December 4, 1979
31 Oakland Hotel Oakland Hotel (Oakland, CA).JPG 13th St., Harrison St., 14th & Alice Streets December 18, 1979
32 Caldecott Tunnel Western portals of the Caldecott Tunnel, May 2019.JPG Highway 24 January 22, 1980
33 North Field Upload image Metropolitan Oakland International Airport February 5, 1980
34 Montclair Fire House Upload image 6226 Moraga Avenue March 18, 1980
35 Brooklyn Fire House Upload image 1235 International Boulevard April 8, 1980
36 Point Oakland Fire House Upload image 1681 8th Street May 27, 1980
37 Dunsmuir House and Carriage House Dunsmuir-house.jpg The Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate

2960 Peralta Oaks Court

May 27, 1980
38 Leona Park Upload image Old Survivor Redwood Tree
39 Lake Merritt Lake Merritt Oakland California.jpg Lake Merritt July 8, 1980
40 Leimert Bridge Leimert Bridge.jpg Leimert Blvd. between Park Blvd. & Clemens Road Sept. 30, 1980
41 Glenview Branch Library Upload image 4231 Park Boulevard Sept. 30, 1980
February 25, 1997
42 Asa White House White Mansion (Oakland, CA).JPG 604 East 17th Street November 4, 1980
43 Carnegie Libraries:

(a) Golden Gate Branch
(b) Melrose Branch
(c) Temescal Branch
(d) 23rd Avenue Branch

Oakland Public Library Golden Gate Branch 2009.jpgOakland Free Library-Melrose Branch (Oakland, CA).JPGOakland Free Library-Alden Branch (Oakland, CA).JPGOakland Free Library-23rd Ave. Branch (Oakland, CA).JPG (a) 5606 San Pablo Avenue

(b) 4805 Foothill Blvd.
(c) 5205 Telegraph Avenue
(d) 1441 Miller Avenue

November 4, 1980
44 King's Daughters Home King's Daughters Home, Oakland CA.jpg 3900 Broadway November 4, 1980
45 Morcom Rose Garden Morcom rose garden.jpg Oakland-Piedmont line between Oakland Avenue and Jean Street November 4, 1980
46 Second Church of Christ Scientist Parks Chapel A.M.E. Church Parks Chapel A.M.E. Church, Oakland, CA.jpg 476 34th Street February 24, 1981
47 James White House White House - front - Preservation Park, Oakland California.jpg Original Location: 702 11th Street

Present Location: Preservation Park

April 14, 1981
48 Charles S. Greene Library / African American Museum and Library at Oakland Oakland Public Library (Oakland, CA).JPG 659 14th Street April 14, 1981
49 Southern Pacific Mole Oakland Long Wharf aerial.jpg 7th Street April 14, 1981
50 John C. McMullen House Upload image 2748 Grande Vista Avenue May 5, 1981
51 George McCrea House and Indian Campground McCrea House (Oakland, CA).JPG Holy Names College Campus

3500 Mountain Blvd.

May 5, 1981
52 Grand Lake Theater and Roof Sign Grand Lake Theater Oakland.jpg 3200 Grand Avenue July 14, 1981
53 Dr. William Bamford House Upload image 1235-9 East 15th Street November 17, 1981
54 James Presho House Upload image 1806 10th Avenue November 17, 1981
55 Seymour C. Davisson House Upload image 1527 Union Street November 17, 1981
56 DeFremery House Upload image 1651 Adeline Street November 17, 1981
57 Capt. Henry E. Nichols House Upload image 2304 9th Avenue December 3, 1981
58 Williams Block Upload image 1148-1156 East 12th Street July 20, 1982
59 Central Block Upload image 1102-1118 East 12th Street July 20, 1982
60 Portland Hotel - Henry House Upload image 470-482 9th Street November 9, 1982
61 Dunn Block Dunns Block (Oakland, CA).JPG 721-725 Washington Street November 9, 1982
62 Peniel Mission (Oriental Block) Oriental Block, Oakland.jpg 716-724 Washington Street November 9, 1982
63 Victor H. Metcalf House Upload image Original Location: 245 Perkins Street

Present Location:750 14th Street

64 LaSalle Hotel Building Upload image 491-497 9th Street November 9, 1982
65 Central Pacific Railroad Depot (Mi Rancho) Oakland 7th Street station, November 2017.jpg 464-468 7th Street November 9, 1982
66 Bowman B. Brown's Building & Annex Upload image 727-73 Washington Street, 509-513 8th Street November 9, 1982
67 Hume-Wilcutt House Upload image 918 18th Street February 15, 1983
68 Wilcox Block & Annex (Gladstone) Upload image 821-833 Broadway, 459-475 9th Street April 12, 1983
69 Delger Block Upload image 901-933 Broadway April 12, 1983
70 Cathedral Building Federal Realty Building (Oakland, CA) 2.JPG 1615 Broadway April 12, 1983
71 Holland-Canning House Upload image 954 16th Street
72 Reed-Henshaw House Upload image 974 16th Street July 12, 1983
73 Campbell House Upload image 1014 16th Street July 12, 1983
74 Gladding-Chickering House Upload image 970 16th Street July 12, 1983
75 Cattaneo Block (Buon Gusto Bakery) Upload image 5006-5010 Telegraph Avenue September 6, 1983
76 Lloyd Hotel Upload image 477-487 9th Street November 8, 1983
77 Arlington Hotel Upload image 484-494 9th Street November 8, 1983
78 Gooch Block (Ratto's International Grocery) Ratto's International Grocery, Oakland, California.jpg 817-829 Washington Street
79 Jefferson Square Upload image 6th Street, 7th Street December 20, 1983
80 Lincoln Square (Oakland Square) Upload image 10th St., 11th St., Harrison St., Alice St. December 20, 1983
81 Southern Pacific Railroad Station Oaklandstation2007.JPG 16th and Wood Streets January 31, 1984
82 1100 Broadway Building Security Bank & Trust Co Building (Oakland, CA).JPG 1100 Broadway January 31, 1984 Key System Building
83 Church of St. James the Apostle & Parish Hall St james apostle oakland.JPG 1540 12th Avenue May 29, 1984
84 Brooklyn Presbyterian Church & Parish Hall Upload image 1433 12th Avenue June 26, 1984
85 Asian Resource Center Upload image 8th and Harrison Streets October 16, 1984
86 Latham Square Fountain Upload image 15th Street and Telegraph Avenue October 16, 1984
87 St. Joseph's Home for the Aged & Professional Center St. Joseph's Home for the Aged.jpg 2647 International Boulevard November 13, 1984
88 Howden Building Upload image 325-43 17th Street November 13, 1984
89 Financial Center Building Upload image 405 14th Street November 13, 1984
90 Lafayette Square Upload image 10th Street, 11th Street, Jefferson Street & Martin Luther King Jr. Way January 8, 1985
91 Mary R. Smith Trust Cottages: Initial Cottage Upload image 23-27 Home Place West April 23, 1985
92 Mary R. Smith Trust Cottages: Grace Cottage Upload image 1101-5 McKinley April 23, 1985
93 Mary R. Smith Trust Cottages: Evelyn Cottage Upload image 3001 Park Boulevard April 23, 1985
94 Mary R. Smith Trust Cottages: The Lodge Upload image April 23, 1985
95 USS Potomac Uss-potomac-at-oakland.jpg 1660 Embarcadero April 23, 1985
96 Civic Center Post Office Main Post Office (Oakland, CA).JPG 201 13th Street April 23, 1985
97 Necklace of Lights Lakemerritlights02192006.JPG Lake Merritt May 3, 1985
98 Oakland Iron Works / United Iron Works Upload image 2nd Street at Jefferson Street July 16, 1985
99 Oakland Technical High School Oakland Technical High.jpg 4500 Broadway July 23, 1985
100 Oakland Title Insurance Building Upload image 1449-1459 Franklin St./ 401-07 15th Street July 30, 1985
101 White Building Upload image 327-349 15th Street/1464-1466 Webster Street November 12, 1985
102 Roos Brothers Building Upload image 1500-20 Broadway/448 15th Street July 8, 1986
103 Chryst House Upload image 1600 Fernwood Drive July 8, 1986
104 Attached residences at 3034-3040 Richmond Blvd. Upload image 3034-3040 Richmond Blvd. July 8, 1986
105 Tower House Upload image 1937 8th Avenue July 15, 1986
106 Leamington Hotel Building & Annex Hotel Leamington, Oakland, Calif (74120).jpg 1800-26 Franklin Street/365-89 19th Street April 7, 1987
107 Western Market Building Upload image 1483-87 8th Street/782 Chester Street June 19, 1987
108 Fricke Building Upload image 565-7 11th Street January 19, 1988

July 19, 1988

109 Wetmore House Group Upload image 571, 573-5-7 and 583 11th Street January 19, 1988

July 19, 1988

110 Posey Tube Portal Upload image 415 Harrison Street June 23, 1992
111 Ellen Kenna House Upload image 1218 East 21st Street June 23, 1992
112 Lake Merritt Hotel Upload image 1800 Madison Street June 23, 1992
113 Palace Apartments (Alison Apartments) Upload image 1560 Alice Street June 23, 1992
114 Modern Safeway Stores Office & Warehouse Building Upload image 5701-5759 International Boulevard March 9, 1993
115 Oakland Chinese Presbyterian Church & Annex Upload image 265-73 8th Street May 3, 1994
116 St. Paul's Episcopal Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Oakland California.jpg 114 Montecito Avenue May 24, 1994
117 University High School / North Oakland Senior Center University High School (Oakland, CA).jpg 5714 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
118 Temple Sinai Temple Sinai First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland2.JPG 362 28th Street December 13, 1994
119 Oakland Museum of California Sign outside the Oakland Museum of California.jpg 1000 Oak Street February 7, 1995
120 Borax Smith's Red House Upload image 817 East 24th Street June 6, 1995
121 Alameda County Title Insurance Co. Building (Holland Building, Everis Building) Upload image 380-98 14th Street/1400-04 Franklin Street June 6, 1995
122 Joe & Rose Shoong House Upload image 385 Bellevue Avenue December 5, 1995
123 Charles & Lucretia Bates House Upload image 399 Bellevue Avenue December 5, 1995
124 John & Anna McElroy House Upload image 401 Lee Street December 5, 1995
125 Fire Station #10 Upload image 172 Santa Clara Avenue December 5, 1995 including certain interior features
126 Our Savior Danish Lutheran Church (Seventh Avenue Missionary Baptist Church) Upload image 1740 7th Avenue January 23, 1996
127 Oakland Laundry Company / Calou's Linen Service Upload image 730-29th Street January 23, 1996
128 Walter "Brownie" McGhee House Upload image 688 43rd Street December 3, 1996
129 Chapel of the Chimes Oakland-columbarium-s.jpg 4499 Piedmont Avenue March 30, 1999
130 American Bag Company / Union Hide Company American Bag Co.-4.jpg 299 3rd Street March 30, 1999
131 Cox Cadillac - Whole Foods Former Cox Cadillac, Whole Foods, Oakland California.jpg 216-30 Bay Place/2500-42 Harrison Street
132 The Rotunda Upload image 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
133 Claremont Hotel Claremonthotel03192006.JPG 41 Tunnel Road
134 New St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church (St. Paul's Swedish Lutheran Church) Upload image 1011 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
135 Victorian Legal Center, Law Offices of Warren B. Wilson (Mason-Elsey-Wilson House) Upload image 653 11th Street May 18, 2004
136 Samm/Dalton/Cooper House and Corner Store Upload image 1450 - 1454 8th Street May 18, 2004
137 Broadway Building, First National Bank and Lionel Wilson Building Upload image 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza June 7, 2005
138 Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (Women's City Club, Alice Arts Center) Upload image 1428 Alice Street June 7, 2005
139 Municipal Boathouse (High Pressure Pumping Station #1) Lake Chalet, Oakland, CA.jpg 1520 Lakeside Drive June 7, 2005
140 St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church (St. Augustine's Mission) Upload image 2624 West Street June 7, 2005
141 Studio One Arts Center (Ladies Relief Society Children's Home) Ladies' Relief Society Children's Home (Oakland, CA).JPG 365 45th Street January 6, 2009
142 The Altenheim Senior Housing Altenheim (Oakland, CA).JPG 1720 MacArthur Blvd. January 6, 2009
143 Buddhist Church of Oakland Upload image 825 Jackson Street
144 Morse House Upload image 5654 Margarido Drive
145 Shorey House Upload image 1782 8th Street

Preservation Districts

# Name Image Boundaries Date Description
1 Preservation Park ThorntonHouse.jpg 11th - 14th Streets

Castro - Jefferson - Martin Luther King Jr. Way

August 12, 1975
2 Victorian Row (Old Oakland) Oldoakland02262006.JPG 7th - 10th Streets

Broadway - Clay Street

April 13, 1976
3 Preservation Park Extension Upload image 10th - 13th Streets

Castro - Jefferson - Martin Luther King Jr. Way

April 17, 1979
4 Downtown Brooklyn-Clinton Upload image North side of E.12th St. between 11th & 12th Avenues July 20, 1982
5 10th Avenue Historic District Upload image 1900 - 2100 blocks of 10th Avenue (portions) May 3, 1988
6 Bellevue Staten Apartment District Bellevue-Staten Building in Oakland, California.jpg Portions of Bellevue, Elita & Staten Avenues adjoining Lakeside Park January 14, 1997
7 Oak Center Historic District Upload image Brush & Union Streets / 10th - 18th/20th Streets July 15, 2003
8 Sheffield Village Historic District Sheffield Village, Oakland, CA, USA - panoramio.jpg Roxbury, Marlow, Middleton, Covington, Brookfield, Danbury & 1810 - 1848 Foothill Boulevard May 17, 2005
9 7th Street Commercial District Upload image 1600 - 1642 7th Street May 17, 2005

Heritage properties

# Description District Date Description
1 1815 Leimert Boulevard 4 2007
2 2302 17th Avenue 2 2008
3 Shorey House

1782 8th Street

3 2008
4 Fairlawn Hotel

2375 Fruitvale Avenue

5 2008
5 227 John Street 1 2008
6 Murdock House

3070 Richmond Boulevard

3 2008
7 Oakland Consolidated Street Railway Car Barn

4629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

1 2008
8 609-611 22nd Street 3 2008
9 Matteson House

2708 Sunset Avenue

5 2008
10 2429 13th Avenue 2 2008
11 5514 Picardy Drive 6 2008
12 2451 Havenscourt Boulevard 6 2008
13 614 Haddon Road 2 2008
14 West Oakland Library,

712–716 Peralta Street

3 2009
15 1676 12th Street 3 2009
16 3415–3417 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 3 2009
17 1717 16th Avenue 2 2009
18 460 West MacArthur Boulevard 1 2009
19 Pacific Furniture Fiber – Prevention Institute

221 Oak Street

2010
20 2801 Harrison Street 3 2010
21 1081 53rd Street 1 2010
22 1926 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 3 2010
23 2651 22nd Avenue 2 2010
24 850 Trestle Glen Road 2 2011
25 3627 Majestic Avenue 6 2012
26 3635 Majestic Avenue 6 2012
27 1550 5th Avenue 2 2012
28 818 Trestle Glen Road 2 2012
29 3054 Richmond Boulevard 3 2013
30 851 Trestle Glen Road 2 2014
31 80 9th Street 2 2014
32 619 15th Street 3 2014
33 856 Trestle Glen Road 2 2015
34 51 8th Street 2 2015
35 339 Palm Avenue 3 2015
36 319 Henry Street 3 2015
37 334 Newton Avenue 2 2015
38 1902 Myrtle Street 3 2015
39 523 41st Street 1 2016
40 1824 Myrtle Street 3 2016
41 1733 10th Street 3 2016
42 The Alley, 3325 Grand Avenue 2 2016
43 836 Trestle Glen Road 2 2017
44 3130 Union Street 3 2017
45 363 Cleveland Street 2 2017
46 4690 Tompkins Avenue 4 2018
47 528 28th Street 3 2018
48 260 Park View Terrace 3 2018
49 1255 Trestle Glen Road 2 2018
50 581 Vernon Street 2 2018
51 677 Longridge Road 2 2018
52 1419 12th Street 3 2018
53 2440 10th Street 2 2018
54 418 Jefferson Street 3 2019
55 6028 Broadway Terrace 1 2019
56 6475 Colby Street 1 2019
57 1263 Trestle Glen Road 2 2019
58 619 Mariposa Avenue 2 2019
59 2600 Best Avenue 6 2019
60 678 18th Street 3 2019
61 360 Van Buren Avenue 3 2019
62 1000 Sunnyhills Road 2 2019
63 412 Monte Vista Avenue 1 2019
64 3007 Telegraph Avenue 3 2019
65 Metropolitan Horseman's Association Clubhouse

10060 Skyline Boulevard

4 2019
66 676 Longridge Road 2 2020
67 322 (318–334) Broadway 3 2020
68 1186 Trestle Glen Road 2 2020
69 926 Rosemount Road 2 2020
70 2804 Adeline Street 3 2020
71 724 Campbell Street 3 2020
72 326–328 Henry Street 3 2020
73 5738 Picardy Drive 6 2020
74 669-671 24th Street/674 23rd Street 3 2020
75 369 MacArthur Boulevard 3 2020

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