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Then and Now: Decoto

A selection of photos pulled from the past and paired with a corresponding modern-day view. Click on each historical photo to explore the location further in our online collection at California Revealed.

Have a place in mind that you’d like to see featured here? Email us at info@museumoflocalhistory.org and we’ll do our best to add your historic place suggestions to this ongoing “then and now” project.

Union City Masonic Home

Also known as: Masonic Homes of California: Union City, California Masonic Home
Location: 34400 Mission Blvd., Union City, CA 94587
Union City Masonic Home website

Masonic Home, 1947
(see page 39)

Union City Masonic Home, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Old Decoto School

Also known as: Decoto School, The Old School, New Haven Adult School
Location: 600 G Street, Union City, CA 94587
New Haven Adult School website

Decoto School, 1947
(see page 39)

New Haven Adult School, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Dry Creek Regional Park

Also known as: Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks, Meyers Ranch, Dry Creek Garden, Meyers Cottage and Garden, Dry Creek Picnic Grounds
Location: 550 May Road, Union City, CA 94587
Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks website

Pioneer Societies of Washington, Eden and Murray Townships at Dry Creek Picnic Grounds, 1890

Family of 3 Hiking at Dry Creek Regional Park, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

James Logan High School Entrance

Also known as: Logan High School
Location: 1800 H St, Union City, CA 94587
Logan High School website

Original Entrance into James Logan High School, 1959/60
(see page 7)

James Logan High School (interior hallway), 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Tri-City Towns: Then and Now

Alvarado

Centerville

Decoto

Irvington

Mission San Jose

Newark

Niles

Warm Springs

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Fremont, CA 94539

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