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.
St. Edward Catholic Church & School
Also known as: St. Edwards, St. Edward Parish
Location: 5788 Thornton Ave, Newark, CA 94560
St. Edward Catholic Church & School website
St. Edward Catholic Church, 1898
(see page 45)
St. Edward Catholic Church, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)
Old St. Edward Catholic Church, 2022
Now Living Hope Fellowship Center
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)
Patterson House at Ardenwood Historic Farm
Also known as: George Washington Patterson House, G.W. Patterson House, Ardenwood House, Patterson Home
Location: 34600 Ardenwood Blvd, Fremont, CA 94555
Patterson House website
Ardenwood – Mrs. G. W. Patterson – Near Centreville, 1898
(see page 35)
Patterson House, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)
Pacific Land and Improvement Company Office
Also known as: Location of the first library in Newark (unconfirmed)
Location: 37270 Filbert St, Newark, CA 94560
Pacific Land and Improvement Company – Holders of Realty and Commercial Interests, 1910
(see page 25)
Private Residence on Filbert Street, Newark, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)
State Bank, Newark Branch
Also known as: State Bank of Newark, La Pinata Restaurant (now vacant)
Location: 7383 Thornton Ave, Newark, CA 94560
State Bank, Newark Branch, 1920s
State Bank Building, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)
Swiss Park
Also known as: Swiss Park Bar and Grille, Swiss Hall
Location: 5911 Mowry Ave, Newark, CA 94560
Swiss Park website
Swiss Park at Newark, 1947
(see page 46)
Swiss Park Hall, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)