Webster Street History Walking Tours
Schedule
Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am
UTC-07:00Location
Webster St. and Buena Vista Ave. | Alameda, CA
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To celebrate its 150th birthday, take an informative stroll down Webster Street with us. We will describe how the byway—originally called Euclid Street—grew, largely thanks to baths that thrived on Alameda’s Bay shore. Learn about how the Britt family sold their farmland and used the money to build their impressive hotel. See what happened when the Croll family arrived. Learn how the street grew thanks, in large part to the arrival of A. A. Cohen’s 1864 railroad and the coming of the South Pacific Coast Railroad 14 years later. Dennis will talk about the Bureau of Electricity’s that became a bank. Learn about the subtle, but amazing message the bank carved into the entrance way when it arrived. Experience not one, but two, of the Alameda Post’s more amusing “No It’s Not” moments as Dennis talks about the year that is lit up in neon on the Croll’s Building and the “history” plaque on Lincoln Avenue and Webster that contains more fantasy that fact. This tour will also be held on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Visit https://alamedapost.com/tours/#ws for additional details.
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Where is it happening?
Webster St. and Buena Vista Ave., 1801 Webster St, Alameda, CA 94501-2137, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
