This March 11, 1931, photograph shows the Byzantine Italianate-style Westminster Presbyterian Church as it rests at the corner of Thirteenth and N Streets. It was dedicated on December 18, 1927, to its capacity of 1,300 members, with presiding...
Presented in 1909 are Sacramento's English Lutheran Church at 1018 Sixteenth Street and the German Lutheran Church at 1207 K Street. The former was founded in 1890 at Fireman's Hall, moving to the pictured location in 1897. The latter was...
This circa 1915 postcard shows the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church at 1431 J Street and the Westminster Presbyterian Church at 1235 K Street. The former, made of brick and wood, was built in 1906 for 14,000 dollars, but vacated in 1924 in...
San Juan Union High School is located at 7551 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, California. Founded in 1913, it stands as Sacramento County’s second oldest high school behind that of Sacramento High School, established in 1856. The school’s...
The arrival of the Sisters of Mercy from San Francisco in 1857 began a tradition of education that served Sacramento for over a century. Commercial and traditional subjects along with lessons in musical instruments were the courses taught at St....
Growing children with no available outlet for further education was incentive enough for sixteen elementary school districts to establish California’s first union high school in Elk Grove. The initial building was housed in what is now Old Town...
Capitol Park is the focus of this aerial photograph of the downtown Sacramento in 1932. The original east entrance of the California State Capitol building is visible, as are, from left to right in the middle of the photo, the California Western...
This rare 1868 photograph was taken from the unfinished dome of the California State Capitol building. Running side-to-side in the foreground is Tenth Street intersecting with L Street to the right. Also, in the far distance, and to the...
Shrouded in a sampling of the more than 800 different varieties of flora on its grounds, the California State Capitol building and its west facade is visible on February 26, 1930. The tower and dome of the Westminster Presbyterian Church can be...
Taken on March 23, 1942, is a photograph of the Bethel Temple Full Gospel Church on 2030 W Street. The members are seated, displaying a banner reading, "Welcome to the Assemblies of God Regional Sunday School Conference bringing Christ to our...
A springtime 1942 photograph of Bethel Temple Full Gospel Church, on 2030 W Street, reveals young church members during a break from a Sunday school conference. Youth evangelists from Missouri to San Francisco were on hand to speak. The Temple's...
Taken on November 14, 1939, this photograph shows the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at 1017 Eleventh Street. Several period cards are parked on Eleventh Street. Designed after Paris’s Church of the Holy Trinity and the passion of Bishop...
This 1939 view from the Senator Hotel at 1121 L Street shows the spires and apse of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at 1017 Eleventh Street. Several men in the foreground are painting the word "Sacramento" on the roof of the Weinstock,...
Pictured in 1927 is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at 1107 Eleventh Street. Several period cards are parked on Eleventh Street. The city’s moneyed Catholics were giddy to make their mark on the structure: Ellen Dwyer, Daniel McCarthy,...
Taken from Thirty-Ninth Street while looking north, this September 3, 1931, photograph shows the rear of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 3860 J Street. The church’s rectory sits in the foreground. To the right of the rectory are the...
This September 3, 1931, photograph reveals the entrance to Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 3860 J Street. Recessed and hewn from terra cotta and cast stone, the Romanesque-style arch contains sculpted images of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and...
Taken from Thirty-Ninth Street while looking north, this February 29, 1932, photograph shows the rear of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 3860 J Street. The church’s rectory sits in the foreground. To the right of the rectory are the...
View of nave of The Church of the Sacred Heart (3860 J Street). Photograph shows the church while still under construction. This picture was taken on September 3, 1931.
The nave, apse and alter of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 3860 J Street are visible in this February 29, 1932 photograph. The walls of the nave were lined with acoustical plaster while the floor was made of marble. The far altar sits below...
The First Christian Church sits at 2701 N Street in this circa 1924 photograph. The Romanesque structure was built in 1911 for a cost of 30,000 dollars. The previous church – located at Sixteenth and L Streets – was burned down during the...
