Site of California's First State Capitol

Santa Clara County · 100 block South Market Street, San Jose · location approximate

Directly opposite this tablet was located the first State Capitol Building in which California's first Legislature assembled in December 1849. San Jose was the seat of government from 1849 to 1851.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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