2/12/2022
2/12/2022
Landmark information
- Location:
19200 Redwood Rd, between James and Alma, Castro Valley - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing remains - Date First Visited:
5/12/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/12/2022 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 42.438, W 122 4.426
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of First Public School in Castro Valley
This site was part of the original Don Castro land grant. In 1866 pioneer settler Josiah Grover Brickell made a land grant of this site for "educational purposes only" and paid the teacher's salary, who taught children by day, in the one room school house, and farm hands at night by candlelight.