The Palmtag Building

The Palmtag Building replaced an earlier two-story building originally constructed by Leopold Palmtag in 1892. Palmtag settled in Hayward in 1860 and served as a town trustee. The building housed various businesses, including a radio station and a drug store. The original brick, flat-roofed structure was built in a vernacular Italianate design. It was damaged by the 1906 Earthquake, and later changes included the removal of its original architectural detailing. An arched doorway in the B Street facade served as the entrance to the second floor, and that doorway is replicated in the present building. The intersection of B Street and Mission Boulevard, then called Castro Street, was an important crossroads of the new town, as it remains today.

Hayward, California · United States