In 2011, Brentwood, California established a new city hall building which contains an outdoor “walking history” tour of the city.
The walls on the exterior of the City Hall consist of the modern history of the city.
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The Press Building Of Brentwood, California
In 1913, a building, which currently serves at the newspaper headquarters of Brentwood, California, was constructed.
John Marsh’s Stone House
In the 1850s, John Marsh’s Stone House was constructed. John Marsh was a businessman, who an early pioneer of California after it became a state. In 1855, John Marsh’s wife died of tuberculosis. Then in 1856, just weeks after the house was completed, John Marsh traveled to Martinez where ranchos demanded money for taking care of his cattle. John refused to give any money and was subsequently murdered.
Marco B. Ivory, a former sheriff of Contra Costa County from 1871 to 1875, became of the residents of the home after John Marsh’s short tenure there.
The Founding Of Brentwood, California
The town of Brentwood, California was founded in 1878 when the San Pablo & Tulare Railroad was built through East Contra Costa. Seventy years later it became the first incorporated city in the far east county. The group that spearheaded the effort to incorporate was the Brentwood Improvement Association.
Hamilton Historical Records 