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Building History

The Alameda Wharf Terminal was built in 1864 to serve as part of the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad (SF & A). This transit company furnished ferry service between San Francisco and Alameda and rail connection between the Alameda Wharf and Hayward, CA. It operated between c. 1865 and 1868, when the approximately 6.5-magnitude Hayward Earthquake of 10/21/1868 damaged its line. The resulting financial dislocation forced the sale of the SF & A in 08/1869 to the developing Central Pacific Railroad monopoly.

For a very short time, between 09/1869 and 11/1869, the Alameda Wharf depot served as the western terminus of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. An historical monument marking the Alameda Terminal's location stated: "On September 6, 1869, first transcontinental railroad train linking two great oceans, and consisting of twelve cars and three locomotives passed here on way to a wharf terminal west of here, a location now covered [in 1951] by lagoon." (Text of a California State Historical Monmuent marker erected by the California Centennials Commission along with the Alameda Historical Society. A site near the wharf was named California Historical Landmark #440 on 06/08/1949.)

Demolished;