Wondering what that photo is to the right? Well it is Jack London Square as of 1952 with lots of cars parked where Barnes & Noble now stands. If you want to see more fascinating historic photographs like this Simon Waddington has put together a selection of photographs of the district found in the Oakland Museum online archive.

To see them just head over to the special exhibit "Historic Photographs of the Jack London District".

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Images and descriptions of historic buildings from all 16 of the Waterfront Warehouse District trash cans are now available online on our trash cans page. The location of trash cans is shown on the Waterfront Warehouse District map.

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Map of the Oakland Produce Market District, designated an area of primary importance (API) by the Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey.


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The Jack London District contains some of the oldest buildings in Oakland and in April 2000 the National Register of Historic Places added the Waterfront Warehouse District (#00000361) a 160 acre historic district which includes 31 buildings and one structure (Posey Tube Oakland Portal) of which 26 are contributing to the historic status.

The demolition of the United Grocers Warehouse in 2005 for the construction of the 428 Alice condominiums left 25 contributing buildings in the historic district. However the developer Pulte Homes was required to pay a $50,000 towards historic preservation of the district, and Signature Properties was also required to pay $25,000 for building at 288 Third St (an empty lot). This $75,000 has supported three preservation projects so far - renovation of the trash cans in the district that display information about many of the historic buildings, placing of 13 street signs designating the boundaries of the historic district, and development of a self-guided walking tour brochure.

More information about the buildings in the district can be found in the walking tour brochure which can be obtained from World Grounds Cafe (at 3rd and Alice) or directly from JLDA (email info@jlda.org). We hope to provide a downloadable copy of the brochure in the future. You may also click on the individual buildings show in the Historic District map on this page.

Contributing Buildings
1	201 3rd Street at Jackson Street Noncontributing Building
2	225 3rd Street Historical Name: W. P. Fuller and Company Warehouse Annex 2006 Name: West Office Exhibition Design
3	255 3rd Street at Alice Street Historical Name: Unknown 2006 Name: Tower Lofts
4	281 3rd Street Historical Name: American Bag Company Annex 2006 Name: Graphic Visions
5	299 3rd Street and 228 Harrison Street Historical Name: American Bag and Union Hide Company Building 2006 Name: American Bag Building
6	200 4th Street/400 Jackson Street/175 5th Street/Madison Street Historical Name: S&W Fine Foods, Inc. Warehouse 2006 Name: Cost Plus World Market International Headquarters
7	201 4th Street at Jackson Street Historical Name: Safeway Stores Corporate Headquarters 2006 Name: Safeway Building
8	220 4th Street Noncontributing Building
9	247 4th Street Historical Name: Western States Grocery Company 2006 Name: Fourth Street Lofts
10	255 4th Street at Alice Street Historical Name: C. L. Greeno Company Pacific Coast Headquarters 2006 Name: C. L. Greeno Building
11	267 4th Street Historical Name: Oakland Wholesale Grocery Company, Inc. East Annex No. 2 2006 Name: Steve Christian Building
12	270 4th Street Historical Name: Nelson Lee Paper Company 2006 Name: Food Cash & Carry Annex
13	278 4th Street Historical Name: Makins Produce Company Warehouse 2006 Name: French Fries
14	283 4th Street Historical Name: Oakland Wholesale Grocery Company East Annex No. 2 2006 Name: Allied Paper Company
15	292 4th Street at Harrison Street Historical Name: Wright's West Warehouse 2006 Name: Paper Works International, Inc.
16	302 4th Street at Harrison Street Historical Name: Impurgia Warehouse 2006 Name: Hirsch Wright & Associates
17	308 4th Street Historical Name: Oakland Poultry Company 2006 Name: Oakland Fish, Inc.
18	309 4th Street/Harrison Street/#rd Street Historical Name: Oakland Plumbling Supply/ P.E. O'Hair Company 2006 Name: Portico Lofts
19	311 4th Street Noncontributing Building
20	287 5th Street/444 Harrison Street Historical Name: Unknown 2006 Name: Stephanos Building
21	220 Alice Street at 3rd Street Noncontributing Building
22	401 Alice Street at 4th Street Historical Name: Autocar Sales and Service Company 2006 Name: Food Cash & Carry Trading Company, Inc.
23	426 Alice Street/4th Street/5th Street Historical Name: United Grocers Warehouse Demolished 2005 - now the site of 428 Alice condominiums
24	229 Harrison Street/307 3rd Street Historical Name: Poultry Producers of Central California Distribution Center 2006 Name: The Egghouse
25	318 Harrison Street at 4th Street Noncontributing Building
26	415 Harrison Street Historical Name: George A. Posey Tube Oakland Portal
27	417 Harrison Street Historical Name: Industrial Bearing Company Building 2006 Name: Metropolitan Press
28	425 Harrison Street Historical Name: Western California Fish Compnay 2006 Name: Roger's Automotive
29	432-438 Harrison Street Historical Name: Quong Tai Shrimp Company 2006 Name: Old World Building
30	401 Jackson Street at 4th Street Historical Name: Unknown 2006 Name: Del Monte Meats
31	300-310 Webster Street at 3rd Street Historical Name: Tyre Brothers Glass Company 2006 Name: Bay Cities Produce

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Below is a map of the Oakland Waterfront Warehouse District which was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on April 24th 2000. Map key:

• Blue marker with dot : contributing building
• Blue marker without dot : non-contributing building
• Red marker: Waterfront Warehouse District trash can
• Yellow marker: sign post delimiting boundary of the historic District

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More information about the Waterfront Warehouse District can be found on our history page.

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