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hello, i was just wondering were do i go to find out history information about my home. if you can please contact me through my email….thank you
May Haidari:
Thank you for visiting the Concord Historical Society’s website and making your inquiry.
If the Society has information on your home, it would be located at its Resource Center at 1601 Sutter Street – Suite E, Concord, CA. This research facility is open on Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. or by appointment. I would recommend that you call ahead: 925-827-3380.
Another potential resource for information about your home may be found through the tax records of Contra Costa County.
I hope this information proves fruitful.
John Keibel
- CHS member
My sister Marie and I are members of the Concord Historical Society. My husband Tony and I live in Concord for 8 years, and I love this city, so this city needs a museum.
Dolores Vargas:
Thank you for your words of encouragement to your Concord Historical Society and enthusiasm over your museum. Yes, a museum will be opening at the Galindo house in the near future. Eventually, the Masonic Temple will expand the Society’s museum facilities.
If you, your husband and/or your sister wish, the Society has need of volunteer help in a number of areas.
Appreciatively,
John Keibel – CHS director
The Galindo Home Museum & Gardens will be open May 6 and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. and every Wednesday from 12 to 4 p.m. The house was built in 1856 and added on to in 1875. Members of the Galindo family lived in the house from 1856 to 1999 when Ruth Galindo passed away. It has been completely refurbished. The original Galindo furniture and artifacts have been returned to the house after being stored by the Concord Historical Society since 2000. It’s a beautiful museum – one for which everyone in Concord can be proud.