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Photographs of Zamora

 

Zamora (previously known as Blacks and Blacks Station) and Nearby Area, California, located off of I-5, north of the town of Woodland, in the north-central part of Yolo County. (Photographs taken by Peggy B. Perazzo, about 2002 and July 2005, used with permission.)

“Blacks, and Dunnigans (sic) are railroad stations, and are centers of large wheat and fruit production and shipment.” (from “Woodland, California,” By. R. A. Thompson, excerpt from Out West, Vol. XVII, No. 1, July, 1902, pp. 120-135.)

Photo looking down Main Street of Zamora. Photo looking down Main Street of Zamora
White building on west side of Main Street in Zamora. White building on west side of Main Street in Zamora

St. Agnes Catholic Church located at the corner of Main and Second streets.

According to a document entitled, Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of St. Agnes Catholic Church, “...the Yolo County Board of Supervisors and the State Historical Resources Commission designated St. Agnes Church as a Point of Historical Interest in 1971, and in 1990 it was designated as a County Historical Landmark.” More historical information about the church and the restoration project that began in April 2003 is available on this document.

St. Agnes Catholic Church
(photograph taken about 2002)
St. Agnes Catholic Church (photograph taken about 2002)

St. Agnes Catholic Church - Dedicated 1909, located on the southeast corner of Main Street and Second Street. (photograph taken July 2005)

St. Agnes Catholic Church Sign St. Agnes Catholic Church
Zamora Town Hall Zamora Town Hall
Street sign for Blacks & First Streets. (Zamora was named “Blacks” in the past.) Street sign for Blacks and First Streets
The Black Foster House (northeast corner of First Street and County Road 13) The Black Foster House

Rolling hills and fields near I-5 and southwest of Zamora.

Rolling hills and fields near Zamora - Photo #1 Rolling hills and fields near Zamora - Photo #2
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