PRHA
139 1/2 Washington Avenue
Point Richmond, CA
510-412-2202
EST. 1979

Point Richmond.....once an island on San Francisco Bay, is now a neighborhood of Richmond, California .  Point Richmond is that city's birthplace and today is it's "old town".  The Point Richmond History Association was founded in 1979 by Donna Roselius and is dedicated to promoting awareness of the community's exciting and colorful history. To this purpose, we maintain a small museum on the downtown Point Richmond Triangle that is housed by the oldest commercial building in Richmond.  The little museum was saved from destruction and moved to its current location in 1990 under the PRHA leadership of Jerry Cerkanowicz.  It is open on Thursdays 11:30 am to 2:00 pm and Saturdays 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. We invite you to join our organization, with your membership you will receive a subscription (five issues) to "This Point...in time", our entertaining and informative newsletter.  Membership categories include Senior (65 or older) ($15.00/year), Single ($20.00/year), Family ($25.00/year), History Preserver ($50.00/year) or History Maker ($100.00/year) and Lifetime ($500}. Checks should be made to the Point Richmond History Association and mailed to Pam Wilson, 521 Western Drive, Point Richmond, CA 94801.
The Point Richmond History Association is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization.  Contributions to the PRHA are tax deductible under section 170 of the code.

Related Richmond History Links:

A Brief History of Point Richmond

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Board of Directors

Bonnie Jo Cullison, President
Heinz Lankford, Vice President
Kathe Kiehn, Treasurer
Caitlin Hibma, Secretary
Pam Wilson, Membership
Gary Shows, Newsletter Editor / Webmaster
James Cheshareck, Historian
Jim Davis, Special Projects
Greg Brock, Speical Projects

Our museum hours:
Thursday
12 noon to 3:00 pm
Saturday
12 noon to 3:00 pm
1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday
12 noon to 3:00 pm

Contact:  info@pointrichmondhistory.org

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The Point Richmond History Association is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization.  Contributions to the PRHA are deductible under section 170 of the code.

Happy New Year everyone.

It is my pleasure to welcome yet another new volunteer. Her name is Elizabeth Dortch.  She attended one of our Fall lectures and decided to join us. Elizabeth is a retired RN who worked as a Lactation Consultant at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. She only recently became interested in history when she was inspired by Betty Reid Soskin. Elizabeth also volunteers at the Rosie the Riveter WW2 Homefront Museum.  With the addition of Elizabeth, we now have 11 docents so we are looking at extending the number of days and hours we can keep the Museum open. We will post our new schedule in the window of the Museum and announce it in the April/May issue of This Point In ...time.

The final talk in our first lecture series finished with virtually a full house. The 4 talks were so successful we are planning even more lectures for our 2025/2026 series which will begin next October. This series will focus on maritime Point Richmond/Richmond. Here are a couple of topics we plan to present: early industrial development of the shorefront by Jacob Tewksbury, George Ellis and others; the entertaining, sometimes sordid, history of Kozy Kove. This series will consist of 6 lectures, 3 in the Fall and 3 in the Spring of 2026.  The full schedule will be printed in our newsletter and posted about town.  Once again, we will partner with the West Side Branch of the Richmond Public Library with the invaluable assistance of Librarian Susan White.

A big thank you to our newest Lifetime Members, Joy and David Ruddell!

Stay safe, be kind.