Editing Union City, California (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Sugar BEe.jpg|thumb|left|CHL 768: marking the first sugar beet factory in the U.S. (2009)]]
The first [[sugar beet]] factory in the United States was located in Union City, called the [[California Beet Sugar Company]]. It is noted by a [[California Historical Landmarks in Alameda County|California Historical Landmark]] #768, situated at Dyer and Ratekin.<ref name="Swenson2008" />{{rp|78}}

[[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] [[United Airlines Flight 93|Flight 93]] Memorial is in Sugar Mill Landing Park. It was the first monument completed in the United States designed to honor the passengers and crew of [[United Airlines Flight 93]], which was bound for [[San Francisco]], but was hijacked and crashed in rural [[Pennsylvania]] on [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tucker|first1=Jill|title=Union City dedicates memorial to 9/11's United Flight 93|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Union-City-dedicates-memorial-to-9-11-s-United-3234949.php|access-date=July 30, 2014|date=December 9, 2007|work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://93memorial.com/ | title=The Flight 93 Memorial, Union City California}}</ref>

===Courthouse===
{{Infobox historic site
 | name              = First Alameda County Courthouse
 | image             = First courthouse in Alameda.jpg
 | image_size        = 250
 | caption           = The center two-story building is the original Alameda County courthouse, in the old town of Alvarado, 1853–1865.
 | designation1      = California
 | designation1_number = 503<ref name=CHL/>
 | location          = 30977 Union City Blvd., Union City, California
 | coordinates       = {{coord|37.596667|-122.0811|region:US-CA_source:gnis-218162_type:landmark|display=inline}}
}}
Alameda County's first courthouse was located in Alvarado, starting on June 6, 1853. The original courthouse was a two-story wooden building that was originally a mercantile that included a [[post office]].<ref name="CHL">{{cite ohp|503|Site of the first Alameda county courthouse|October 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Swenson">{{cite web|last=Swenson|first=Timothy|title=Union City History Collection|url=http://www.museumoflocalhistory.org/pages/UCcollection.pdf|publisher=Museum of Local History|access-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref> It was built by A. M. Church and Henry C. Smith. In 1865 the county seat moved to [[San Leandro, California|San Leandro]].<ref name="CHL" /> With the widening of Union City Blvd., the original site was paved over.<ref name="Swenson2008">{{cite book|last=Swenson|first=Timothy|title=Union City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PZ3JmDMHOcC&pg=PA78|access-date=August 31, 2012|date=2008|edition=Images of America|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-5809-7}}</ref>{{rp|78}} The site is listed on the [[California Historical Landmarks]] list.<ref name="CHL" />

===Masonic Home===
[[File:Masonichomeunioncity.jpg|thumb|Masonic Home administration building; original central part constructed in 1898|left]]
Masonic Home at Union City, a senior living community for [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]] and their spouses, has as its centerpiece a large brick administration building.<ref>{{cite web|title=Union City Community|url=http://www.masonichome.org/seniors/union_city.html|work=Masonic Home at Union City|access-date=May 6, 2011}}</ref> The administration building was identified as a significant historic property in the 1974 Historic Resource Inventory of Washington Township.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masonic Home Independent Living Apartments|url=http://dha-environmental.com/casestudies.html#Case2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119233747/http://www.dha-environmental.com/casestudies.html#Case2|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 19, 2008|work=DHA Case Studies|publisher=Douglas Herring & Associates|access-date=May 6, 2011}}</ref> Interior features include a main staircase with stained glass windows, a parlor filled with antiques, and paintings of fourteen Masonic US presidents.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raymundo|first1=Myrla|title=History: The Masonic Home in Union City|url=http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2009-07-01&file=Masonic+Home+UC+History.txt|website=Tri-City Voice Newspaper|access-date=February 15, 2017|date=July 2009}}</ref> The original five-story brick building formed the center of the Administration Building. It was constructed in 1898 and was the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home overlooking Decoto.<ref name="Swenson2008" />{{rp|87}} The north and south wings of the Administration Building were added in 1914 and 1928, respectively. Ten more buildings were built on this {{convert|305|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} campus,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pratt|first1=Nancy|title=History: Masonic Home|url=http://www.nancypratt.com/pages/masonic-history.html|website=nancypratt.com|access-date=February 15, 2017|date=1998}}</ref> including Acacia Creek, a continuing care retirement community for all seniors, both Masons and non-Masons, completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mahal|first1=Davinder|title=Masonic Home for Adults, Union City|url=https://www.mahal.org/articles/papers/2002/12/masonic-home-for-adults-union-city|website=mahal.org|access-date=February 15, 2017|date=December 2012}}</ref>