Old St. Raymond's Church, built in 1859, is the oldest Catholic Church in the valley. Old St. Raymond's Church is the oldest Catholic Church building in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The land was donated as a church site by Michael Murray and Jeremiah Fallon who was one of the recuers of the ill-fated Donner Party in the Sierra.
In the 1940's the church went into disuse. In the 1980's upkeep and vandalism put the church again into disuse. Now the church is used for school field trips, weddings, baptisms, funerals, and celebrations.
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