Portuguese Hall
The Newcastle Portuguese Hall was built in 1918 by the Portuguese community. The lot for the hall was donated by brother and sister Manuel L. and Mary Z. Perry to three Portuguese fraternal lodges, Irmandade do Devino Espirito Santo Council No. 42, Sociadade Portuguesa Rainha Santa Isabel Council No, 26 and União Portuguesa do Estado de California Council No. 58.
It has been in use since then for lodge meetings, bridal showers, birthday and anniversary parties, card parties and the Portuguese folk dance, the "chamarrita". The hall gained historical status with State Point of Historic Interest on November 14, 1981 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1982.
