In 1935 R.F.D. Le Mon (Lemon), a retired Capitalist from New York, came to Oakland searching for real estate to develop and build fine homes. He found the perfect site high up in the Oakland hills with a magnificent panorama of Oakland, the bay, and beyond. He called it Le Mon Park.
Casa Altadena
In 1928 Casa Altadena was the first exhibition home built in Smith's Reserve (now Piedmont Pines)