Unique Home Opens
Open to the public (again) in June of 1940, “Maison Normandie” represented France’s famous Normandy style of architecture, both exterior and interior. The house is located on a large corner lot high up in the hills of Oakland.
The large living room with a large window affords a view of the Golden Gate, the bridges, and Treasure Island. Double french doors open onto a large tiled terrace in the rear with a built-in barbecue.
It cost more than $20,000 to build and was advertised at $16,500.
Three bedrooms, two tiled baths, and a maid’s room with a bathroom. The large basement with laundry room and large storage closets. Two doors gave access to both the front and rear of the house, and a short passageway that leads into the two-car garage with a large area suitable as a workshop.
- Maison Normandie
- Le Mon Park – Piedmont Pines
- 1938
- Mitchell & Austin
- Still there
- 6235 Castle Drive
Today
For Sale
1952
$7000 in the wall-to-wall carpet.
Priced at $1,595,000
More Info:
- Maison Normandie Opens – Oakland Tribune June 9, 1940
- The Most Unusual Home – Oakland Tribune Sep 29, 1940
I remember this home, but can’t place the name of the family that lived in it, c. 1972. Thanks for the history!
Did you catch the bottom line of the Oakland Tribune 1940 ad? “Turn right in front of Boy Scout sign onto Mountaingate…” Having attended Joaquin Miller and Montera I always wondered about Scout Road. The name just didn’t fit in with names of the other streets. Thanks to this web site, I learned that’s because Montera is on the site of what was once a Boy Scout campground. Scout Road must have existed for many decades before Ascot Road was ever installed. Also interesting to learn Joaquin Miller School existed before Montera was built.
Thank you for the wonderful posts about the history of Oakland.