Category Model/Display Homes
The “Style House” opened to the public in April 1935. Over 1500 visitors passed through the home that first weekend.Local architect Frederick L. Confer designed the home.
Display Home – Sheffield Village Opens Mar 1941 Located at 168 Marlow Drive in Sheffield Village. Completely furnished by Jackson Furniture Company E.B. Field Corporation, owners and builders of Sheffield Village. Hawthorne House 168 Marlow Drive EB Field Corporation 1941 Jacksons… Continue Reading →
In the 1940’s Montgomery Wards, through its building services department, sold pre-fab homes to be made by local contractors. They would supply everything necessary to build your home. “The Ward Way method of building and furnishing is a simplified system… Continue Reading →
Narragansett House Narragansett House is a New England Colonial-style home in the Montclair Highlands Section on Balboa Drive, built as a model home in 1937. The home opened in February 1937; by the end of the first week, 3500 toured the house,… Continue Reading →
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.
“The Casa Maria Luisa,” the first of the “Daughter of Peralta” homes will be open an exhibition residence with imported furnishings in Smith Reserve shortly after Jan 1, 1930. Fully decorated by H.C. Capwell company and sold by the Realty Syndicate.
Honeymoon Haven – 13049 Broadway Terrace – opened Jun 1935 “A five-room residence planned to harmonize perfectly with it’s charming among pines.” Oakland Tribune June 16, 1935 The home sits on 1/4 acre lots among the pines. “1000 People attended… Continue Reading →
Built in 1938 in preparation for the upcoming Exposition Fair at Treasure Island in 1939. The home is located in Montclair Highlands, the scenic tract of Emge and Stockman with sweeping views of the Golden Gate and Treasure Island can be seen from several windows.