It has been awhile since I have published a new post. I have been dealing with an major medical issue in my family. It is still ongoing. This is something I put together a while back.
A bungalow court is a group of small bungalows or workers cottages built around a court or central yard. An apartment court is a group of buildings built around or have a central courtyard.
Bungalow Court, a New Apartment Site
In 1921 a new kind of building known as a Bungalow Court opened, the first in Oakland. The building is located at Hill Lane and Euclid Avenue.
Euclid Court consists of ten three-room bungalow apartments, grouped around a central courtyard. Each unit has separate front and back entrances.
Euclid Court was built for Dr. J.L. Hobbs at the cost of $75,000 and was designed by W.E. Schirmer.
- 432-450 Euclid Avenue
- Built 1921
- 10-units
- W.E. Schirmer – Architect
Virginia Court Apartments – Filbert Street
Virginia Court is a colorful Spanish type apartment building, with twelve apartments of two rooms each.
Each unit came with the following:
- Genuine Frigidaire
- Spark gas ranges
- steam heat
- Marshall and Stearns wall-bed
- 1430 Filbert Avenue
- Built 1930
- 12-units
Court Pueblo Apartments – On Foothill Blvd.
The Court Pueblo Apartments opened in February 1930 and is located at 6114 and 6120 Foothill Blvd.
There are twelve units of two or three rooms. Each apartment had the following:
- Genuine Frigidaire
- Spark Gas Range
- Marshall & Stearns Beds
Completely furnished for $45 to $52.50 in 1930
Court Pueblo is Spanish in Style.
- 6114-6120 Foothill Blvd
- Built 1930
- Spanish Style
- 12-units
Apartment Court on Seminary
“The five-room apartments are practically complete homes.”
Oakland Tribune 1928
Apartment Court opened in January 1928 and is located at 1725 and 1729 Seminary Avenue.
It is four buildings of eight apartments, each attractively arranged in a park-like* setting with a central thoroughfare.
No longer a park-like setting
- Four five-room Apartments.
- Twenty-Two two-room Apartments
- Kelvinator Refrigerator
- Spark Ranges
- Murphy Beds
Brookdale Court
Brookdale Court is located at 3760 Brookdale Ave near 38th Ave.
Bungalow Court
Located at 3745 Brookdale Avenue near 38th Avenue. There are 2 and 3 room units available. They rented for $40 and $45 a month in 1928.
“Seville” Spanish-Type Apartments
Reminiscent of the early history of California the Seville was built by Barr and Sons.
“The exterior of lime white stucco in monk finish with wrought iron balconies and, rails, the Spanish court effect with landscaped slopes, broken stepping stones and green shrubbery, the tiles roof of handmade Spanish tiles laid as the early day padres would lay them”
20 apartments of 2,3, and 4 rooms furnished from $57.50 up in 1927.
356 Lester Avenue
More Info:
- Bungalow Court, a New Apartment Site – Oakland Tribune Sept 11, 1921
- “Seville” Spanish-Type Apartments – Oakland Tribune Nov 27, 1927
- Spanish Apartment Court – Oakland Tribune Jan 29, 1928