It has been a while since I published a new post. I have been dealing with a 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 with a central courtyard.
Bungalow Court, a New Apartment Site
Oakland Tribune, Sept 11, 1921
New Euclid Court Apartments, Cheney Photo Advertising Company, circa 1921
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.
New Euclid Court Apartments, Cheney Photo Advertising Company, circa 1921
Euclid Court consists of ten three-room bungalow apartments, grouped around a central courtyard. Each unit has separate front and back entrances.
New Euclid Court Apartments, Cheney Photo Advertising Company, circa 1921
Euclid Court was built for Dr. J.L. Hobbs at the cost of $75,000 and was designed by W.E. Schirmer.
Today Google Maps
432-450 Euclid Avenue
Built 1921
10-units
W.E. Schirmer – Architect
Virginia Court Apartments – Filbert Street
Virginia Court is a colorful Spanish-style apartment building with twelve two-room apartments.
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.
Oakland Tribune, Nov 27, 1927
It is four buildings of eight apartments, each attractively arranged in a park-like* setting with a central thoroughfare.
1725 Seminary – Google Maps
No longer a park-like setting
1725 Seminary – Google Maps
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.
#7
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.
Reminiscent of the early history of California, the Seville was built by Barr and Sons.
886 Cleveland – Google Maps
“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.
