Ardsley Heights is part of Bella Vista Park and is now considered part of Ivy Hill. The streets of Ardsley Heights are Park Blvd, East 28th Street, Bay View Avenue, Lake View Avenue Elliot Street, and East 34th Street.
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Blocks G&H of Bella Vista Park
1912
From Earth Sciences and Map Library, University of California, Berkeley
Ardsley Heights went on sale in October 1912 by the Realty Syndicate.
- Adjoining F.M. Smith’s home
- Directly across from the Home Club
- Twelve Minutes by car from Broadway
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Cheney Photo Adv. Co., photographers.
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room.
ohrphoto.districts.148
The above photo shows the house at 1011 Bay View Ave. It was built in 1915.
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in the Ardsley Heights tract, circa 1915
Cheney Photo Adv. Co., photographers.
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room.
ohrphoto.districts.147.
The above photo shows the house at 985 Bay View Avenue –
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c 1915
Cheney Photo Adv. Co., photographers.
Previously sold on eBay
View from Ardsley Heights
Showing the Home Club (later the German Pioneer Home) and the Smith Cottages (Home for Friendless Girls). The German Pioneer Home was demolished to make room for Oakland High School.
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C 1915
Cheney Photo Adv. Co., photographers
Previously sold on eBay
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More on Home Club
- Dedication of Home Club – SF Call Mar 25, 1904
I couldn’t find much more on Ardsley Heights.
Updated Jan 19, 2020