A Bit of History of the Lion Statues at the Oakland Zoo.
Fountain of Serenity
Fountain of Serenity and the Latham Mansion.
Edenvale – The Talbot Estate
In 1888, Frederick C. Talbot of the San Francisco lumber firm of Pope & Talbot purchased 133- acres from Ellis A. Haines in Elmhurst near San Leandro and adjacent to the Souhter Farm ( now the Dunsmuir Home) for $15,000. This is now the home of Knowland Park and the Oakland Zoo.
A Forgotten Tunnel…
In 1961 the Peralta Villa, a 20-year-old WWII housing unit, was being demolished to make room for new low-rent apartments.While clearing the land, a workman discovered a concrete-lined tunnel long forgotten and never recorded on the city records.