Thomas Mahoney House

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

As I take a little break from my series on the schools in Oakland, I thought I would share this little bit of history with you.

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Thomas Mahoney House, 69 Eighth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca0013/>.

These photos have popped up many times over the years, and I didn’t give them much thought. They popped up again yesterday. I decided to look into them and see what I could find.

Both photos are online at the Library of Congress. Please note there is a typo in the LOC description. The address is 669 Eighth Street.

Thomas Mahoney House – LOC

I don’t know what became of the house after these photos were taken. I will let you know if I find out anything.

Early Pioneer

So, I started looking into Thomas Mahoney (sometimes spelled Mahony). Wow, I was amazed to find a Thomas Mahoney living at 669 Eight Street in 1871. In the 1880 census, he lived there with his wife and four children. I then located in an obituary from January 1900. In the obituary, I notice his daughter Laura’s married name is Bassett

!8718 Directory

Mahoney came to California in the 1850s. He mined for a while in Tuolumne County before retiring on his ranch in the Hills of Oakland. In 1863, he sold his ranch and moved to the home on Eighth Street next to St. John’s Episcopal. He was married in 1863 and raised four children in the home. His wife died in 1891, and he died in 1900.

His obituary

Oakland Tribune Jan 29, 1900

Thomas Mahoney, a well-known pioneer of this city, died at his home at 660
Eighth Street, last evening, in the 71st year of his age.

The deceased was a native of Ireland and came to this State many years ago, where he engaged in ranching. He owned a large quantity of land to the north of the present city limits, from which the sites now comprising Mountain View, St. Mary’s, and the Jewish Cemeteries were purposed by the managers of those several burial places.

The deceased was a widower, his wife having died several years ago. He was the father of Mrs. Laura J. Bassett, Louise H., Emma E., and George Mahoney.

The funeral services will be held next Wednesday in St. John’s Episcopal
Church. The interment will take place in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Family members continued to live in the home until around 1913.

St. Mary’s Cemetery

In 1863, Archbishop Alemany purchased 36 acres of land known as the ” Mahoney Ranch” from Thomas Mahoney. The land is now called St. Mary’s Cemetery, next to Mountain View Cemetery. Thomas Mahoney was buried there in 1900.

Find A Grave – St. Mary’s Cemetery – Thomas Mahoney

Past and Present of Alameda County, California
Book by Joseph Eugene Baker

History of St. Mary’s – Oakland May 22, 1952
St. Mary Cemetery – website

Laura Mahoney Bassett was well known for her reminiscences in the Sunday Knave in the Oakland Tribune. She was the oldest daughter of Thomas Mahoney, and she was born in Oakland in 1866, where she lived most of her 80 years. She died in 1950.

Some of her “reminiscences” in the Sunday Knave.

Go here to read the clip: Oakland Tribune.

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OPD – First Black Women Recruit

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

In 1970 Saundra Brown was the first black woman accepted for the Oakland Police Department’s Recruits Academy.

“I’m kind of optimistic”

Saundra Brown December 1970

Born and raised in Oakland. She felt she knew the problems of the young here. She said, “in a city like Oakland, with its Black Panthers and militant groups, there is a special need for minority police officers.” She worked with teens during her college days.

Saundra graduated from Fresno College with a degree in sociology. She always had her eyes set on working with juveniles and looked into law enforcement as a possible field. She applied to OPD immediately after her June 1969 graduation. No opening existed.

She was working as a claims adjuster when she heard that OPD was looking for a “black policewomen.”

Police Academy

**Saundra Brown, the first black woman on the Oakland police force**

At that time, a MALE recruit needed only a high school diploma or a score of 262 on a GED course. WOMEN must have a four-year college degree or four years of experience in law enforcement. She had that.

She attended the same 15 weeks of Police Academy as the 22 males in her class. She was expected to compete with the males.

She took courses in criminal law and report writing, first aid traffic investigation, and the Oakland penal code. There were also defensive tactics, involving strenuous activities such as calisthenics, some judo, and a little karate.

“Oh, I did alright I guess” she laughed. I can throw the biggest guy in the class.“

Saundra Brown – December 17, 1970

During the course, she learned for the first time in her life, to handle firearms.

“I used to be scared of guns,” she laughed,. “but now I feel safer with a gun in possession because I know how to use it”

Oakland Tribune Dec 14, 1970

Graduation

On December 18, 1970, she accepted her star and adulations from Police Chief Charles Gain as the only woman in the police academy of 24.

She finished at the top of her class. She hoped to be assigned to the juvenile division. However, Chief Gain had other ideas.

As the only minority-group policewoman, to handle firearms, he joined a slightly more signere were 710 men on the force, only seven women.

At that time, women were not allowed to compete with men for advancement. Fascinated with the legal issues she encountered as a policewoman, Saundra decided to attend law school while continuing to serve her hometown of Oakland as a police officer until 1977.

She served with OPD from 1970-77

Life after the OPD

She then received a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1977.

She was a judicial extern at the California Court of Appeals in 1977 and a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California, from 1978 to 1979 and 1980 to 1982. From 1979 to 1980, she was a senior consultant to the California Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.

She was a trial attorney of the United States Department of Justice Public Integrity Section from 1982 to 1983. She then served as a Commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission from 1983 to 1986 and the United States Parole Commission from 1986 to 1989.

She was a Judge on the Alameda Superior Court, California, from 1989 to 1991.

**Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong official portrait art by Scott Johnston, oil on linen, 38×27-inches, collection of the United States District Court of Northern California, Oakland**

On April 25, 1991, Armstrong was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by William Austin Ingram. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 14, 1991, and received her commission on June 18, 1991.

She earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from the Pacific School of Religion in 2012, and she assumed senior status on March 23, 2012

https://blackthen.com/the-real-cleopatra-jones-saundra-brown-1970-look-at-her-now/

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Fire in the Hills – 1943

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

In December 1943, there were winds up to 75 MPH and many fires in the hills and the East Bay. There were at least 10 brush and grass fires reported all over Northern California.

The smell of burning eucalyptus hung over the city for hours

Oakland Tribune Dec 09, 19443

The fire in the Oakland hills started near Broadway Terrace and Skyline, in the area above the Broadway Tunnel (Caldecott Tunnel). There also was a fire on Snake Road.

The fire started just after midnight and burned for about 3 hours. The fire was most likely started by down wires knocked down by gale-force winds. There were over 30 fires reported all over Oakland.

Wind and Fires Wreck Havoc

Fire destroyed the garbage facility at the end of Davis Street
Fire on Mt. Diablo
50 Boats smashed in Monterey
Tilden Park Fire
1800 Acres burned in Concord
Napa County Swept by Fire

Gale Winds and Fire – Oakland Tribune Dec 09, 1943
Fire Sweeps Wide Area – Oakland Tribune Dec 09, 1943

Leona Canyon Fire – Oct 1960

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

On Saturday, October 15, 1960, a brush fire started in the area of Mountain Blvd and Burckhalter Avenue.

The fire bore a striking resemblance to the disastrous 1923 Berkeley fire, which swept from the hills, destroyed 600 buildings, and leaving 4000 homeless.

The fire started at 11am and was under control by 2:30 pm and officially out by 4pm.

More than 200 firemen from the Oakland and San Leandro fought the fire for over four hours with the help of the residents who lived in the area. At times the fire came within feet of homes and rained sparks on their roofs. The damage was held to the loss of two houses, brush and oak trees.

From noon until 2pm the battle was a see-saw affair

Oakland Tribune October 16, 1960

Weekend Warriors

For the residents, it was a battle to the death. They stood of roofs and garages pointing hoses with little pressure behind them at the walls of flame, which roared through the brush and oak trees.

In the hills above, Leona Street flames roared 50 feet into the air and came within that distance of homes. At one point, police advised people to advise the residents on Leona Street, Mountain Blvd, and Mountain View Avenue to evacuate.

Cause Unknown

The cause of the fire was unknown. It ranged over an estimated 1200 acres after it starts near Mountain Blvd and Burckhalter Avenue. It’s course along Mountain Blvd northwesterly to Bermuda Avenue and up the hill towards Skyline Blvd.

There were unconfirmed reports of two boys playing with matches in the quarry area just before the fire started.

At the time, the winds gusted 45 mile-per-hour, which spread the fire across Mountain Blvd. but quick work by firemen and homeowners stopped the fire from spreading in that direction.

More than 100 homes were endangered during the day. Most were in the $30,000 bracket.

The Homes

6384 Mountain Blvd – destroyed
6434 Mountain Blvd – destroyed

The home at 6434 Mountain Blvd belonged to William Crecque, and 6384 Mountain Blvd belonged to Charles Suggs.

Gale Whipped Flames – Oakland Tribune October 16, 1960
Hundreds Battle Huge Fire – Oakland Tribune October 16, 1960
Brush Fire Races Over Oakland Hills – Oakland Tribune October 16, 1960
2 Mile Fire Races over Oakland Hills – SF Examiner October 16, 1960
Homes Razed – SF Examiner October 16, 1960
Fire Ravages Oakland Hills – San Bernardino County October 16, 1960
History of Fires in the Oakland Hills – Oakland Net

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Backyard Fence War

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

In June 1965, the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) began a “Beautification Program.”

Under the housing authority’s plan, fenced-in yards were to be removed and replaced with turfed areas in the following projects:

According to the tenants of the Peralta Villa housing projects in West Oakland, they first heard about the program when the group of boys from the Alameda County Central Labor Council (funded by a grant from the War on Poverty) started demolishing the backyard fences and flower gardens.

The fences were removed, Housing Authority officials say, as the first step in a program of “beautification”

The tenants were irate because some had paid the OHA for the fences and planted their gardens. No advance notice was given – the workers just started tearing everything up.

They Organize

The War on Poverty ran into a major obstacle this week – the War on Poverty”

Oakland Tribune June 30, 1965
Oakland Tribune June 30, 1965

As a part of the War on Poverty, a work-study program was funded to provide the salaries of University of California students to work with the tenants.

The students worked with the residents of Lockwood Gardens to help them develop a sense of community identity and to learn how to help themselves.

These students encouraged the tenants to form the Lockwood Improvement League.

The War on Poverty funded the program, the same people supporting the “Beautification Program” and removing their fences.

The tenants of Peralta Villas met at Cole School and formed the Peralta Improvement League. Thirty tenants volunteered to create their own “human fence” They wrote up a list of demands and began their fight to save their gardens.

Stop tearing down the remaining fences.
Rebuild the fences already taken down
Reimburse the tenants whose private property was destroyed
Consult the tenants first before doing any further work

The labor for the “Beautification Program” was provided by the Alameda County Labor Council through a grant from the War of Poverty.

Lockwood Gardens

On June 25, 1965, the OHA decided to “beautify” the projects. They started with Lockwood Gardens.

The people of Lockwood Gardens newfound sense of community identity was outraged.

Each thirty-plus units in Lockwood Gardens had a yard, and most had fences. Some had lawns, and some had shrubs and flowers.

The enclosed yards gave the tenants a sense of individuality, security, and pride.

All backyard fences would come out; the lawns, shrubs, and flowers would be dug out. A common turf area without fences would replace private yards.

They had been using my yard as adverstiment for years.”

Jim Sorenson 1137 65th Ave – Oakland Tribune
Jim Sorenson 1137 65th Ave – Oakland Tribune

They were also upset by the lack of warning. They got 200 signatures in favor of keeping the fences.

The Lockwood Gardens tenants were all for beautification but not at the expense of their backyards. One tenant was upset because he had just rebuilt his fence. Not all the tenants of the tenants took care of yards or kept their fences in repair. But they felt the OHA could work it out with those tenants.

The Protests

Beautiful Backyard – July 1965 San Francisco News-Call Bulletin newspaper photograph archive

The tenants of both Peralta Villa and Lockwood Gardens protested and managed to halt or limit the work that could be done at either of the projects.

The OHA laid out a new backyard fence policy.

“Residents must keep their backyards neat and in repair; no new fences could be installed; no satisfactory fence will be torn down now, but eventual elimination of all fenced areas can be expected.”

In August of 1965, the OHA board voted to poll each family of Campbell Village, Lockwood Gardens, and Peralta Villa if they want a fence. Everyone was to be asked, even those who lived on the 2nd floor. There was a total of 916 total units in the three projects.

The tenants were given two choices in the questions asked :

“It appears to be a lower-the-cost- maintenance program”

The Pro-Fence group leader

In July 1966, one tenant reported that all the fences had been removed, and the place looked like a dump. The lawn was dead in most areas as it wasn’t being watered.

More Info

Program Stumbles on Its Own Results – Oakland Tribune June 30, 1965
Battle of Backyard Fences on New Front – Oakland Tribune July 02, 1965
Battle of Backyard Fences – Pg 2 – Oakland Tribune July 02, 1965
Peralta Villa Folk in Fence Victory – Oakland Tribune July 04, 1965
Back Fence War Halts in Standoff – Oakland Tribune July 12, 1965
Back Fence War Halts in Standoff Pg. 2 – Oakland Tribune July 12, 1965
New Tactics Ease Backyard Fence War – Oakland Tribune July 13, 1965
Anti-Poverty War Needs Tighter Control – Oakland Tribune Aug 01, 1965
Pro-Fence Forces Get Poll on the Issue – Oakland Tribune Aug 10, 1965
Battle of the Backyard Fences Pg 1 – Oakland Tribune Sep 01, 1965
Battle of the Backyard Fences Pg 2 – Oakland Tribune Sep 01, 1965
Beautification Fencing Match – Oakland Tribune July 13, 1966

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First Framed House in Oakland

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

“Oakland in the days when oaks were here,and the Peralta’s owned all the land.”
Oakland Tribune Feb 1891

The house was located at N. E. corner east Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue, East Oakland.

The city directories list the addres as 404 East Eight Street. It was known in the early years as 202 Jefferson Street.

From the 1873 directory

From the 1884 directory

From the 1912 Directory

In Search of Gold

The lure of the gold drew Moses Chase and his son George to California in 1849. They sailed from Boston aboard the Capitol on a 176-day voyage.

Chase then became the first white man to settle in Oakland, and he first camped at the foot of what is now Broadway in 1849.

“Moses Chase was Oakland’s first authentic American settler”

Oakland Tribune May 1, 1932

After the search for gold did not pan out Chase leased land from the Peralta Family just east of what is now Lake Merritt. The area later became part of the Township of Clinton, later a part of Oakland.

The Cabin

He built a small cabin 14 feet wide and 24 feet from ship timbers, driftwood, and rough boards on this land. He intended to bring his new bride Mary Ellen Clinton back to California from Boston and live in the cabin. But she died before he arrived back home to marry her. Clinton Park was suposebly named in her honor.

In 1856 the front part was added. This would become the main section of the house. Over the years, other alternations and additions expanded the cabin into a two-story building of 17 rooms during its 86-year occupancy by Chase, his son, and his grandson.

The original section, after standing intact until 1936 when it was cut in half and became the laundry room.

Bancroft Library – Jesse Brown Cooke Scrapbook
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7k40107n
BANC PIC 1996.003:Volume 27:089–fALB
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As you see in the photograph, the house is in first-class condition today, October 5, 1928. The photo was taken by Jesse B. Cook and Joseph A. Murray.

Bancroft Library – Jesse Brown Cooke Scrapbook -ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3f59p0hs
BANC PIC 1996.003:Volume 27:090

See: While Oakland was Finding its Place on the Map of the World – Oakland Tribune May 01, 1932

First Settler Laid to Rest

The Oldest Inhabitant has Gone to Rest

Chase spent the later years of his life a near recluse on Bay Farm Island, but he died in the family home on February 17, 1891, at the age of 84. He was laid to rest at the Mountain View Cemetery.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19073809/moses-chas

A Wedding Takes Place

In May of 1925, Albert B. Chase was married in the same room he was born 45 years before. Albert was the son of George Chase (1841-1919), the only child of Moses Chase.

At the time of his wedding, Albert was the only surviving member of the Chase family. His older brother died in 1924, and his sister in 1925.

**Old Oakland Scene of a Marriage – Oakland Tribune May 2, 1925**

Oakland 80th Birthday

In honor of Oakland’s 80th Birthday in May of 1932, the Clinton Improvement Association erected a sign on the home, noting its historical significance. Oakland Tribune Apr 07, 1932

Razing the Old Home

Through three generations, the old home continued at the family residence until, in 1936, Albert died. Albert’s widow sold the house to Guido Pacini, a trucking contractor. Pacini graded the adjacent lot for his trucking business. The old home was completely renovated and was used as a residence for Picini’s daughter and her husband.

In 1946 workman from the Symon Brothers Wrecking Company started demolishing the “old Chase home,” a small rear portion of which was the original cabin that Chase built-in 1849.

Cook Brothers Equipment Distributors began a 10-year lease of the old homestead after clearing it. Oakland Tribune July 02, 1946

**Showing the 404 East 8th Street in 1951 – Sanborn Map**

More info:

Oakland Local Wiki – Moses Chase
Moses Chase and the First House in Oakland – Oakland Tribune June 27, 1927
While Oakland was Finding its Place on the Map of the World – Oakland Tribune May 1, 1932
Through the Golden Gate – Moses Chase –Oakland Tribune May 24, 1943
Oakland’s 100th Birthday – Tied to Chase – Oakland Tribune Nov 13, 1949

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1937 Fire – Upper Broadway Terrace

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

A brush and timber fire that destroyed at least four Oakland hill area homes and menaced at least 50 more burned in the area of Pine Needle Road and Upper Broadway Terrace and came close to the buildings of the new Broadway Low-Level tunnel (Caldicott Tunnel). This was on September 25, 1937.

The photo below was taken at the hight of the blaze, but before the fire jumped Tunnel Road.

Families Flee

Scores of families fled their homes in fear; others who sought to save the belongings were ordered out by fireman.

**Mrs. G.H. Cowles with Eunice and Hazel Cowles**
**of 6142 Pinewood Road**

**The W.R Powers Family lost their home at 6142 Ruthland Road.**

**Edith Thorpe 6, holds her pet Rhode Island Red Hen**

Burned Area

The fire started close to the home of Police inspector Jesse Jackson at 6019 Pinewood Road at around 3 pm on September 25, 1937. During the first six hours, the fire had burned across the western edge of the Pinehaven district up Broadway Terrace to a point just below Skyline Blvd. and back down another canyon to the west.

The fire chief estimated the fire burned over 9 square miles of rolling hill county.

Hose lines Burned

Several hundred feet of hose laid across brushy areas to link the pumps to the fire area were destroyed by flames. Lack of water was a problem, they had used up all the water in reservoirs in the immediate area.

Eyewitness Accounts

C.F. Humphrey – 13025 Broadway Terrace

Mrs. Marguerite Risley – 6493 Farralone Way

Homes Lost or Damaged

15030 Broadway Terrace – Ted Gould – gone
16060 Broadway Terrace – S. Albright – damaged
17014 Broadway Terrace – Ed Pohley – damaged
17044 Broadway Terrace – S. Sund – damaged
17050 Broadway Terrace – S.C. Purser – damaged
6539 Gwin Road – V. Sagues -damaged
6142 Pinewood Road – G. H. Cowles – damaged
6142 Ruthland – W.R. Powers – gone

Fire Started –

The fire started when a “backyard bonfire” got out of control.

1929 Fire

There was a fire in November of 1929 in just about the same area. Some of the same homes were damaged then. The W.R. Powers home was saved in 1929 only to burn down in 1937.

1933 Fire

There was a fire in 1933 with the loss of one home at 7135 Pinehaven Road.

1930 Directory

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Open for Inspection Today – 1939

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

Updated October 2022

A tour of six modern furnished homes was opened for inspection on Sunday, August 13, 1939. The houses were in Berkeley, Moraga, and Oakland. I will highlight the two places from Oakland.

Lincoln Highlands

Harmony Home
2700 Alida Street
1939
$6750 up
Lincoln Highlands
Irwin M. Johnson – architect
W.H. Wisheropp – owner and builder
H.G. Markham – realtor

Harmony Home was one of several homes constructed in Lincoln Highlands in 1939. It is located on Alida Street at the top of Coolidge Avenue.

The compact plan included a large living room, a dining room, a kitchen with a breakfast nook, a tile bath with three bedrooms, and an informal den with access to a double garage.

In less than a month, over 12,000 had toured Harmony Home.

Sheffield Village

Hampstead House
1939
Sheffield Village
Theodore Thompson – architect
E.B. Fields – developer

Sheffield Village is located above Hwy 580 at Dutton Avenue.

I couldn’t locate the actual “Hampstead House.”

Hampstead House

Before the opening of Hempstead House in Sheffield Village, the H.C Capwell’s Company created a full-scale floor plan model wholly furnished in the furniture department on the fourth floor of their downtown store.

Alden Farm

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

Official and historical atlas map of Alameda County, California. Compiled, drawn, and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson & West. Oakland, Cala. 1878.
**Res. & farm of P.A. Finigan, Brooklyn Tp.**

The Alden Farm (Alder Farm) once stood on the land where Holy Names University is located today.

In 1874 Charles Low owned the property. A barn was located where Tobin Halls and the university’s gymnasium are today. He built a house for his family on the site where Brennan Hall stands today. You can see a map of the campus here.

In 1877 Peter A. Finigan (Finnegan) purchased the property from Low and built a second house near where Cushing Library is today.

**Oakland Heritage Alliance Newsletter Vol 31 No 1 Spring 2011**

In 1884 Thomas Magee of Thomas Magee & Sons Real Estate Firm purchased the farm. I bet Magee Avenue was named after him.

Magee added a second story to the house that Finigan built.

During the early years, the Magee would spend winter at their home in San Francisco and summer on Alden Farm. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, they made their home permanently at Alden Farm.

Alden Farm was considered one of the premier showplaces in Oakland. Many social events and weddings were held there over the years.

Many Fires

Fire Destroys Alden Farm

Holy Names University

Deaths of the Magee’s

Mrs. Magee dies at Alden Farm – Oakland Tribune Jan 1950
Mr. Magee dies at Alden Farm – SF Examiner May 1950

More Info

Oakland Heritage Alliance Newsletter – Vol.31, No.1- Spring 2011
Mrs. Magee dies at Alden Farm – Oakland Tribune Jan 05, 1950
W.A. Magee Rites Held – Oakland Tribune May 14, 1950
Holy Names University – Flickr – Campus Construction 1957

Oakland and Surroundings – Then and Now

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Dorothy Londagin

A few of the illustrations from the 1885 Oakland and Surrounding compared to modern-day or an earlier date.

Nichol Block

The Nichol Block was built in 1878 and is now a part of “Old Oakland.” It is located at the northeast corner of 9th Street and Washington.

Northeast corner of 9th and Washington Streets. Arlington Hotel in circa 1937
Downtown Property Owner’s Association.
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room.

Galindo Hotel

Built 1877
8th and Franklin
B. Wright Proprietor
J.C. Matthews & Sons Architects
1972 Destroyed by fire

Galindo Hotel
Date after 1933
Historic American Building Survey
Survey No HABS CA-1898

Cole School

Built circa 1885 to circa 1923
10th Street between Union and Poplar
Named for Rector E. Cole
Jack London attended the school

Front doors of the Cole School building
with several children standing on the sidewalk.
Date 1908
Huntington Library Jack London Collection

Pacific Press Publishing House

Under the direction of James White, the leader of the Seventh Day Adventists, the Pacific Press building was erected in 1875 as a publishing and printing firm. It was destroyed by fire in 1977, arson was suspected. The building was in the way of the Grove -Shafter Freeway (980).

Pacific Press Building
Circa 1975
Images from the Ellen G. White estate http://ellenwhite.org/

Pacific Press Building
Circa 1977
Images from the Ellen G. White estate http://ellenwhite.org/

More Info:

Old Oakland – Oakland Local Wiki
Pacific Press Application for Landmark Status – National Park Service

Early Pioneer

St. Mary’s Cemetery

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Police Academy

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Life after the OPD

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Wind and Fires Wreck Havoc

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Weekend Warriors

Cause Unknown

The Homes

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They Organize

Lockwood Gardens

The Protests

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In Search of Gold

The Cabin

First Settler Laid to Rest

A Wedding Takes Place

Oakland 80th Birthday

Razing the Old Home

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Families Flee

Burned Area

Hose lines Burned

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Homes Lost or Damaged

Fire Started –

1929 Fire

1933 Fire

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Lincoln Highlands

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Holy Names University

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