City of San Leandro
Historical Resources Survey & Historic Preservation Ordinance
October 2003 Volume II of II – Historical Resources Survey & Documentation Appendix D
Appendix D
San Leandro Neighborhood History Forms
The San Leandro Neighborhood History Forms provide an historical overview for various neighborhoods throughout the City. The boundaries for each neighborhood was chosen based on the Community Design Profile Areas delineated in the existing conditions report prepared in advance of the City of San Leandro 2000 General Plan update. The Community Design Profile Area Map is included as part of this Appendix.
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Bounded by Dolores Avenue to the north, the 580 Freeway to the east, 136th Avenue to the south, and Bancroft Avenue to the west, the Bancroft neighborhood contains a good amount of historic housing types primarily constructed between 1880s and 1960.
The Bancroft neighborhood is comprised of approximately twenty-two (22) subdivisions that were originally filed between January 1876 and approximately 1955. The subdivisions are: Estudillo Tract (Filed January 1876), Thurston’s Addition (filed December 1894), Rancho San Leandro Block B (filed February 1905), Marie Toler’s Subdivision (filed August 1907), Estudillo Tract Blocks 32 and 33 (filed January 1907), Graff’s Tract (filed March 1909), Del Monte Terrace (filed June 1926), Coleman Subdivision (filed January 1927), Estudillo Tract Block 30 (filed November 1939), Tract 572 (filed March 1940), Tract 672 (filed November 1943 and developed by A.T. Beckett; Fred J. Federighi, who later formed the Eden Development Company), Tract 673 (filed November 1943 and developed by F.W. & Gladys Valley; W.G. & Eileen May Lincoln), Tract 700 (filed May 1945 and developed by J.B. Porter), Tract 702 (filed August 1945 and developed by F.W. Valley & W.G. Lincoln (a co-partnership), who later created Ashland Homes, Incorporated), Tract 775 (filed June 1946), Tract 826 (filed February 1947 and developed by F.W. Valley & W.G. Lincoln (a co-partnership), Tract 881 (filed March 1949 and developed by F.W. Valley & W.G. Lincoln (a co-partnership), and Tract ---- (filed --), Tract ---- (filed --), Tract ---- (filed --), and lastly Tract ---- (filed --).
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San Leandro High School, Bancroft Middle School, the Assumption School, the Temple Beth Sholom, and the First United Methodist Church are within the boundaries of the Bancroft neighborhood.
The Bancroft neighborhood exhibits housing types from various periods of American suburbanization and the individual residential subdivision developments within are intact examples that represent various decades of architecture and neighborhood planning methodologies employed in the first half of the twentieth century.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Bancroft neighborhood include • Residential and Commercially zoned sections,
• A traditional grid street pattern modified in certain sections,
• Narrow lots with a standard setback,
• One-and-two story single-family residences,
• Attached and detached garages configurations based on house construction dates, • Multiple-family apartment buildings constructed after 1950, and • Architectural elements from the Italianate Victorian, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Spanish Eclectic, Minimal Traditional, and Modern Contemporary styles.
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Bancroft Neighborhood
Craftsman
Identifying Features:
• Low pitched gabled roof
• Full or partial-width porch
• Mix of contrasting building
materials including stone, brick,
stucco, and wood
• Exterior stickwork details in gables and porches, and false beams,
exposed rafter tails, and knee
braces
Colonial Revival
Identifying Features:
• Symmetrical facade
• Varying roof types
• Decorative cornice treatment
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Bancroft Neighborhood
Minimal Traditional
Identifying Features:
• Moderately pitched
hipped or gabled roof,
• Simplified façade
utilizing minimal
materials,
• Less decorative
embellishments
• Attached single-car
garage
Spanish Eclectic
Identifying Features:
• Low pitched with little to no eave overhang, or
flat roof
• Prominent arches above doors or principal
windows,
• Stucco wall surfaces, and tile roofing
• Asymmetrical facade
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BEST MANOR
Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area
Bounded by the north side of Belleview Drive to the north, Washington Avenue to the east, San Leandro Creek to the south, and San Leandro Boulevard to the west, the Best Manor neighborhood features an eclectic mix of single and multiple-family residences primarily constructed between 1920 and 1945.
Named after the Best Manor subdivision filed by noted San Leandro industrialist Daniel Best in 1926, the Best Manor neighborhood is comprised of twelve (12) subdivisions that were originally filed between March 1909 and January 1941. Of the twelve maps filed between those years, two (2) reflect a reconfiguration of earlier subdivision maps. The
subdivisions of the Best Manor neighborhood are: Stoakes (filed March 1909); San Antonio Court (filed August 1913); Sunnyside (filed 1920); Del Orta (filed February 1925); Best Manor (filed March 1926); Best Manor resubdivision of Lots 1-29 (filed March 1926); Belleview Gardens (filed May 1926); La Chateauhurst (filed September 1926); resubdivision of a portion of La Chateauhurst (filed September 1926); Tract 580 (filed May 1940); Tract 592 (filed September 1940); and lastly, Tract 601 (filed January 1941).
A review of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for the Best Manor neighborhood reveals that by June 1928 the neighborhood had been improved with 174 detached single-family homes, ten (10) buildings for office, commercial or low-industrial use, four single-story duplex buildings each containing two units divided by a party wall, and one (1) apartment building containing two units. The majority of these units were contained within the
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Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area
three subdivisions starting at the San Leandro Creek, the southern boundary of the neighborhood, and continuing north to the northern neighborhood boundary. These three subdivisions are: the San Antonio Court subdivision (38 detached single-family homes, 3 duplex buildings, 1 office building, 1 auto service and sales building, and 1 gas station); the Del Orta subdivision (27 detached single-family homes, 1 duplex building, 2 commercial buildings used as grocery markets and a restaurant, 1 auto sales building, and 1 building used as a machine shop for aircraft parts); and lastly, the Best Manor subdivision (54 detached single-family homes, 1 building divided into three units for general commercial use, and 1 historic building utilized as the Alta Mira Woman’s Clubhouse).
The Best Manor neighborhood is an area that developed primarily around the automobile. By 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps illustrate that the neighborhood had been built-out almost entirely with the areas zoned for residential use featuring one detached single family home per lot interspersed with a few multiple-family dwellings in the form of duplexes or apartment buildings, and the commercially zoned East 14th Street featuring a range of office, commercial, and low-industrial uses.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Best Manor neighborhood include: • The historically zoned commercial strip fronting the west side of East 14th Street, • Narrow lots with a standard setback,
• One-and-two story single-family residences,
• Detached garages set back to the rear,
• A traditional grid street pattern modified in certain sections, and • Architectural elements from the Period Revival, Spanish Eclectic, and Modern Minimal Traditional styles.
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Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Best Manor Neighborhood
Tudor Revival Style
Identifying Features:
• Side or cross gabled steeply pitched
roof,
• Decorative half-timbering,
• Tall windows corresponding to roof
height,
• Variety of exterior building materials
including stucco, wood, stone, and
brick
Commercial Automobile Strip Architecture
Identifying Features:
• Automobile oriented uses with
buildings incorporating large sections
of glass, metals, and neon signage.
• Auto strip architecture was meant to
attract drivers as they sped along the
strip through large signage and distinct
building shapes and styles.
Minimal Traditional Style
Identifying Features:
• Moderately pitched hipped or gabled
roof,
• Simplified façade utilizing minimal
materials,
• Less decorative embellishments
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Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area
Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Best Manor Neighborhood
Spanish Eclectic Style
Identifying Features:
• Varying roof types including low
pitched hipped, side, and cross gabled,
or flat with low parapet wall,
• Little to no eave overhang,
• Arches above principal doors and
windows,
1930s & 1940s Split Level Homes
Identifying Features:
• Horizontal lines,
• Low- pitched roof,
• Varying degree of eave overhang,
• A two-story unit intercepted at mid
height by a one-story wing.
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BONAIRE
Bounded by Cedar Avenue to the north, Corvallis and Acacia Streets to the east, Boxwood Avenue to the south, and Merced Street to the west, the Bonaire neighborhood is a single-family residential neighborhood that was developed in the early 1950s.
Bonaire is comprised of five residential subdivisions all filed and developed by the Capital Company, a real estate and land development company. These subdivisions are: Tract 1113 (filed May 1952); Tract 1209 (filed September 1952); Tract 1231 (filed March 1953); Tract 1232 (filed May 1953); and lastly, Tract 1234 (filed June 1953).
The wide scale development of suburban districts by a single homebuilder is indicative of the substantial post-war housing boom that sparked the development of the modern suburb. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) codified the principles of planning and constructing small houses and neighborhoods through the Federal Housing Acts of 1934 and 1949 and other legislation that extended housing benefits to veterans. Neighborhoods such as Bonaire were developed based on minimum standards set forth by the FHA in order to ensure mortgage loan funding for the potential homebuyers. The combination of low-cost, long-term financing and lowering of construction costs through comprehensive residential development projects brought suburban home ownership to a majority of Americans.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Bonaire neighborhood include: • Wide lots with a standard setback,
• Single-story, single-family residences,
• Attached two-car garages,
• Elongated block patterns,
• Wide streets to accommodate parking on both sides, and
• Minimal Traditional and Ranch style homes.
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Bonaire Neighborhood
The three residences shown above are examples of transitional Minimal Traditional and California Ranch style homes. The Minimal Traditional architectural style features moderately pitched hipped or gabled rooflines, simplified facades utilizing minimal materials, and less decorative embellishments. The California Ranch architectural style is derived from Minimal Traditional design with an elongated rambling floor plan, attached garage, and minimal use of materials and façade embellishments.
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BROADMOOR
Bounded by Durant Avenue to the north, MacArthur Boulevard to the east, Dutton Avenue to the south, and East 14th Street to the west, the Broadmoor neighborhood primarily contains single-family residences constructed between approximately 1908 and 1939.
The Broadmoor neighborhood developed out of the first Broadmoor subdivision that was originally recorded in 1908, and is comprised of approximately twelve (12) residential subdivisions filed between 1908 and the 1940s. The subdivisions of the Broadmoor neighborhood are: Jane Dutton map (filed August 1889); Orange Grove Tract (filed March 1907); Broadmoor (filed 1908); Broadmoor Addition (filed July 1911); Dutton Manor (filed January 1912); Dutton Manor Addition (filed July 1912); Dowling Place (filed October 1912); Moorlands subdivision (filed June 1925); Cherry City subdivision (filed January 1926); Le Bon Park (filed May 1926); Le Bon Park Unit 2 (filed September 1926); and, Tract 608 (filed February 1941).
The neighborhood is an example of a streetcar suburb that developed along a trolley line. Historically, streetcars ran along East 14th Street, the neighborhoods western border, and through Bancroft Avenue, a main thoroughfare that bisects the neighborhood, where it stopped at Victoria Circle. A form of Victoria Circle is present today and the small business district that developed around the streetcar stop is still in use.
Character Defining Features
The Broadmoor neighborhood features of the Broadmoor include:
• Primarily single-family homes,
• One to two-story residences,
• California Bungalows located throughout,
• Victoria Circle, a historic streetcar stop,
• Victoria Circle business district,
• A business district located at the intersection of Bancroft Avenue & Dutton Street, • Narrow streets designed in an irregular street pattern,
• Extra large lots,
• Architectural styles including Craftsman, Spanish Eclectic, & Modern Commercial.
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Broadmoor Neighborhood Craftsman
Identifying features:
• Low pitched gabled roof
• Full or partial-width porch
• Mix of contrasting building materials
including stone, brick, stucco, and
wood
• Exterior stickwork details in gables
and porches, false beams, exposed
rafter tails, and knee braces
Spanish Eclectic
Identifying Features:
• Low pitched with little to no eave
overhang, or flat roof
• Prominent arches above principal
doors or windows
• Stucco wall surfaces, and tile roofing
• Asymmetrical facade
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DAVIS EAST
Davis East is roughly bounded by San Leandro Creek to the north, Alvarado Street to the east, Marina Boulevard to the south, and the Nimitz Freeway (880) to the west. Similar to the neighboring Davis West, Davis East is divided geographically by Davis Street, a thoroughfare that spans across the city on an east-west axis.
The Davis East neighborhood contains three residential subdivision developments from the late nineteenth century. These are Dabner’s Addition (filed May 1871), Durnan’s Addition (filed December 1870), and the Smith Tract (filed July 1889). Additionally, twelve (12) residential developments were filed in the Davis East neighborhood during the 1940s, with thirteen (13) filed in the 1950s.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Davis East neighborhood include: • Narrow lots with a standard setback,
• One-to-two story single-family residences, and
• Architectural elements from the Vernacular, Folk, Victorian, and Minimal Traditional styles.
Folk Style
Minimal Traditional
Vernacular Victorian Cottage
Vernacular Tankhouse
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DAVIS WEST
Roughly bounded by the north side of Tudor Road to the north, the 880 Freeway to the east, the south side of Charlotte Avenue to the south, and the Southern Pacific Railroad lines to the west, the Davis West neighborhood is comprised of four (4) residential subdivisions that were originally filed between February 1944 and approximately 1950.
The subdivisions of the Davis West neighborhood are: Tract 677 (filed February 1944 and developed by the Sterling Homes Company); Tract 680 (filed February 1944); Tract 777 (filed October 1946 and developed by the Sterling Homes Company); and lastly, Tract --- (filed --). Davis West is divided horizontally by Davis Street, a major thoroughfare that spans east/west through the center of the neighborhood. A commercial retail zone is located in the Davis West neighborhood at the intersection of the Nimitz
Freeway (880) and Davis Street.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Davis West neighborhood include: • Slightly curvilinear streets,
• Standard building setback line,
• Single-story residential buildings,
• Single-family homes and duplexes, and
• Minimal Traditional and Ranch Style Architecture.
The residences shown above are examples of transitional Minimal Traditional and California Ranch style homes. The Minimal Traditional architectural style features moderately pitched hipped or gabled rooflines, simplified facades utilizing minimal
materials, and less decorative embellishments. The California Ranch architectural style is derived from Minimal Traditional design with an elongated rambling floor plan, attached garage, and minimal use of façade embellishments.
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DOWNTOWN
Bounded by San Leandro Creek to the north, Bancroft Avenue to the east, portions of Sybil Avenue and Castro Street to the south, and San Leandro Boulevard to the west, the Downtown neighborhood grew out of the original San Leandro town site, and contains some of the earliest subdivisions filed in San Leandro after the initial town was platted.
Downtown is comprised of thirty-eight (38) residential subdivisions that were originally recorded between 1856 (the original town site) and approximately 1958. The Downtown Core, or historic Downtown, generally includes the following early subdivisions: • San Leandro Town Site (Recorded 1856),
• Harlan’s Addition (Recorded 1866),
• Wick’s Addition (Recorded 1868),
• East San Leandro Subdivision (Recorded 1871), and
• Estudillo Tract (Recorded 1876).
Character-Defining Features
Downtown San Leandro is diverse in appearance and building types, and features a mix of residential, commercial, and low-industrial uses. Two historic transportation routes, East 14th Street and Washington Avenue, bisect the area into three sections, and overall
the present-day boundaries of Downtown mirror the city boundaries of San Leandro through approximately 1880-1890.
Residential streets featuring Victorian period, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Spanish Eclectic, and Minimal Traditional style homes border the modern commercial storefronts sited along East 14th Street and Washington Avenue, including Pelton Center, a historic open-air shopping plaza. Sited along Estudillo and West Estudillo Avenue are two landmark church buildings, St. Leander’s Catholic Church and the First Presbyterian Church.
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing Downtown San Leandro
Spanish Eclectic Builder Style Craftsman Bungalow
Craftsman Residence & Tankhouse Modern Commercial Queen Anne with Gothic Elements
Craftsman Bungalow Craftsman Bungalow
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First Presbyterian Church Pelton Center St. Leander’s Church
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EAST 14TH CORRIDOR
Originally known as Haywards Avenue and then County Road, East 14th Street, in its entirety, is a classic example of a historic transportation route that has evolved through time in order to accommodate changing transit modes, architectural styles, zoning laws, and development methods. The East 14th Corridor contains the properties that front and are immediately located beyond East 14th Street between Sybil Avenue and Castro Street to the north, 150th Avenue to the south. The portion of East 14th Street located north of the corridor is absorbed into the Downtown, Estudillo-Creekside, Broadmoor, Best Manor, and Farrelly Pond neighborhoods.
Character-Defining Features
In its current form, the East 14th Corridor exhibits commercial strip architecture and signage indicative of the automobile age. A variety of commercial style buildings, signage, and residential buildings converted to commercial uses are located throughout the corridor, many intended to attract the en-route consumer via exaggerated lettering, advertisements and bright colors.
Mixed-Use Commercial with
Mission Revival Elements
Historic Signage
Residential Buildings Constructed Prior to the
Establishment of a City Zoning Ordinance Streamline Moderne
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ESTUDILLO-CREEKSIDE
Bounded by Dutton Avenue to the north, MacArthur Boulevard to the east, the north side of Dolores Avenue and San Leandro Creek to the south, and the east side of Bancroft Avenue and the east side of East 14th Street to the west, the Estudillo-Creekside neighborhood primarily contains single-family residences originally constructed from the 1910s through the 1950s.
The first area settled in the Estudillo-Creekside neighborhood was the John L. Haas farm. Bounded by present-day Dutton Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the East, San Leandro Creek to the south, and East 14th Street to the west, John L. Haas purchased the land from Spanish land grant holder Ygnacio Peralta in 1856, and immediately began farming the property. The Haas residence was located at present-day 55 Haas Avenue.
The subdivisions filed inside the boundaries of the Estudillo-Creekside neighborhood were: a portion of the Estudillo Tract (filed January 1876); Meyers-Miller subdivision (filed November 1912); Dutton Orchard (April 1913); Cherry Acres (filed August 1919); College Park (filed November 1925); Ardmore (filed March 1926); Broadmoor Park (filed March 1926); Estudillo Estates (filed May 1926); Bancroft Gardens (filed March 1927); Whitton Manor (filed October 1927); Tract 519 (filed February 1937); Tract 531 (filed April 1938); Tract 533 (filed April 1938); Tract 540 (filed February 1940); Tract 602 (filed January 1941); Tract 610 (filed March 1941); Tract 695 (filed May 1944); Tract 1129 (filed June 1953); and, four additional tracts filed sometime after 1953.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Estudillo-Creekside neighborhood include: • Primarily single-family homes,
• One-and-two story residences,
• San Leandro Creek,
• Veteran’s Memorial Building and the Bancroft School,
• Narrow streets designed in a loose linear pattern,
• Architectural styles including Victorian, Italianate, Period Revival, Craftsman, Spanish Eclectic, & Contemporary.
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Estudillo-Creekside Neighborhood
Veteran’s Memorial Building Queen Anne Victorian
Colonial Revival
(American Foursquare)
Italianate
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FARRELLY POND
Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area
Bounded by the north side of Bristol Boulevard to the north, East 14th Street to the east, the south side of Garcia Avenue to the south, and to the west by the intersection of Park Street and West Broadmoor Boulevard and the west side of Dorchester Avenue, the Farrelly Pond neighborhood features a mix of single and multiple-family residences primarily constructed between 1930-1950.
Named after Robert S. Farrelly and C.P. and Josephine Pond, the Farrelly Pond neighborhood is comprised of eight (8) subdivisions that were originally filed between May of 1925 and September of 1943. These eight subdivisions are: Garcia Homestead (filed May 1925); Garcia Park (filed May 1926); West Broadmoor Extension (filed May 1926); Franklin Subdivision (filed December 1926); Tract 559 (filed February 1940 and developed by the Bandini Estate Company); Tract 596 (filed February 1941 and developed by the Sante Fe Land Improvement Company); Tract 630 (filed February 1942 and developed by the Sante Fe Land Improvement Company); and lastly, Farrelly Subdivision Tract 664 (filed September 1943 and developed by the Pond Homes Company).
Exhibiting a uniform street layout, standard setback lines of the homes from the street, and basic home floor plans, Farrelly Pond developed historically as a working class neighborhood with less emphasis on curvilinear street design, landscaping features, and
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Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area
architectural variations recommended in principles set forth by the Federal Housing Administration in the 1930s and 1940s.
The neighborhood and the individual subdivisions contained within are relatively intact and represent the California subdivision development boom periods of the 1920s prior to the Great Depression and the 1940s during (and after) World War II.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Farrelly Pond neighborhood include: • Primarily residential zoning with a commercial section on East 14th Street, • Narrow lots with a standard setback,
• Single-story single-family residences,
• One tract of multi-family residential duplexes,
• Detached garages set back to the rear,
• An elongated residential block and loose grid street pattern, and • Architectural elements from the Period Revival, Spanish Eclectic and Minimal Traditional styles.
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Within the Farrelly/Civic Center Community Design Profile Area
Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Farrelly Pond Neighborhood Minimal Traditional Style
Identifying Features:
• Moderately pitched hipped or gabled
roof,
• Simplified façade utilizing minimal
materials,
• Less decorative embellishments
• Attached garage
Tudor Revival
Identifying Features:
• Side or cross gabled steeply pitched roof,
• Decorative half-timbering,
• Tall windows corresponding to roof
height,
• Variety of exterior building materials
including stucco, wood, stone, and brick
Spanish Eclectic
Identifying Features:
• Varying roof types including low pitched
hipped, side, and cross gabled, or flat
with low parapet wall,
• Little to no eave overhang,
• Arches above principal doors and
windows
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MARINA FAIRE
Bounded by the south side of Fairway Drive to the north, a portion of Catalina Street and Doolittle Drive to the east, the flood control line to the south, and the Tony Lema Golf Course to the west, the Marina Faire neighborhood is comprised of single-family residences primarily constructed in the 1960s.
The Marina Faire neighborhood is comprised of eleven (11) subdivisions that were originally filed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Character-Defining Features
The Marina Faire neighborhood is an area that developed primarily around the automobile. The character-defining features of the Marina Faire neighborhood include:
• Wide lots with a standard setback,
• Wide curvilinear streets built to accommodate the automobile,
• Single-story, single-family residences,
• Double-car garages attached to the main residence with highly visible driveways, • Hardscaped yard elements and sidewalk planter sections,
• Modern Ranch style homes featuring rectangular or L-shaped floor plans, • Recessed front entrances that are de-emphasized by the large garages, and • Vernacular Contemporary Structures.
Ranch Style:
• Rambling L-Shaped floor plan,
• Minimal façade details, • Low pitched gabled roof • Attached garage
Vernacular Contemporary: • Constructed c.1960s • Modern/Contemporary design materials and
elements,
• Non-specific use conveyed through design
Ranch Style:
• Rambling L-Shaped floor plan,
• Minimal façade details, • Low pitched hipped roof, • Attached garage
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MULFORD GARDENS
Bounded by the south side of Williams Street to the north, Doolittle Drive and the west side of Menlo Street to the east, the north side of Fairway Drive to the south, and the Marina Golf Course and San Francisco Bay to the west, the Mulford Gardens neighborhood features an eclectic mix of single and multiple-family residences primarily constructed between 1927 and approximately 1958.
The Mulford Gardens neighborhood is comprised of eleven (11) subdivisions that were originally filed between February 1927 and approximately 1958 including: Mulford Gardens Unit 1 (filed February 1927); Mulford Gardens Addition (filed January 1928); Mulford Gardens Manor (filed May 1929); Tract 652 (filed March 1943); Tract 1070 (filed October 1950); Tract 1083 (filed January 1951); and, Tract 1091 (filed April 1951).
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Mulford Gardens neighborhood include: • Vernacular architectural elements from the Tudor, Colonial Revival, Cape Cod, Victorian, Folk, and Minimal Traditional styles, and
• Individually constructed homes rather than mass-produced residential developments.
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MULFORD GARDENS
Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Mulford Gardens Neighborhood
Folk
Identifying Features:
• Various floor plans including
massed, hall and parlor, “I,” and
square,
• Hipped or gabled roof types
• Less decorative embellishments
Vernacular Tudor
Identifying Features:
• Usually steeply pitched, cross
gabled roof,
• Decorative half-timbering,
• Various exterior siding materials
including wood, stone, brick, and
stucco
Victorian Cottage
Identifying Features:
• Folk Elements,
• Variety of dormer shapes
• Low pitched roof line,
• Victorian woodwork details on
front facade
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Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Mulford Gardens Neighborhood
Cape Cod
Identifying Features:
• Colonial Revival Elements
• Symmetrically balanced façade
• Two story, rectangular block with a
side gabled roof
• Usually wood siding in vernacular
examples
Vernacular Cottage
Identifying Features:
• Simple & efficient floor plan,
• Gabled roof of moderate pitch,
• Detached garage,
• Economical but attractive design
and building materials
Non-Residential
Contemporary Vernacular
• Constructed c.1960s,
• Modern/Contemporary design
elements and materials,
• Non-specific use conveyed through
design
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WASHINGTON MANOR
Roughly bounded by the Nimitz Freeway (880) and Washington Avenue to the east, San Lorenzo Creek to the south, the Mission Bay mobile home community to the west, and by Wiley and Corvallis Streets to the north, Washington Manor is a single-family residential neighborhood that developed in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s.
Washington Manor is comprised of approximately 52 subdivisions filed and developed by various residential real estate companies between 1947 and 1960. Some of the subdividers and homebuilders responsible for the development of Washington Manor include the Alameda Homes Company, C.H. McEntyre, Sunnybilt Homes Corporation, Braddock & Logan, Washington Homes, Inc., Vallin Homes, Inc., Hazelwood Inc., Golden Gate Homes, and the Glen Company.
Washington Manor contains approximately 4,000 detached single-family homes covering 800 acres. Reflecting the late 1940s and 1950s American housing boom, the development of Washington Manor resulted in a fifty percent population increase in San Leandro.
Character-Defining Features
The character-defining features of the Washington Manor neighborhood include: • Wide lots with a standard setback,
• Single-story, single-family residences,
• Attached single-or-double-car garages,
• Elongated residential block patterns,
• Wide streets to accommodate parking on both sides, and
• Minimal Traditional and Ranch style homes.
ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP
Architects, Planners & Conservators, Inc.
October 2003
San Leandro Neighborhood History Forms WASHINGTON MANOR
Selected Images Of Buildings Representing The Washington Manor Neighborhood Queen Anne Cottage
Identifying Features:
• Moderately pitched hipped roof with
lower cross gabled,
• Projecting bay,
• Ornamental wood stickwork and shingle
detail
Minimal Traditional
Identifying features:
• Moderately pitched hipped or gabled
roof,
• Simplified façade utilizing minimal
materials,
• Less decorative design elements
• Attached single-car garage
Modern 2-Story Tract Home
Identifying Features:
• Constructed c.1960s, 1970s,
• Predecessor to the 2-story tract homes
constructed today,
• Modern/Minimal stylistic details,
• Prominent attached two-car garage with
dwelling space above,
• Recessed, side-set front entrance de
emphasizing pedestrian environment
ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP Architects, Planners & Conservators, Inc.
October 2003