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Peter N. Remillard House, 1887: 5,657 sq.ft. Residence of the founder of the Remillard Brick Company. Predominantly of the Queen Anne style with Eastlake decorative elements.
Frederick B. Ginn House, 1890: 6,655 sq.ft. A rare surviving example of prominent San Francisco architect A. Page Brown's work. This home features innovative vertical bowed walls, stucco, brick, half timbering and other details reminiscent of English country homes.
Nile Hall, 1911: 3,262 sq.ft. Originally, the Nile Club, a craftsman style auditorium added to the Ginn House by a men's social organization of the same name. The addition is the work of C. W. Dickey, a noted local architect of the time.
Thomas A. and Julia P. Thornton House, 1886-87: 4,934 sq.ft. This Queen Anne residence suggests the approaching Colonial Revival era with its restraint of ornamentation and front center dormer.
Elisha Higgins House, 1886: 2,778 sq.ft. An elaborate and outstanding late example of the Italianate style, this was once the residence of a principal in the San Francisco lumber firm Higgins & Collins.
James White House, 1875: 1,714 sq.ft. Originally the residence of a founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. A good example of the Italianate style used throughout Oakland's early residential neighborhoods and a City Landmark building.
Knox-Buckley House, 1872-73: 3,070 sq.ft. Family home of Oakland Judge Stafford Buckley. This is an imposing Italianate with restored grand foyer and sweeping staircase.
William Bartling House, 1870-71: 1,872 sq.ft. An early Italianate residence featuring slanted window bays and a classically detailed portico once belonging to William Bartling, a member of the Oakland Board of Education.
Charles O. Park House, 1877-78: 4,890 sq.ft. A large Italianate villa owned by Park, a painter with the Central Pacific Railroad.
George C. Hunt House, 1887-88: 3,072 sq.ft. An exceptionally well-detailed Queen Anne cottage that features a variety of millwork, ornamentation and unusual porch columns.
Gertrude E. Robinson House, c.1888: 3,570 sq.ft. A Queen Anne cottage, relocated from the Oakland Dimond District, an area distinguished by dramatic speculative development at that time.
Stella Standeford House, 1894: 2,684 sq.ft. Residence of John R. Conners, then-managing editor of the Tribune and his wife, Stella, this turn-of-the-century dowry home, a transitional design Queen Anne to Eastern shingle cottage, is distinguished by its multiple and complex roof forms.
R. E. Bauske House, 1896: 2,942 sq.ft. Built for dentist R. E. Bauske, this beautifully proportioned Queen Anne cottage is notable for its two towers and curved window sashes.
Henry O. and Tillie Delger Trowbridge House, 1885: 2,262 sq.ft. A typical 19th century "dowry" house, this structure mixes both the Stick and Italianate architectural styles and belonged to one of Oakland's earliest capitalists.
Aaron Jacobs House, 1892-93: 3,104 sq.ft. Once the residence of a well known and popular merchant tailor, this Queen Anne was built to be two flats in the row houses on 16th Street.
William J. Raymond House, 1895-96: 4,090 sq.ft. Combines both the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. The owner, Raymond, was a professor at the University of California.
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