Category Archives: Francis Harvey Slocombe

3101 Gibbons, Alameda

After the immense success of the Homes of Tomorrow exhibition at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933, General Electric decided to replicate the program across the country by cooperating with local utilities and architects to create GE Model Homes that … Continue reading

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4697 Park, Oakland

This imposing Tudor revival is another Oakland duplex that has managed to survive all these years with almost all of its unpainted woodwork intact. The building was designed by Oakland architect Francis Harvey Slocombe who is responsible for a number … Continue reading

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