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Category Archives: Storybook
1 Van Sicklen, Oakland
This intriguing storybook home is attributed to William Raymond Yelland who made a name for himself designing some of the most flamboyant period revival residences in all of the Bay Area. Perhaps best known among them is Berkeley’s Normandy Village … Continue reading
176 Mountain Canyon, Alamo
This unusual storybook home is likely the work of local design-builder Doug Allinger. Allinger was the longtime protege of innovative craftsman Carr Jones whose mature style was characterized by a flamboyant and idiosyncratic use of masonry to create undulating organic … Continue reading
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610 Cragmont, Berkeley
Our featured home today is an impressive storybook residence attributed to William Raymond Yelland. Yelland began his career with the highly regarded local firm Miller and Warnecke, but he would go on to pursue a much more flamboyant brand of … Continue reading
2333 Rose, Berkeley
This staggering storybook Norman revival was designed and built by William Needham who was a local Berkeley real estate magnate and, it would seem, a particularly creative residential designer as well. There are numerous structures around Berkeley that at one … Continue reading
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2573 Buena Vista, Berkeley
Our featured home today is a picturesque storybook residence designed by William Garren for his own family. It is one of only two structures in Berkeley that Garren designed on his own, having spent most of his career in a … Continue reading
67 Stonecastle, Alamo
It is exceedingly rare to have the opportunity to rent a home designed by one of the Bay Area’s most respected local architects even for a short period, so finding a long term rental like the one we feature today … Continue reading
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66 Stonecastle, Alamo
We wrote about this stunning Carr Jones storybook home three years ago when it was on the market as a foreclosure. Jones was not given credit for the home then, nor is he now, but it is clearly his handiwork. … Continue reading
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85 Wildwood Gardens, Piedmont
Our featured home today is an exceptional Piedmont residence designed by Carr Jones in his idiosyncratic and inimitable storybook style. The home is lavishly appointed with Jones’ trademark brickwork and glazed gables and rusticated lumber. It is a truly spectacular … Continue reading
51 Forest, Berkeley
This fanciful Berkeley storybook is one of a cluster of three charming homes that appear to be variations on a single plan. The grouping makes for an interesting and relatively isolated pocket of period revival flavor encountered while rounding the … Continue reading
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4120 Oakmore, Oakland
Today we feature an exceptional Oakmore storybook Tudor with some particularly over the top detailing. The exterior of the home has a great mix of embellishment from gothic arches and bargeboards to half timbering and false exposed stone. Inside the … Continue reading
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