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Category Archives: Queen Anne
3256 Garfield, Alameda
Today we feature another beautifully preserved Victorian. This one is the long-time home of Alameda Museum curator George Gunn and it shows. It is a lovely raised basement Queen Anne cottage designed by respected local architect Charles Shaner in 1894 … Continue reading
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891 Union, Alameda
This imposing shingle style Queen Anne with Romanesque ashlar base was built by prolific Alameda contractor Joseph Leonard for his own family. He chose well-known Los Angeles architect C H Russell to design it despite his own quite formidable design … Continue reading
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918 18th, Oakland
The Joseph Willcutt house was designed and built by Robert Smilie for a local official of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Smilie was an Oakland-based builder and designer who was involved in many local business ventures including the famous Hotel Metropole … Continue reading
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1223 Paru, Alameda
Today we feature a beautifully preserved Alameda Queen Anne. It is one of the many showy Victorian homes designed and built on the island by the prolific partnership of Felix Marcuse and Julius Remmel. Here they have provided a bit … Continue reading
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2141 Santa Clara, Alameda
This extravagantly detailed Queen Anne is the work of Charles Shaner whose over the top designs were considered showy even by Victorian standards. More recently, it has been home to a couple of serious collectors and designers who have elevated … Continue reading
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1556 Verdi, Alameda
This lovely Queen Anne cottage is the work of prolific Alameda design-builders Marcuse and Remmel. It was reportedly the home of Felix Marcuse himself which makes it particularly special. Marcuse and Remmel built a great number of speculative homes around … Continue reading
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2631 San Jose, Alameda
This statuesque Queen Anne residence was designed and built by Joseph Leonard who was responsible for some of Alameda’s most impressive Victorian homes. Leonard built so many homes in the neighborhood that surrounded the train station at Chestnut and Encinal … Continue reading
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2203 13th Avenue, Oakland
The period after Thanksgiving is always the slowest time of year for new listings, but there are invariably a few gems that appear just in time for the holidays. This wonderfully preserved raised basement Victorian cottage is certainly one such … Continue reading
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