Name/Title
Framed copy of deed for 1620 Fourth Street, c. 2009Entry/Object ID
2009.54.1Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 09.54.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: LAND; HOMES OF ALAMEDA
OBJECT: DEED, FRAMED
DATE OR PERIOD: CONTEMPORARY
DESCRIPTION:
A PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF A DEED IN A WOODEN FRAME, WITH EBONIZED FINISH.
SIZE: L 16-1/2" X W 11-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A DEED TO THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1620 FOURTH STREET, ALAMEDA --- A GOTHIC REVIVAL COTTAGE (STILL STANDING). THE INDENTURE WAS MADE ON APRIL 16, 1860 BY WILLIAM W CHIPMAN AND ABRAHAM RICH. MR RICH ULTIMATELY HAD A HOME CONSTRUCTED ON THE LOT (WHICH HE HAD PURCHASED). HIS FAMILY RESIDED IN THE HOUSE UP TO THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THIS DEED WAS PRESENTED TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1952 BY THE DONOR, GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM RICH. THE ORIGINAL WAS DATED IN 1912 AND NOT CATALOGED UNTIL 2009.
DONOR: GERALD GOGGIN
CATALOGED: AUGUST 15, 2009
