Name/Title
Building Records 1891-1907Entry/Object ID
1972.1.5Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 72.1.5
SUBJ. CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1891-1907
OBJECT: BUILDING RECORDS
DESCRIPTION: LOOSE LEAF BINDER (NEW), CONTAINING 192 PAGES.
BLACK STIPPLED COVER, 11" X 15". THE PAGES FROM THE ORIGINAL LEDGER WERE REMOVED AND PLACED IN THE NEW RECORD BOOK. EACH PAGE IS PRESERVED IN INDIVIDUAL PLASTIC BINDER CASES.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE BOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION ON HOMES BUILT IN ALAMEDA, GIVING THE ORIGINAL OWNER, BUILDER, PRICE OF DWELLING AND LOCATION BY FOOTAGE.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE BOOK (HISTORICALLY), IN THAT IT CONTAINS BUILDING RECORDS FOR THE CITY OF ALAMEDA FROM 1891-1907. INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN IF THIS BOOK DID NOT EXIST. IN ORDER THAT THIS INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE LOST, A PHOTOSTATIC COPY WAS MADE, FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC. IT IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED WITH AN INDEX BY STREET NAME, SO THE INFORMATION CAN BE EASILY FOUND.
THE BOOK WAS FOUND IN THE IRON SAFE OF FRED CROLL, FORMER AUDITOR AND ASSESSOR, IN THE ASSESSORS OFFICE, CITY HALL. AND GIVEN TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY THE PRESENT ASSESSOR, RAYMOND D. MARTIN.
ACQUIRED FROM: RAYMOND D. MARTIN, ROOM 310, CITY HALL
DATE: JAN, 1972
