Name/Title
Report on the Bruton House, 1240 St. Charles St., by Woody Minor, 2011Entry/Object ID
2011.77.1Description
ACC. NO. 11.77.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 2011
OBJECT: MONUMENT REPORT
DESCRIPTION: A SPIRAL-BOUND REPORT WITH CLEAR PLASTIC COVER. REPORT ALSO INCLUDES MAPS AND COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR.
SIZE: L 11" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A REPORT PREPARED BY THE HISTORIAN, WOODY MINOR OF THE BRUTON HOUSE, 1240 ST CHARLES ST., ALAMEDA. THE REPORT WAS CREATED FOR SOME MISSION TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL ADVISORY BOARD FOR SEEKING MONUMENT STATUS. THE HOUSE IS A COLONIAL REVIVAL RESIDENCE AND WAS BUILT BY THE BUILDER, DENIS STRAUB AND SON, FOR D. BRUTON IN 1897. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STRUCTURE LIES IN THE FACT THAT THREE BRUTON SISTERS' DAUGHTERS OF HELEN AND DANIEL, WERE NOTED CALIFORNIA ARTISTS.
DONOR: WOODY MINOR
CATALOGED: DECEMBER 17, 2011
