Name/Title
Alameda Block Book, c. 1878Entry/Object ID
1972.1.1Description
ACC. NO. 72.1.1
SUBJ. CATEGORY: CITY OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1878?
OBJECT: BLOCK BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD BOUND BOOK, BLACK FABRIC COVER, WITH
CORNERS OF BROWN LEATHER, ACCENTUATED WITH GOLD. IN THE CENTER OF THE COVER, IN GOLD PRINT, BLOCK BOOK, ALAMEDA.
SIZE: 20" X 15"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BLOCK BOOK SHOWING THE CITY DIVIDED INTO BLOCKS AND LOTS, AND NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERS WRITTEN IN. THE TRACTS OF LAND ARE DIVIDED BY STREETS, INTO BLOCKS, AND SUBDIVIDED INTO LOTS. THE BOOK IS UNDATED, BUT AFTER LENGTHY RESEARCH, IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OF THE CIRCA 1878. THE BOOK WAS FOUND IN THE IRON SAFE OF FRED CROLL, FORMER AUDITOR AND ASSESSOR, 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