Name/Title
Satisfaction of Mortgage for 1020 Buena Vista Ave, 1878Entry/Object ID
2008.53.1Scope and Content
Acc. No. 08.53.1
Subject Category: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
Date or Period: 1878
Object: DOCUMENT
Description: ONE-PAGE DOCUMENT (SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE). INFORMATION BLANKS WERE FILLED OUT IN SEPIA INK BY HAND. IT ALSO HAS AN EMBOSSED STAMP STATING, "M S TAYLOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ALAMEDA CO., CAL." THE NAMED INDIVIDUAL WAS A BROTHER OF ALAMEDA'S FIRST MAYOR.
SIZE: L 14" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A DOCUMENT RE SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE FROM THE ALAMEDA SAVING BANK TO WILLIAM L AND ANNA C GROUND, RECORDED AT THE REQUEST OF C. TIETJEN. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1020 BUENA VISTA AVENUE AND IS OCCUPIED BY A QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE, HIGH-BASEMENT, BUILT IN 1889 BY THE ALAMEDA LAND COMPANY FOR WILLIAM T. GROUND, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO CHRISTIAN TIETJEN, CIGAR MAKER. THE DOCUMENT ALSO INCLUDES SIGNATURES OF H. SEVENING, PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA SAVINGS BANK (WHICH LATER BECAME BANK OF AMERICA). MR SEVENING WAS THE PATERNAL GRANDFATHER OF FRANZ COLLISCHONN.
DONOR: JENNIFER ERVIN,
CATALOGED: JULY 5, 2008
