Name/Title
Victorian Hardware, 1217 and 1219 Oak Street, 1880sEntry/Object ID
1975.25.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.25.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1880's
OBJECT: HARDWARE, (DOOR KNOB, ETC)
DESCRIPTION: COLLECTION OF HARDWARE (13) MOUNTED ON REDWOOD PANEL
SIZE: 14" X 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
HARDWARE REMOVED FROM 1217 AND 1219 OAK STREET, ALAMEDA. VICTORIAN ITALIANATE COTTAGES, CIRCA 1882-86. IDENTICAL COTTAGES, EXCEPT FOR REVERSE FLOOR PLAN. THE HOMES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO W. P. CLARK, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, ALAMEDA. THE HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1975.
1. CLOSET CLOTHES HOOK, 1217 OAK
2. SLIDE BOLT WITH EASTLAKE DESIGNS, FROM THE BASEMENT DOOR, 1217 OAK
3. FOLDING CLOTHES HOOK, 1217 OAK
4. SASH LOCK, BASEMENT WINDOW, 1217 OAK
5. REPLACED SASH LOCK OF LATER DATE
6. ORIGINAL SASH LOCK, FROM 1217 OAK (REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TYPE USED DURING THIS PERIOD)
7. SASH LIFT, 1217 OAK
8. MASTER KEY HOLE ESCUTCHEON (BRASS) BACK DOOR, 1217 OAK
9. COPPER PLATED STRIKER PLATE, FRONT DOOR, 1219 OAK
10. KEYHOLE AND CIRCULAR DOOR KNOB ESCUTCHEON WITH BLACK PORCELAIN KNOB. METAL NICKEL PLATED. THE TYPE USED IN BOTH HOUSES, AND A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PERIOD.
11. EXAMPLE OF DOOR HINGE (SEVERELY PLAIN) WITH CATHEDRAL PIN, USED IN BOTH HOUSES. AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TYPE HINGE USED IN THESE EARLY HOMES.
12. DOORBELL ESCUTCHEON. PRESSED BRASS PLACED THERE AT A LATER DATE, WHEN FRONT PORCH WAS REMODELED, CIRCA 1915, 1217 OAK
DATE: SEPT 27, 1975
