There are many fine historic homes in historic San Leandro that I will cover in a later blog. This home, however, was the first of the grand residences. The Estudillo Home "In 1850 SeƱor Estudillo saw the completion of a fine family home, the Estudillo Home. Lavish champagne parties costing thousands of dollars were held in the stately home. Eventually the home became part of St. Leander's Church and remained standing for almost one hundred years before it was torn down in 1949 to make way for the construction of St. Leander's rectory."* " Jose Joaquin Estudillo died at this residence on June 7, 1852. Upon transfer of the county seat to San Leandro in 1854 the Estudillo home was offered for temporary use to the county. During that period a fire broke out and forced evacuation of the court then in session. To avoid any objection to the transfer to another location, Judge Hester is said to have reconvened the court as close to the origina...
San Leandro has a colorful history and played an important part in the development of the Bay Area. I hope to highlight bits of information on the little things that make it so interesting like street names, festivals, important architecture and current events. . I am a real estate agent serving the bay area and offer my services to help you buy your home in history.