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
"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 original site as possible, while the ashes were still hot."**
*a garden grows in edition Harry Shaffer 1972
**Saga of San Leandro Local History Studies Vol. 13
For a video of the history of the Estudillo Home Click Here
Just a note on the pronunciation of Estudillo. As I covered in a previous blog
"By the way, those of us who are lucky enough to have made San Leandro home for generations, like myself, do slaughter the pronunciation of Estudillo to “Esta-Dillo”. If you pronounce it the correct way of “Estudee-yo” we know you don’t live here yet!"
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I am a Real Estate Broker who has lived in San Leandro for over 60 years. My grandparents were one of the first families to purchase property in the Broadmoor neighborhood. I grew up in the Estudillo Estates area and also raised my family only 1 block away from where I grew up. I know San Leandro.
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