LAVISH CHAMPAGNE PARTIES AT THE ESTUDILLO HOME IN 1850

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 Señor 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 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

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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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