WHAT DOES SAN LEANDRO'S "BEST MANOR" HAVE TO DO WITH CATERPILLERS?

Daniel Best was San Leandros' original industrialist. He is best know for the invention of the steamplow which eventually evolved into the Caterpiller Tractor earth moving machine. Caterpillar was a large employer in SL. The San Leandro Agricultural Plant was located on Davis just below the railroad tracts where the Gateway Apartments now sit. The original entrance arch is still preserved there.

San Leandro Agricultural Plant on Davis

Daniel Best Bldg Estudillo Ave @ E.14th

After Daniel died, his daughters sold land below Hayward Blvd (E.14th) where Dutton turns into Best Ave. Streets incorporated into this area are Best Ave, Cherrywood, Leo, Lafayette, Lorraine,

Great Starter neighborhood with 2-3 Bedroom Homes, 900-1400 Sf, $400,000 to $500,000. Built between 1925 - 1938. Lots of character and nice size lots. Check out the currenty inventory or homes for sale in this area click this link Best Manor, Farrelly Pond, Toler Homes for Sale/Sold

The homes shown here were not sold by Joy Elliott, they are just examples of images of homes taken from Google to represent the style.

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WHERE IS "KANAKA ROW" IN SAN LEANDRO?

San Leandro Creamery Truck KANAKA ROW of San Leandro boundaries were: Pacific Street to the west, Alvarado Street to the east, Davis Street to the north, and Williams Street to the south. Kanaka Row derived its name from the nickname established Portuguese gave to Portuguese settlers from Hawaii. The other Portuguese enclave in San Leandro, Dutton Avenue, also known as Chicken Lane, is pictured c. 1890. Portuguese immigrants along Chicken Lane thriving chicken farms. Portuguese women often served their own chickens for dinner and crocheted to let down at night. Their hobby was also practical; many Portuguese women made tablecloths and other lace items to give as presents. #KanakaRow #KanakaLane #ChickenLane #LittlePortugal Andrade standing on Dutton Ave (Chicken Lane ) 1890 Dutton Ave Area 1890 258 Dabner - Old Lamplighters House 1871 "The historical-architectural value of these properties lies in their combination as a "perio...

FARRELLY POND NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTH SAN LEANDRO

March 20, 2015 Robert S. Farrelly’s home was built in 1869 at Farrelly Drive & Oakland Road (E.14 th St) Another Gold Rush squatter, Farrelly was a farmer from Pennsylvania who purchased a tract of land and began to develop it as a cherry orchard. & flower gardens. He was one of the early shippers of fruit in 1891. In addition to being located on a main route, there was a shipping station on the San Leandro Creek at Toler Road. The Farrelly home and orchard became one of the show places of the county Mrs. Farrelly helped establish Broadmoor Mother’s Club in 1915. The original site was at the corner of Breed @ Broadmoor. It is now located on the grounds of Roosevelt School. The school property also host the Farrelly Swimming Pool and Farrelly Building which is on Dutton Ave (formally Chicken Lane) Mrs. Farrelly owned a property at the corner of Washington & Ward. She donated it to the Masonic Lodge aka. Legion Hall....

THE LOVELY BROADMOOR NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN LEANDRO

"THE BROADMOOR" Located in the famed garden belt, San Leandro was a great center of floriculture in the 1800's. Flowers grown here in orchards and hothouses were sweet peas, camellias, gardenias, orchids as well as cherry and apricot trees. At one time it was a $10,000,000 industry supplying flora to places and events such as the Pasadena Parade. The Oakland firm of Breed and Bancroft had been developing a tract, north of Dutton Ave, which they named "Broadmoor". After a struggle to get all the land north of the creek annexed into the school district they formally opened the development in 1908. Street Names Breed 1908 Broadmoor 1908 Beverly 1908 Warwick 1908 Dowling Blvd 1908 Sunnyside 1920 Cambridge 1911 SAMPLES OF HOME STYLES IN the broadmoor TO CHECK OUT ACTIVE/SOLD LISTINGS PLEASE CLICK HERE Broadmoor Manor Homes and Surrounding Areas Most of the homes were built in ...

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