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....
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.