National Register #82002154: Park Street Historic Commercial District in Alameda, California

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National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California

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20 November 2010
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National Register #82002154
Park Street Historic Commercial District
Bounded By Park, Oak, Lincoln, Encinal
Alameda
Period of Historic Significance: 1880-1946

Park Street Historic Commercial District has been a place of business and commerce since 1880.

Small retail establishments and a few monumental institutional buildings have continuously dominated the streetscape. The commercial character of Park Street sets it apart from the surrounding, almost intact 19th century suburban community whose populace generally commuted to Oakland and San Francisco.

The district includes rare masonry buildings which have survived from the 19th century, a time when redwood was available in unlimited supply. In the 19th century, less than one percent of the buildings in Alameda were masonry. Most were on Park Street. Most are still standing.

The sixty-acre historic district contains sixty-four contributing buildings.

Adapted from the NRHP nomination dated November 1981.

Name	Year	Address	Remarks	Sort Address	Sort Name
Lee Auto Supply	1926	1523-1525 Park Street		Park 1523	Lee Auto Supply
Pop In Bar	1897	1515 Park Street	Built prior to 1897 and extensively remodeled in 1920.	Park 1515	Pop In Bar
	1897	1513 Park Street	Built prior to 1897.	Park 1513
	1926	1505-1507 Park Street		Park 1505
	1897	2321-2323 Santa Clara Avenue	Built prior to 1897 and remodeled several times.	Santa Clara 2321
	1902	2317 Santa Clara Avenue		Santa Clara 2317
	1892	2313 Santa Clara Avenue		Santa Clara 2313
Koerber Building	1892	2309-2311 Santa Clara Avenue		Santa Clara 2309	Koerber Building
	1880	2305 Santa Clara Avenue	Residence dating from the 1880's with numerous bays and additions.	Santa Clara 2305
	1938	2301 Santa Clara Avenue	Prefabricated metal gas station in the Art Deco style.	Santa Clara 2301
Knights of Pythias Building	1897	1510 Oak Street	Built between 1897 and 1910; exact date unknown.	Oak 1510	Knights of Pythias Building
Alameda Times-Star Warehouse	1926	1514 Oak Street		Oak 1514	Alameda Times-Star Warehouse
Alameda Times-Star Building	1946	1516 Oak Street		Oak 1516	Alameda Times-Star Building
Schroeder Building	1903	2316-2320 Santa Clara Avenue		Santa Clara Avenue 2316	Schroeder Building
	1880	2326-2328 Santa Clara Avenue and 1435-1437 Park Street	Probably built in the 18880's.	Santa Clara Avenue 2326
	1938	1419 Park Street		Park 1419
	1909	1415-1417 Park Street	Built prior to 1909.	Park 1415
Boehmer Building	1870	1407-1413 Park Street	Built in the 1870's and much remodeled over the years.	Park 1407	Boehmer Building
	1922	1403 Park Street		Park 1403
	1880	1401 Park Street	Built c.1880.	Park 1401
The Alameda Theatre	1931	2315-2323 Central Avenue	Art Moderne movie theater designed by Timothy Pflueger.	Central 2315	The Alameda Theatre
	1910	2314-2320 Central Avenue	Built c.1910.	Central 2314
T. Cannon Building	1929	1351 Park Street		Park 1351	T. Cannon Building
	1929	1349 Park Street		Park 1349
	1900	1347 Park Street		Park 1347
	1900	1343 Park Street	Built prior to 1900.	Park 1343
Burns Building	1908	1339 Park Street		Park 1339	Burns Building
	1875	2310 Alameda Avenue	Originally built around 1875 with a 1926 addition.	Alameda 2310
New Masonic Temple	1927	2312-2324 Alameda Avenue		Alameda 2312	New Masonic Temple
Old Masonic Temple	1891	1327-1333 Park Street		Park 1327	Old Masonic Temple
	1891	1325 Park Street		Park 1325
	1897	1305-1311 Park Street	Built prior to 1897 with major remodeling in 1936 and 1951.	Park 1305
	1880	1301-1303 Park Street	Built c.1880.	Park 1301
Derby Building	1924	1320-1328 Park Street		Park 1320	Derby Building
Delanoy Block	1902	1336-1346 Park Street		Park 1336	Delanoy Block
Farnham Block	1889	1350-1364 Park Street	Built in 1889 as a Queen Anne with a rounded corner tower and three-sided bays, Transformed into a Moderne building in 1938.	Park 1350	Farnham Block
Offices and apartments	1915	2416-2420 Central Avenue and 1359 Park Street	Built in 1915 and stuccoed over in the 1930's.	Central 2416	Offices and apartments
Old Alameda Federal Post Office	1912	2417 Central Avenue	Renaissance Revival building designed by William A. Newman. Built in 1912, expanded in 1932, restored in 1977.	Central 2417	Old Alameda Federal Post Office
Wells Fargo Bank	1888	1400 Park Street	Built as a one-story bank in 1888 with the second story added in 1902.	Park 1400	Wells Fargo Bank
	1908	1402-1410 Park Street		Park 1402
Park Place	1934	1420-1424 Park Street		Park 1420	Park Place
Park Row and Tucker Building	1885	1430-1440 Park Street	Built in 1885 in the Stick style. Remodeled in the Art Deco style, apparently in the year 1952 even though Art Deco was no longer fashionable.	Park 1430	Park Row and Tucker Building
Oak Theatre	1912	2420 Santa Clara Avenue	The 1912 Oak Theatre was rehabilitated and enlarged in 1977.	Santa Clara Avenue 2320	Oak Theatre
Bank of America	1906	1500-1504 Park Street	The original building was damaged in the 1906 earthquake but was rebuilt. Major alterations in 1926 and the early 1940's.	Park 1500	Bank of America
	1923	1514-1518 Park Street		Park 1514
	1910	2412-2416 Webb Avenue	Built c.1910.	Webb 2412
	1909	2411 Webb Avenue	Built prior to 1909.	Webb 2411
	1925	1532 Park Street		Park 1532
	1920	1544 Park Street		Park 1544
	1909	2408-2410 Lincoln Avenue	Built prior to 1909 and altered in 1924.	Lincoln 2408

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