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The following excerpts are from the National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form for Tahoe Meadows:
....Tahoe Meadows is the earliest example in the Lake Tahoe region of a planned subdivision with a property
owners association and a protective covenant that addresses the conservation of the natural environment....
The...property was originally part of a land patent granted to William W. Lapham by the U.S. Government
in 1867. Lapham ran a commercial fishing business at Lapham's Fish Market and Landing. About 1870, he also
built a hotel and enlarged it the next year...."
....In 1924, Louis Bartlett, an expert in real estate law and the Mayor of Berkeley, drew up a
subdivision plan for the property, which was incorporated as Tahoe Meadows in 1925. Another lawyer,
William Gorrill, who was a pioneer in environmental law, drew up a protective covenant that placed
restrictions on the use of the land.
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