Boy Scout Headquarters

The Dimond family sold 12 acres of their land to the City of Oakland Parks Department in 1917, and it later became Dimond Park, home to Boy Scout Troop 10. The adobe building that housed the troop was built by Hugh Dimond for his son, Dennis Dimond, using the only remaining bricks from Antonio Peralta's original adobe hacienda, constructed in 1821. (The were relocated from the site of the Peralta Hacienda Park, seen in the next tour.) However on March 17, 1954, the building caught fire and was mostly burnt down. All that was left was one adobe wall and the stone entrance to the building. The single wall of adobe can still be seen today in the rebult structure. Stop and check out one of the bricks closely to see if you can guess what they are made from.