Camp Dimond

In 1919, a few years after the Dimond family sold their property to the City of Oakland, the Oakland-Piedmont Council of the Boy Scouts of America made the Dimond Canyon area the Boy Scout’s new camp, calling it "Camp Dimond" and at one point, "Camp Sheoak." The adobe cottage, originally built by Perlatas, that used to be a part of the Dimond family’s property was converted into a meeting place for Boy Scout Troop 10 in 1924 and was used by the Boy Scouts throughout the years until Camp Dimond closed in 1948. Then, in the late 50s, the adobe building caught on fire and was mostly destroyed, though its entrance and one wall can still be seen, alongside various infrastructural remnants from the camp’s days of operation.