House of Vicente Peralta

Don Luis Maria Peralta received a land grant from the Spanish government for what is nearly the entire San Francisco East Bay. He passed on parcels of this property to his sons. His youngest son, Jose Vicente Peralta, was gifted the land surrounded the verdant and flourishing Temescal Creek. Vicente built his home along the creek, at what is now 5527 Vicente Way, the street named for his hacienda's location. The willow grove you see on the map went on to become Idora Park and Playland-at-the-Beach.