Dr. Merritt's Neighborhood

Welcome to the Camron-Stanford House, where your tour of Samuel Merritt's neighborhood begins! The Camron-Stanford House was built as part of Dr. Merritt's planned community of lakefront homes. The house was first purcased by Alice and Will... Read more

Did you know that this building, the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, was once known as the Oakland Civic Auditurum? The name was changed after the building's 1984 rennovation. 

in 1853 Horace Carpentier built the original 12th Street bridge. This bridge was once a toll bridge that allowed pedestrians to cross the San Antonio Creek and connected the town of Oakland to the community of Clinton (which eventually beca... Read more

in 1858 San Francisco's first Chief of Police,Malachi Fallon purchased 10 acres of land between the areas of what is now 7th Street and Oak St. His home was built in the Long Island farmhouse style, and was the first house in Oakland to be ... Read more

This area was once the loction of the home of Henry Douglas Bacon, a wealthy banker, born in Massacussets in 1817. In 1849 the family's successful banking firm, Page, Bacon, & Co. opened a San Francisco express office. The business flou... Read more

At the time it was built (1905-1908) The Madison Park Apartments was considered the largest wooden built structure west of the Mississipi. At the time of its opening, an advertisement noted the apartment building was, "the largest and fine... Read more

  This is the location of the former residence of John Mason Buffington. Buffington was drawn to California in 1849 like many others seeking fortune during the Gold Rush. After a successful mining career in Tuoleme County, he set up office... Read more