Preservation Park

Preservation Park is located in Oakland, California

Oakland, California

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. The park includes sixteen historic buildings, five of which stand in their original location, and eleven of which were moved from elsewhere in Oakland to avoid demolition. The sixteen houses are arranged to resemble a late 19th century Oakland neighborhood.
The sixteen buildings are:

• Remillard House, Queen Anne style. Pierre Remillard was a brickyard owner, and his bricks were used in the construction of the nearby First Unitarian Church of Oakland
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  . Lilly Remillard tutored Jack London
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   at the home.
• Ginn House, English Arts and Crafts style. Frederick Burrell Ginn and wife Mary Crocker commissioned architect A. Page Brown to design the home. Brown later worked on the San Francisco Ferry Building.
• Nile Club (or Nile Hall), Craftsman style. The Nile Club, a members-only group of Oakland's male elite, built a theater next to Ginn House. It was later used as a USO facility. Designed by Charles W. Dickey, who also worked on the Claremont Hotel
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• Thornton House, Queen Anne style. Thornton was a capitalist. The home was built when the Sather House and Garden occupied the lot across the street. Jane Sather is the donor of UC Berkeley's Sather Gate
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   and Sather Tower
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  . Later, the home was purchased by Orrin Gowell, who became an architect in the office that designed the 1923 Tribune Tower
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• Higgins House, Italianate style. Elisha Higgins was a San Francisco lumber dealer.
• White House, Italianate style. Owned by Ellen Gould White and James White
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  . Together, they worked within the Seventh Day Adventist church. They launched a paper called the "Sign of the Times." This building now houses the Preservation Park offices, and the White House Cafe.
• Knox-Buckley House, Italianate Villa. Henry Knox was a San Francisco dentist. The house was originally located on what is now 28th Street in what is now called "Pill Hill." The house was later owned by John and Catherine Buckley. This was the last home moved to Preservation Park.
• Bartling House, Italianate Row House. Originally stood at what is now the 14th Street freeway overpass. Owned by William Bartling, partner in a San Francisco bookbinding firm.
• Park House, Italianate Villa. Charles O. Park painted train cars for Central Pacific. This home originally stood at 7th and Grove. This home was moved twice.
• Robinson House, Queen Anne Cottage style. Owned by Gertrude and W.H. Robinson. Originally built in Fruit Vale, or what is now called Fruitvale.
• Standeford House, Eastern Shingle style. Built for Miss Stella Standeford. Her father worked at the San Francisco Mint
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  . She later married John F. Conners, who became the owner and publisher of the Oakland Enquirer.
• Bauske House, Queen Anne Cottage. Owned by Reinhold Bauske, dentist, for his wife, Hazel. The home was originally located near Glen Echo Creek.
• Trowbridge House, Stick Style. Originally built by multimillionaire Frederick Wiliam Delger for his daughter Lillie and her new husband Henry Trowbridge. This home was originally located behind the Fox Oakland Theater.
• Jacobs House, Queen Anne Rowhouse style. Consists of two interior units. Originally located on 16th Street hear Jefferson. There, the next-door neighbor was pianist and painter Pauline Powell. Jacobs was a Prussian-trained tailor.
• Raymond House, Colonial Revival style. William J. Raymond was a professor of physics at the University of California, which at that time, was located between 12th and 14th Streets between Franklin and Harrision Streets. Jacobs House originally stood on 16th Street.
• Hunt House, Queen Anne Cottage style. George C. Hunt handled horses, and with his brother, he owned the City Hall Livery Stables. The home was later owned by saloonkeeper Charles Appedorn.

In addition, there are two other significant structures: the bandstand and the Latham-Ducel Fountain. The fountain is cast iron, forged in Paris, and features the moon goddess Diana. The detail is of Acanthus leaves. It originally stood at Latham House and Gardens, which was located at what is now 17th and Jackson Streets.
The park is open to the public during the day (the buildings are not open to the public), and areas are often rented out for parties, meetings and weddings. Many non-profits have offices here.
The park is bordered by 12th Street, Castro Street, 14th Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. 13th Street goes into the park and ends at the Latham-Ducel Fountain. Preservation Park Way, a one-way street, starts at the fountain, and ends at 12th Street.