Just spent a heavenly weekend with my sweetie. Worked lots around the house - I replaced an anti-siphon valve on my sprinkler system, tore out a hoard of overgrown ivy from the backyard, scrubbed down a hallway that leads to my roof so I can paint it, and probably more that I am forgetting!
Ever googled your own name? Well, just for those types of people, I'll share the following info. If you are related to them, shoot me an email sometime! My house was built in 1936 by a Michel T. Lopes. He appears in the Oakland city directories in 1935 with an address of 1819 7th ave. However, the building permit has his address listed as 1819 15th st. A wife, Frances L. Lopes, appears in the city directories starting in 1943. Michel was listed in 1935 as a foreman for S. Kulcher & Co. He was listed as a cabinetmaker in 1940 for the same company with a slight variation in spelling: S. Kulchar & Co. I spot checked a much later directory -- 1965 -- which showed that just Frances still lived there - listed as widowed and retired. The house was owner-designed (!!!), the contractor on the permit was ?Harry Glyman?.
It's located in what was once a part of the town of Clinton. The east area of the lake once was home to three towns: Clinton, Lynn, and Brooklyn. Brooklyn absorbed the two other towns, and later was annexed by Oakland.
Here is the scary part of my day at the library: this phenomenal home with intricatedly laid parquet hardwood floors with inlaid maple... was built for... $4250. I wonder if Michel and Frances Lopes could ever have imagined how much their home would some day be worth!
Posted by sfisher at July 6, 2004 12:00 AM