Claremont-Elmwood Walking Tour Landmarks  -  Ron Sipherd, July 15, 2021

Diagonal road cut, 1935-7; with Ashby Claremont-to-Domingo cut

Cairns house (W Ratcliff, $10K), 1910; kids @ UCB, from Tulare

"Assertive 20th C" stucco vs. back-to-nature flammable wood houses

2929 Piedmont: Leola Hall (1881-1930) 'honeymoon' house, 1912

Alan Temko's house to the north on Ashby

2837 Webster: 1878, moved twice; Richard Diebenkorn, ~1953-1960

Magnolia vs. Pine: 1906 cottages by "1-nail MacGregor", cost $1900

John Muir School (1915, James Plachek); Claremont/Harwood Crk

53 Domingo: Pa Dutch 1915 Maybeck, moved '64 from 1800 Spruce

Oakvale: Russ estate; note 2 palms and well with basin for horses

35 Encina Place: Lawton House  ca. 1906; in advts; note the plaque

Uplands-Parkside divider: watch your step here

End of Parkside: round park & July 4 parade/party

90 El Camino: Greyhaven, Diana Paxson's house, co-founder of SCA

98: St. Clements mission; first service 1908; stained glass window

155 El Camino: Charles Keeler house; we are near 1991 fire line

Capt. & Mrs. Edwards (nee Hind) (Yelland, 1925) - half burned 1991

Hind estate (1908-~1938) on Uplands; replaced with newer houses

240 Uplands: Vernon/Betty DeMars: UC bldgs, Zellerbach banners

305 Uplands: ballroom & stable of Taylor mansion La Dulzura; 1908-1935 (John Galen Howard, then L C Mullgardt)
- 40 rms, $150K, Mission/Tibetan style, terra cotta cobblestone roof

Tunnel Road to 1903 Kennedy tunnel; "Woodmere Way" in 1950

Oakridge Path poultry farm

Peet's: rest and restrooms for the weary

Old Key Route 'E' path to hotel past Peet's

Russell & Claremont: old trolley station, now restaurant

2911 Russell: was Judah Magnes Jewish Museum of the West, Julia Morgan 1908

Russell & Kelsey: old Kelsey ranch, 1860 and Marquis house, 1910

More walk details at   http://ronksville.com/pix/walks/cenawalk/