Peralta Home

Not to be confused with Casa Peralta, another historic home in San Leandro on the NRHP.
Peralta Home

Peralta Home at time of construction, 1860
Location 561 Lafayette Ave., San Leandro, California
Coordinates 37°43′50.64″N 122°9′41.4″W / 37.7307333°N 122.161500°W / 37.7307333; -122.161500Coordinates: 37°43′50.64″N 122°9′41.4″W / 37.7307333°N 122.161500°W / 37.7307333; -122.161500
Built 1860
Architect W.P. Toler
Architectural style Spanish Colonial
NRHP Reference # 78000654 [2]
CHISL # 285[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 22, 1978
Designated CHISL 1938[1]

The Peralta Home, at 561 Lafayette Avenue in San Leandro was the first brick house built in Alameda County. It was constructed in the Spanish Colonial style in 1860 for Ignacio Peralta, early San Leandro Spanish settler, by W.P. Toler (Peralta's son-in-law).

A.C. Peachey purchased the house from Rafaela Sanchez Peralta (Igancio's widow) on May 18, 1875. Immediately thereafter Peachey added a large wood extension at the back of the brick house. Technically a  2 1⁄2-story building, the old Peralta house had its main reception rooms on the second story. Peachey continued this emphasis on the second story in his additions, treating the ground floor as a basement.

Interior of the Peralta Home, 1960

The house remained in the Peachey family for thirty-four years. Between 1909 and 1926, it went to Daniel and C.L. Best. Eventually in November 1926, it was purchased by the Alta Mira Club, who are still the current owners. One of the more interesting of 19th-century houses in San Leandro, it has additional historic associations with the large and land-rich Peralta family, who were pioneers of the area. Peralta's father, Luís María Peralta, received the Rancho San Antonio land grant from Spanish Governor Don Pablo Vicente de Solá on October 20, 1820.

The house is a California Historical Landmark[1] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-78000654).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Peralta Home". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2006-03-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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