Preservation Park

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.

Owned by William Bartling, partner in a San Francisco bookbinding firm.

This building now houses the Preservation Park offices and the Rio California cafe.

George C. Hunt handled horses, and with his brother, he owned the City Hall Livery Stables.

His house was originally located on 16th Street near Jefferson, where the next-door neighbor was pianist and painter Pauline Powell Burns.

Pierre Remillard was a brickyard owner, and his bricks were used in the construction of the nearby First Unitarian Church of Oakland.

Lilly Remillard tutored Jack London at the home.Robinson House, Queen Anne Cottage style.

Originally built in Fruit Vale, or what is now called Fruitvale.Thornton House, Queen Anne style.

Later, the home was purchased by Orrin Gowell, who became an architect in the office that designed the 1923 Tribune Tower.

Frederick Burrell Ginn and wife Mary Crocker commissioned architect A.

The Nile Club, a members-only group of Oakland's male elite, built a theater next to Ginn House.

Originally built by multimillionaire Frederick William Delger for his daughter, Lillie, and her new husband, Henry Trowbridge.

The cast iron fountain was forged in Paris and features the moon goddess Diana with acanthus leaf ornament.