There’s a Prohibition-Era Speakeasy Under This Newly Listed Victorian Mansion in California
The $2.375 million home in Alameda features an original fainting room, basement bar and a secret hideaway for once-illicit booze By Virginia K. Smith |
Originally Published On May 13, 2021 | Mansion Global
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Built in 1893 by architect Charles S. Shaner, the four-bedroom home is filled with carefully preserved and restored original details.
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Built in 1893 by architect Charles S. Shaner, the four-bedroom home is filled with carefully preserved and restored original details.
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One of the most recognizable Victorian homes in Alameda, California, has come on the market for the first time in 17 years, at an asking price of $2.375 million.
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A 1922 Spanish-style house with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, on a 0.6-acre lot
This house was designed by the architect Wallace Neff for John Willis Baer, the president of Occidental College from 1906 to 1916, and incorporates Spanish and Mediterranean elements. Original tiles throughout the house remain intact, as does an elevated platform in the living room designed to be occupied by musicians during large parties.
The ocean and a number of high-end resorts are within a few blocks of the property, as is shopping that includes organic markets and bakeries.