#williamworthingtonchipman — Public Fediverse posts

If you were in the real estate market in May 1853, you could've purchased a 33x100-foot lot in Alameda for $475. Dennis Evanosky takes a stroll down memory lane to the very beginnings of Alameda as we know it today, when early settlers decided on the name for the city. https://alamedapost.com/history/discover-old-town-alameda/

#alameda #BayFarmIsland #GideonAughinbaugh #history #WilliamWorthingtonChipman

When searching through Alameda's history, two names stand out—Chipman and Aughinbaugh. Dennis Evanosky discusses the remarkable people attached to these family names and highlights the fingerprints they left around town.

https://alamedapost.com/history/gold-coast-is-a-microcosm-of-early-alameda-history/

#alameda #GideonAughinbaugh #GoldCoast #history #MarcuseAndRemmel #WalkingTour #WilliamWorthingtonChipman

In November 1887, the editor of the 'Alameda Semi-Weekly Argus' published a fascinating map of Alameda, including special sponsored drawings. Dennis Evanosky fires up the Way Back Machine to explore this blast from the past.

https://alamedapost.com/history/lets-go-back-in-time/

#alameda #GideonAughinbaugh #history #WilliamWorthingtonChipman

“Fernside Is the finest property in the Bay district. Let us prove it," proudly declared a 1925 Oakland Tribune advertisement. Dennis Evanosky takes a look at the remarkable Alameda neighborhood and Fred Wood, the man who sold the dream.

https://alamedapost.com/history/fernside-after-the-cohens/

#alameda #AlfredAndrewCohen #CentralAvenueSafetyImprovementProject #fernside #FernsideBoulevard #GideonAughinbaugh #history #WilliamWorthingtonChipman

Grand Street presents a textbook of the architectural styles that makes Alameda so attractive, but none of them are “Victorians.” Dennis Evanosky discusses some of the early land transactions in Alameda—and the beautiful evidence we have today of gifted architects.

https://alamedapost.com/history/take-a-stroll-down-grand-street/

#alameda #architecture #ClementAvenue #GideonAughinbaugh #GrandStreet #history #JamesHibberd #SantaClaraAvenue #WilliamWChipman #WilliamWorthingtonChipman

Dennis Evanosky introduces you to Caroline McLean Chipman Dwinelle, the woman for whom Alameda's Caroline Street is named. She was once married to Alameda's co-founder, William Worthington Chipman, as well as Assemblyman John Dwinelle, who helped create the University of California.

https://alamedapost.com/history/the-gold-coasts-caroline-street/

#Alameda #WalkingTour #DennisEvanosky #JohnW.Dwinelle #MarcuseAndRemmel #GoldCoastArchitecture #WilliamWorthingtonChipman #CarolineElizabethMcLeanChipmanDwinelle