Schiele Subdivision and Alameda Park: History, Architecture, and Preservation in a San José Neighborhood
by Kristan Van Laan and Kay Gutknecht
Indexed by Tammy Grier
| Last Name, First or topic | page # | Image type | Other information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessor’s Photos | 207-212 | Photographs | Taken by the Office of the Accessor, County of Santa Clara, circa 1960s. |
| Adam Brown Subdivision | 24 | Text | |
| Alameda Gardens | 16-24 | Text, Illustration | |
| Alameda Park | 41-49 | Text | |
| Alexander, Arthur Clyde , Architect-Builder | 62 | Text | “The Builder of Better Bungalows” slogan. Houses built on Harding and Pershing Ave listed. Husband of Elise Possenbacher. |
| Alta California | 16 | Text | |
| Aspinwall & Company | 34 | Text | |
| Aspinwall Steam Transportation Line | 17 | Text | |
| Aspinwall, George Woolsey | 17, 24, 26-27 | Text | |
| Basse, Edward , Architect | 57-58 | Text, Photograph | Photograph of last standing building he designed. |
| Bateman, Edwin W. M , Architect | 58 | Text | Photograph of only known extant building he designed |
| Bothwell, James Lewis , Architect | 58-59 | Text | Husband of Edwina Sloan. |
| Boyles, William S. , Builder | 59 | Text | Houses built on Schiele Ave listed. Husband of Jenny Wallace. |
| Brown, Adam | 24 | Text | |
| Charles Schiele | 35-38 | Text | Entrepreneur & Builder |
| Clark, Abraham C. | 41 | Text | Signer of Declaration of Independence, grandfather of Wm Clark |
| Clark, Isabella, Alice Ann, Mary, Grace | 41-42 | Text | Daughters of William & Alice Clark |
| Clark, Johnathan & Catherine Jonas | 41-42 | Text | Parents of William Clark |
| Clark, William Squire | 41-42 | Text | Capitalist |
| Clark, William Squire , Jr. | 41-42 | Text | Son of William & Alice Clark |
| Colonial Revival Style Houses | 69 | Text | Houses on Harding and Pershing Ave listed. |
| Contemporary Style Houses | 69 | Text | Houses on Harding, Hoover, Pershing and Schiele Ave listed. |
| Cook, Christopher M. , Architect-Builder- Designer | 63 | Text | Son of renowned architect A. A. Cook. Opened Cook Lumber Company in mid-1920’s. Houses built on Schiele and Stockton Ave listed. |
| Craftsman Style Houses | 70 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding, Hoover, Pershing and Schiele Ave listed. |
| Development Map | 6 | Illustration | Walking tour of the Schiele Subdivision/Alameda Park |
| Doyle, Purl , Contractor | 64 | Text | Houses built on Harding, Hoover and Pershing Ave listed. Husband of Ethel Baxter. |
| Duncan, Alice | 41 | Text | Wife of William Clark |
| Forbes, James Alexander and Ana Maria (Galindo) | 15 | Text, Illustration | |
| Fox, Bernard Simon | 26, 28-29, 32 | Text | nurseryman |
| French Eclectic Style Houses | 70 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding and Pershing Ave listed. |
| Glade, Willow | 35 | Text | |
| Goodrich & Page | 42 | Text | Architects Edwin Goodrich & George W. Page |
| Goodrich, Edwin , Architect | 59 | Text | Son & partner of master architect Levi Goodrich. Houses built on Schiele Ave listed. Husband of Mollie Chrisman. |
| Harris, Henry | 32 | Text | |
| Hastings Brothers | 64-65 | Text | Partnered with brother Charles (Carpenter) to build multiple residence parks. Houses built on Pershing Ave listed. |
| Hastings, Wesley Warren , Architect | 64-65 | Text | Son of master builder Alfred Hastings. Prolific builder in Santa Clara County before moving to Washington. Husband of Mary McCarthy. |
| Herrmann Brothers | 36 | Text | Surveyors |
| Hester, Craven , Judge | 22-27, 32 | Text, Illustration | |
| Hester, Martha | 23, 24, 41 | Text | Wife of Judge Hester |
| Hester, Sallie | 23 | Text | Daughter of Craven and Martha Hester |
| Higgins,William Ernest, Architect | 68 | Text | Worked with socially prominent clients before joining F. Wolfe. |
| Hill, John T. | 35 | Text | |
| Hill, Matilda | 32, 34 | Text | |
| Historic Preservation campaign | 11 | Text | Contributors, process |
| Houses on Harding Avenue | 76-107 | Text, Photo | Year build, character defining features, architect and original resident listed. |
| Houses on Hoover Avenue | 108-119 | Text, Photo | Year build, character defining features, architect and original resident listed. |
| Houses on Pershing Avenue | 120-154 | Text, Photo | Year build, character defining features, architect and original resident listed. |
| Houses on Schiele Avenue | 155-202 | Text, Photo | Year build, character defining features, architect and original resident listed. |
| Houses on Stockton Avenue | 203-206 | Text, Photo | Year build, character defining features, architect and original resident listed. |
| Interiors | 75 | Text | Explanation of wet rooms, the California cooler and picture rails that are part of many of these homes. |
| Italian Renaissance Style Houses | 70 | Text, Photo | Houses on Schiele Ave listed. |
| Kennedy, James Faris | 17, 21 | Text, Illustration | |
| Lannin Brothers | 65 | Text | Houses built on Harding Ave (Thomas Lannin), Pershing Ave, and Schiele Ave (Charles Lannin) are listed. |
| Lannin, Frank , Contractor | 65 | Text | The seven Lannin brothers were involved in real estate and contracting. |
| Leet, William | 43 | Text | Real estate salesman |
| Leet, Winifred McLaughlin | 42 | Text | Daughter of |
| Legend to reading Schiele Subdivision/Alameda Park changing boundaries | 33 | Illustration | |
| Lenzen, Theodore | 35, 42 | Text | Architect |
| Lenzen, Theodore , Architect & Designer | 60-61 | Text | Houses built on Schiele Ave listed. Integral part of Santa Clara College, Hester School, San Jose City Hall, San Jose Normal School, Lenzen subdivision (1865-1900). Husband of Caroline Wallauer. |
| Lewis, William, Designer-Builder | 65-66 | Text | Built within Naglee Park. House on Schiele Ave listed. Husband of Daisy Peter. |
| Maddock, James Kent | 24 | Text | |
| Maderis, Anthony “Tony” | 43-46 | Text | Real estate developer |
| Maderis, Anthony, Developer | 68 | Text | Commissioned Wolf & Higgins to design many of his homes. |
| Manson, John Savage | 32, 34 | Text | |
| McCrary, George , Builder | 66 | Text | Houses built on Pershing and Schiele Ave listed. Husband of Margaret Allen . |
| McLaughlin, Charles | 30 | Text | |
| Micheltoreana, Manuel | 15 | Text | |
| Minimal Traditional Style Houses | 71 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding, Pershing and Schiele Ave listed. |
| Mission Revival Style Houses | 71 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding, Pershing and Schiele Ave listed. |
| Mission Santa Clara de Asis | 14 | Text | |
| Moore, John Henley , Judge | 37 | Text | Prominent local judge |
| Neoclassical Cottage Style Houses | 71 | Text, Photo | Houses on Schiele Ave listed. |
| Nohl, Charles | 24 | Text | artist |
| O’Neil, William, Contractor | 62, 66-67 | Text | Houses built on Harding, Hoover and Pershing Ave listed. Husband of Ruth McCrary. |
| Otter Hotel | 35 | Text | Later renamed the Pacific Hotel |
| Plan of Alameda Gardens | 18-19 | Illustration | Map, circa 1852-1854 |
| Powers, George W. | 30 | Text | |
| Prairie Style Houses | 71 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding, Pershing and Schiele Ave listed. |
| Preservation | 214-226 | Text | Preserving and maintaining the features of your home. |
| Pueblo of San Jose | 14 | Text | |
| Queen Anne Style Houses | 72 | Text, Photo | Houses on Schiele Ave listed. |
| Rancho El Potrero de Santa Clara | 14 | Illustration | 1861 plat map |
| Rancho El Potrero de Santa Clara | 15-16 | Text | History of |
| Reid, Francis W. | 61 | Text | Reid & [George] Meeke partnership. Designed churches and Carnegie libraries throughout California. Husband of Lynda Alexander. |
| Riordan, Ellen | 36 | Text | Wife of Charles Schiele |
| Rucker , Joseph and Company | 44 | Text | Real estate firm |
| San Francisco & San Jose Railway | 31 | Map | Dated 1862 |
| San Jose First Ward Map | 32 | Text | Excerpt from 1876 Thompson & West |
| San Jose Railroad corporation | 29 | Text | |
| San Jose Valley Nursery | 28 | Text | |
| Santa Clara County Agricultural Society | 27 | Text | |
| Schiele Subdivision | 27, 32-41 | Text | Developed in 1888 |
| Schiele Subdivision/Alameda Park | 7, 9, 13, 32 | Text | |
| Shelton, Christopher | 24-26 | Text, Illustration | |
| Spanish Revival Style Houses | 72 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding, Hoover, Pershing, Schiele and Stockton Ave listed. |
| Stick Style Houses | 73 | Text, Photo | Houses on Schiele Ave listed. |
| Stockton Ranch | 24-27 | Text | Transition to Alameda Gardens |
| Stockton Ranch Nursery | 28 | Text | |
| Stockton, Robert Field , Commodore | 16-17, 24, 26 | Text, Illustration | |
| Subdivisions background | 9 | Text | Introduction |
| Tantau, Clarence | 43 | Text | Architect |
| The Alameda | 29 | Text | San Jose’s Magnificent Boulevard |
| The White House | 44 | Text | Men’s clothing store in downtown San Jose |
| Thompson, Austin | 32 | Text | |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | 16 | Text | |
| Tudor Revival Style Houses | 73 | Text, Photo | Houses on Harding, Hoover, Pershing, Schiele and Stockton Ave listed. |
| Weyewold | 42 | Text | The Clark estate under management of Jerome and Ann Clark Hart |
| Williams, Rollie, Builder | 67 | Text | Houses built on Harding, Hoover, Pershing and Schiele listed. Also built in the Hanchett Park neighborhood. Husband of May Saulsbury. |
| Willow Glen | 24 | Text | |
| Windows | 74-75 | Text, Illustration | Examples of the divided light windows incorporated. |
| Wolfe & Higgins, Architect Firm | 68 | Text | Frank Wolfe and William Higgins (1917-1926) |
| Wolfe & Higgins, Architect Firm | 68 | Text | Carl Wolfe and William Higgins (1926-1931) |
| Wolfe, Frank, Builder & Architect | 68 | Text | Worked with architect Charles McKenzie 1899-1910. Worked solo between 1911-1917. Husband of Nellie Crockett and father of Carl Wolfe. |