- attractively detailed woodwork
- large, L-shaped veranda
Unfortunately this house was allowed to reach such a dilapidated condition
that in 2013 it was destroyed. At the time it was
believed to be the fourth oldest in the city.
It was built by Doctor Bowling Bailey, a state Assemblyman, farmer and school trustee, who created houses in the area 1859-1888. The first known owners were Mathurin and Georgette LeDeit, from 1888 to 1892, Mathurin was a French-born butcher who likely commuted to his job in San Jose on the train line a block away.
Charles Pearson,
a rancher who operated a grocery in the building he built at 220-230 Castro,
owned the house from 1892 to 1946. He also
ran the Old Haverty Corner Saloon at Castro and Villa.
In 1947, Pacific Telephone used the home as an office. Its last known use was as a used-toy store called "Forgotten Treasures."
Also formerly
on the site was the "Immigrant House," a tiny home not much larger than a
dog house. It is one of the last examples of the
tiny homes orchard workers and immigrants lived in at the turn of the century.
As of June 11, 2013, the permanent location of this house has yet to be
determined.
Next: Walk three blocks east on Villa to Bush ...
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