The Dunsmuir House and Gardens is located in Oakland, California on a 50-acre (200,000 m) site. The Dunsmuir House has a neoclassical-revival architectural style and is listed in the US National Register of Historic Places. It is now used primarily for weddings, receptions, business gatherings and historical reenactment events.
The house was built in 1899 by Alexander Dunsmuir, son of Robert Dunsmuir, a wealthy coal magnate from Victoria, BC. Dun...
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The Dunsmuir House and Gardens is located in Oakland, California on a 50-acre (200,000 m) site. The Dunsmuir House has a neoclassical-revival architectural style and is listed in the US National Register of Historic Places. It is now used primarily for weddings, receptions, business gatherings and historical reenactment events.
The house was built in 1899 by Alexander Dunsmuir, son of Robert Dunsmuir, a wealthy coal magnate from Victoria, BC. Dunsmuir, who came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1878 to manage the family business, intended the house to be a wedding gift for his new bride, but didn't get to live in it with her as he fell ill and died while on his honeymoon in New York. His new bride returned to live in the home, but soon died herself in 1901.
I.W. Hellman Jr. purchased the estate in 1906 as a summer home for his family and by 1913 the mansion was remodeled for the larger family's needs as well as to hold their growing acquisitions from European travel.
Mrs. Hellman kept...
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