Alameda Legacy Home Tour: A Storybook Era - the Fernside, 1925-1936

Schedule

Sun Sep 20 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00
Location

Edison Elementary School | Alameda, CA

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Take a tour of Alameda's beautiful Fernside neighborhood, and explore a collection of Storybook and Craftsman homes (inside and out)!
About this Event

Join us on the Alameda Legacy Home Tour! Support preservation and spend the day on a lovely island visiting the interiors of seven unique historic homes built from 1925 to 1936, an era in which “Storybook” homes influenced by trends in Hollywood were all the rage. The homes are within walking distance of each other in Alameda's iconic Fernside neighborhood. Built on the former site of prominent historical figure A.A. Cohen’s magnificent Fernside estate, it features a unique concentration of homes that romanticized architectural styles borrowed from Medieval, Spanish Colonial, and American Colonial periods.

Save the date!

Sunday, September 20th from 10am to 4pm.

The Tour starts in the schoolyard of Edison Elementary (northwest corner of Lincoln and Versailles Avenues) where you will exchange your voucher for an entry wristband, shoe covers and a keepsake guidebook with detailed architectural and historic information on each of the properties included on the tour, neighborhood history, and a detailed map with the tour route. You can also relax at the café and buy a T-shirt.

Tour volunteers - some dressed in period costumes - will be ready to guide and inform you every step of the way. Bring your family and friends!

When you purchase your tickets on Eventbrite, you’ll receive a voucher as a receipt for your purchase. Print it on paper or save it to your mobile device. On September 20th, check in at the ticket table at the Edison Elementary School playground area to exchange your voucher for your wristband, which will grant you access to the homes.

If you have any questions or need more information, go to www.alameda-preservation.org, send us an email or give us a call.

The tour is hosted by the a nonprofit organization.

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Where is it happening?

Edison Elementary School, 2700 Buena Vista Avenue, Alameda, United States

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Tickets

USD 12.51 to USD 44.52

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Alameda Architectural Preservation Society
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