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Historic Mansions of The Alameda
James Henry Pierce Mansion
The Alameda & Villa
San Jose, CA
Designed by California's first female licensed architect Julia Morgan in 1910. Prairie style stucco exterior with a new-Georgian interior.
She is also a famed architect of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA
and remained Hearst principal architect for nearly 3 decades.
Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her career, many of them are still in use today. Berkley Women's City Women's Club, Chapel Of Chimes(Oakland), Hearst Castle(San Simeon), Asilomar(Pacific Grove) just to name a few.
Mr. Pierce was the president of Pacific Manufacturing the company was the largest supplier of wood products throughout California. His father James Pieronnet Pierce in 1877
bought a small planing mill in Santa Clara and changed its name of Enterprise Mill to the Pacific Manufacturing Company, and incorporated it in 1879. The company was also located on the Alameda
He purchased some timberlands in the Santa Cruz Mountains and built a saw-mill at Ben Lomond, California, and put in the first band saw to be operated in California.
Photography©David C. Hill
Historic Homes of The Alameda
James Henry Pierce Mansion
The Alameda & Villa
San Jose, CA
The mansion is a Prairie style stucco exterior with a new-Georgian interior. The porte-cochere entrance was built for horse-drawn carriages.
Original image caption
Historic Mansions of The Alameda
James Henry Pierce Mansion
The Alameda & Villa
San Jose, CA
Designed by California's first female licensed architect Julia Morgan in 1910. Prairie style stucco exterior with a new-Georgian interior.
She is also a famed architect of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA
and remained Hearst principal architect for nearly 3 decades.
Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her career, many of them are still in use today. Berkley Women's City Women's Club, Chapel Of Chimes(Oakland), Hearst Castle(San Simeon), Asilomar(Pacific Grove) just to name a few.
Mr. Pierce was the president of Pacific Manufacturing the company was the largest supplier of wood products throughout California. His father James Pieronnet Pierce in 1877
bought a small planing mill in Santa Clara and changed its name of Enterprise Mill to the Pacific Manufacturing Company, and incorporated it in 1879. The company was also located on the Alameda
He purchased some timberlands in the Santa Cruz Mountains and built a saw-mill at Ben Lomond, California, and put in the first band saw to be operated in California.
Photography©David C. Hill
Original image caption
Historic Mansions of The Alameda
James Henry Pierce Mansion
The Alameda & Villa
San Jose, CA
Designed by California's first female licensed architect Julia Morgan in 1910. Prairie style stucco exterior with a new-Georgian interior.
She is also a famed architect of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA
and remained Hearst principal architect for nearly 3 decades.
Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her career, many of them are still in use today. Berkley Women's City Women's Club, Chapel Of Chimes(Oakland), Hearst Castle(San Simeon), Asilomar(Pacific Grove) just to name a few.
Mr. Pierce was the president of Pacific Manufacturing the company was the largest supplier of wood products throughout California. His father James Pieronnet Pierce in 1877
bought a small planing mill in Santa Clara and changed its name of Enterprise Mill to the Pacific Manufacturing Company, and incorporated it in 1879. The company was also located on the Alameda
He purchased some timberlands in the Santa Cruz Mountains and built a saw-mill at Ben Lomond, California, and put in the first band saw to be operated in California.
Photography©David C. Hill
Original image caption
Historic Mansions of The Alameda
James Henry Pierce Mansion
The Alameda & Villa
San Jose, CA
Designed by California's first female licensed architect Julia Morgan in 1910. Prairie style stucco exterior with a new-Georgian interior.
She is also a famed architect of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA
and remained Hearst principal architect for nearly 3 decades.
Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her career, many of them are still in use today. Berkley Women's City Women's Club, Chapel Of Chimes(Oakland), Hearst Castle(San Simeon), Asilomar(Pacific Grove) just to name a few.
Mr. Pierce was the president of Pacific Manufacturing the company was the largest supplier of wood products throughout California. His father James Pieronnet Pierce in 1877
bought a small planing mill in Santa Clara and changed its name of Enterprise Mill to the Pacific Manufacturing Company, and incorporated it in 1879. The company was also located on the Alameda
He purchased some timberlands in the Santa Cruz Mountains and built a saw-mill at Ben Lomond, California, and put in the first band saw to be operated in California.
Photography©David C. Hill
Designed by Julia Morgan in 1910.
She was California's first licensed female architect.
She is also the famed architect of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. She remained Hearst's principal architect for nearly 3 decades.
Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her career, many of them are still in use today. Berkley Women's City Women's Club, Chapel Of Chimes(Oakland), Hearst Castle(San Simeon), Asilomar(Pacific Grove) just to name a few.
Mr. Pierce was the president of Pacific Manufacturing the company was the largest supplier of wood products throughout California. His father James Pieronnet Pierce in 1877
bought a small planing mill in Santa Clara and changed its name of Enterprise Mill to the Pacific Manufacturing Company, and incorporated it in 1879. The company was also located on the Alameda
He purchased some timberlands in the Santa Cruz Mountains and built a saw-mill at Ben Lomond, California, and put in the first band saw to be operated in California.
Photography©David C. Hill
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Originally shared on Explore San Jose · October 14, 2020