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Full titleN. E. corner east Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue, East Oakland, front view. This home was built by Moses Chase in 1849 on part of 640 acres he brought from old Peralta, who at the time owned a large part of what is now Alameda County. This lot was later a part of the Township of Clinton. Mr. Moses Chase was born in Newberyport, Mass., on July 31, 1806. He was the first white man in Oakland and camped at the foot of what is now Broadway, in 1849. The rear rooms of this house were built in 1849 of ship's timbers, driftwood and redwood shakes. Later, in 1856, the front part of the house was added. As you see in the photograph, the house is in first class condition today, October 5, 1928. Photo taken by Jesse B. Cook and Joseph A. Murray.
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