3929 Telegraph-Key Realty 1925

Description:
Page 128 from the book, Who Made Oakland by Florence B. Crocker. The page features a lauditory description of the Key Realty Co., which had its offices at 3929 Telegraph Avenue, Temescal district, Oakland, Calif.

Date of Document:
1925 (publication date)

Document Author:
Written by Florence B. Crocker; published by Clyde Dalton

Geographic Location:
Telegraph Avenue and 40th Street, Oakland, Calif.

Context:
From the time Solomon E. Alden, in 1868, first platted a small portion of his extensive land holdings in Temescal to create Temescal Park, real estate interests have been drawn to the Temescal market. Across 40th Street from the Key Realty Co. were the offices of realtor Richard J. Montgomery (born 1863), who is credited with opening up to development 40th Street and streets to the north (41st, 42nd, 45th, Rich, and Webster streets) following the annexation of Temescal by the City of Oakland in 1897. Francis Marion Borax Smith and Frank Haven s Realty Syndicate, whose property holdings circa 1900 in Oakland were vast, included several large sections in Temescal.