eichler: Before Eichler there was Yelland - 12/21/07 02:23 PM
 
The above clipping came from the Oakland Tribune on November 20th 1941.  It shows a modernism home to be built in the area designed by architect William Raymond Yelland.
This is a pre-war design almost a full decade before the Eichler homes began to appear in the 1950s.
William Raymond Yelland, the Oakland … (1 comments)

eichler: Eichlers of Sequoyah Highlands - 12/15/07 04:53 PM
First of all, I do know how to spell Sequoia.  It's the only word that uses all of the vowels AEIOU.  The region around Oakland California was named after a local indian chief Sequoyah.
I joined the Mid-Century Modern group here at Activerain.  I said I would take some photos of the Eichlers … (3 comments)

eichler: Before Eichler: Early 40s Modernism by Yelland and Carter Sparks - 12/07/07 12:33 PM

The above illustration appeared in the November 20th, 1941 edition of the Oakland Tribune.  Because of the date two weeks before Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of World War II.  It is doubtful whether this exact building was ever built.
However, the homes in Alameda's Southshore neighborhood appear to share architectural DNA … (0 comments)

 
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