HISTORIC ALAMEDA NEIGHBORHOODS - NOBLE AVENUE

HISTORIC ALAMEDA NEIGHBORHOODS - NOBLE AVENUE

HISTORIC ALAMEDA NEIGHBORHOODS - NOBLE AVENUE.  Alameda has many historic neighborhoods.  Noble Avenue is one of those neighborhoods.  George Noble was the foremost bungalow builder in Alameda who built these homes.  The street is named for him.  Noble build most of his bungalows in Alameda from 1909 to 1925.

Noble built over 300 homes in Alameda,  He started out building conventional craftsman then developed stylist changes such as a peaked roof on the craftsman bungalow.

NOBLE MADE STYLISTIC CHANGES TO BUNGALOWS WHICH MADE THEM UNIQUE

Along with his large output and the architectural interest of his designs, Noble was an excellent site planner.  He opened the interiors of blocks with cul-de-sacs.  The districts developed by Noble had a pleasing sense of coherence because of consistency of scale, setback and design.

Wikipedia describes "The American Craftsman style has its origins from the British Art and Crafts movement which began as a philosophy and artistic style founded by William Morris earlier in the 1860s. The British movement was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, with its disregard for the individual worker and degradation of the dignity of human labor. Seeking to ennoble the craftsman once again, the movement emphasized the hand-made over the mass-produced.  The Arts and Crafts movement was also a reaction against the eclectic 'over-decorated' aesthetic of the Victoria era."