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René C. Davidson Courthouse

Courthouse

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The René C. Davidson Courthouse is the main courthouse, part of the Alameda County Superior Court system. The art deco style courthouse was completed in 1934 and is located in the county seat of Oakland, California, USA. It is adjacent to Lake Merritt. René C. Davidson Courthouse is situated 550 feet southeast of Oakland History Room Archives.

Camron-Stanford House

Museum

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The Camron-Stanford House is the last of the 19th-century Victorian mansions that once surrounded Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. It was the home to a series of influential families, and in 1907, became the city's first museum. Camron-Stanford House is situated 510 feet east of Oakland History Room Archives.

Oakland Hotel

Historic building

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The Oakland Hotel is a historic building in Oakland, California. It was built as a luxury hotel by P.J. Walker in 1912, with investments from businessmen Francis Marion Smith, Edson Adams and W.W. Oakland Hotel is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Oakland History Room Archives.

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Civic Center

Neighborhood

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Oakland's Civic Center neighborhood is a residential and public building district on the east side of Oakland's Central Business District. Its borders are roughly Downtown and Harrison Street to the west, the East Lake Neighborhood and Lakeshore Avenue to the east, the Lakeside Apartments District and 14th Street to the North, and Chinatown and 11th Street to the South.

Lakeside Apartments District

Neighborhood

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The Lakeside Apartments District neighborhood, also known as The Gold Coast, and simply as The Lakeside, is one of Oakland's historic residential neighborhoods between the Downtown district and Lake Merritt.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is traditionally Chinese which reflects Oakland's diverse Chinese American, and more broadly Asian American community.

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