Casa Peralta is a historic home located at 384 W. Estudillo Ave. in

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. The home was built in 1901 by Ludovino Peralta and originally had a

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design. The original design included

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s, and a

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lated

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, features which remain a part of the home. After Ludovino died, the home passed to her sister Maria and later to her niece Hermania Peralta Dargie. In 1927, Hermania hired Captain Antonio Martin to redesign the house in the style of the Peralta family's estate in Spain. Martin's design added a formal garden with a fountain, a front porch with tiles depicting scenes from ''

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'', and a four-story tower. The house was added to the

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on January 4, 1982. It is now a historic museum run by the City of San Leandro.

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