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Treadwell Mansion and Carriage House, is a historic
mansion A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
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carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...
built in in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, California, U.S.. With The two buildings used to be part of the campus for California College of the Arts, from 1922 until 2022. The Treadwell Mansion and Carriage House has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
since July 15, 1977; listed as a California Historical Landmark since July 15, 1977; and listed as an
Oakland Designated Landmark Oakland, California began a program of designating the city's historic landmarks and properties starting in 1973. Many of the properties have also received recognition at the federal level by inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places o ...
under the name "Treadwell Hall" since August 5, 1975. It is also known as the James Treadwell Mansion, Treadwell Hall, and Macky Hall.


History

The mansion was built for
John Treadwell John Treadwell (November 23, 1745 – August 18, 1823) was an American politician and the 21st Governor of Connecticut. Biography Treadwell was born in Farmington, Connecticut the only son of Ephraim and Mary (Porter) Treadwell, on November 23 ...
and James Treadwell, owners of the Tesla Coal Mine in Alameda County. The building was designed by architect Clinton Day, in the Gothic Revival and Eastlake-Stick style. In 1922, it was purchased by Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, the founder of the California School of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts). The school started using the building as part of the campus in 1926. In 2022, the art school left the building and moved to San Francisco.


See also

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California Historical Landmarks in Alameda County, California List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within Alameda County, Northern California. *Note: ''Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and ...
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List of Oakland Designated Landmarks Oakland, California began a program of designating the city's historic landmarks and properties starting in 1973. Many of the properties have also received recognition at the federal level by inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places o ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, Ca ...


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* {{Authority control California Historical Landmarks Houses completed in 1875 Houses in Oakland, California Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California Oakland Designated Landmarks Gothic Revival architecture in California School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Stick-Eastlake architecture California College of the Arts