Peralta Home

Not to be confused with Casa Peralta, another historic home in San Leandro on the NRHP.

Peralta House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
California Historical Landmark  No. 285 [1]
Peralta Home at time of construction, 1860
Location	561 Lafayette Ave., San Leandro, California, US
Coordinates	37°43′50.64″N122°9′41.4″W / 37.7307333°N 122.161500°W / 37.7307333; -122.161500
Built	1860
Architect	William P. Toler
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial
NRHP reference No.	78000654 [2]
CHISL No.	285 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 22, 1978
Designated CHISL	1938 [1]

The Peralta Home at 561 Lafayette Avenue in San Leandro, California, was the first brick house built in 1860 in Alameda County. It is also known as the Alta Mira Club House, ^[3] and Casa Peralta. ^[4] The house is a California Historical Landmark (No. 285), ^[1] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-78000654) as "Peralta House". ^[5]

History

Interior of the Peralta Home, 1960

The Peralta Home was constructed in the Spanish Colonial style in 1860 for Ignacio Peralta, early San Leandro Spanish settler, by William P. Toler (or W.P. Toller, Peralta's son-in-law). ^{[3] [5]} One of the more interesting of 19th-century houses in San Leandro, it has additional historic associations with the large and land-rich Peralta family, who were pioneers of the area. Peralta's father, Luís María Peralta, received the Rancho San Antonio land grant from Spanish Governor Don Pablo Vicente de Solá on October 20, 1820.

A.C. Peachey purchased the house from Rafaela Sanchez Peralta (Ignacio's widow) on May 18, 1875. Immediately thereafter Peachey added a large wood extension at the back of the brick house. Technically a 2+1⁄2-story building, the old Peralta house had its main reception rooms on the second story. Peachey continued this emphasis on the second story in his additions, treating the ground floor as a basement.

The house remained in the Peachey family for thirty-four years. Between 1909 and 1926, it went to Daniel and C.L. Best. Eventually in November 1926, it was purchased by the Alta Mira Club, who are still the current owners.

References

1. "Peralta Home". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peralta House". National Park Service . Retrieved December 15, 2025. With accompanying pictures
4. "Casa Peralta History". San Leandro Historical Society.
5. "Peralta House". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.

External links

• Alta Mira Club - Historic Peralta Home, official website

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Park Service .