The Oakland Club was a women's club at 124 Montecito Avenue. It was started in 1899; 6 the club was incorporated in January 1902. 1
The 1903 directory lists The Oakland Club at 416 - 17th St. 2 The building appears as a 2 story house on the 1903 Sanborn maps, where the Wakefield Building now stands.
The first president was Alice Bunnell (aka Mrs. George Woodbury Bunnell). 5,6
| President | Years |
| Alice Bunnell | 1899-1905 |
| Cora Jones | 1905-1908 |
| Mrs. Frances H. Gray | 1908-1909 |
| Mrs. Leon Hall | 1909-1911 |
| Mrs. C.S. Chamberlin | 1911-1914 |
| Mrs. G.W. Harrison | 1914-1915 |
| Mrs. Edgar L. Ormbsy | 1916-1918 |
| Miss Marie Theresa Russau | 1918-1920 |
| Mrs. Charles L. Taber | 1920-1921 |
| Mrs. Frederick Eldridge Adams | 1912-1923 |
| Mrs. Henry C. Petray | 1923-1925 |
| Mrs. O.B. Caldwell | 1925-1927 |
| Mrs. Eldridge Seth Fenton | 1927-1928 |
| Mrs. Bessie Wood Gustason | 1928-1929 |
| Mrs. J.J. Earle | 1929- |
124 Montecito
The building at 124 Montecito was built in 1922 for the Oakland Club, and designed by A.W. Smith.
It is sometimes referred to as Casa Romana; it was used as a Romanian social hall and center called Casa Romana si Capela beginning in the 1970s. 3,4
In the 1990s, St. Paul's wanted to demolish the building to expand the school. 3,4
Links and References
- The Oakland Club CA Secretary of State
- Husted's Oakland 1903
- City Landmarks Board Actions: January Oakland Heritage Alliance News Winter 1996
- School growth may doom landmark Oakland Tribune (p2)
- Oakland Club Is In New Quarters Oakland Tribune October 25, 1922
- Growth of Oakland Club Told Oakland Tribune July 21, 1929 (p2)
- Oakland Club Reciprocity Tea Slated Oakland Tribune February 13, 1957
