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Show CEN, FREMONT'S OLD HOME. H Tho Hoiun Where Ilia l'atli(!ndar Mml Whllo In Man Prauclaco, A beautiful section of tho city Is that of tho Mission, embraced between Fifteenth and Twentieth streets, from H Vatoucla to Noc. Nearly forty years ago, when a fow ;H now veucrablo abodes nbout tho old ; Mission Dolores Church dotted tbo H landscape, a fratno dwelling, then tha H ecoml ouo of its kind in that region, H was erected on a knoll at a point now H designated as tha corner of Noe and Fit- H It was In this house that Con. Fro- mont, tbo man who did so much for sLLLH California, took up his residence, and . H thcro It was that tho greater portion of HaLLH bis time was passed, when bo was not ' IiibbH compelled to absent himself in making bLLH alternating trips to Marin and Contra SitatH Costa countries. Marked as tho section BLlaLH was, tbo last outposts of civilization to IbbH tho southwest an outpost set far flH away beyond a wasto of sand and lupin- tiaaH covered bills it was rendered nccccssarjr t'aaaaaaaai for intending visitors to preparo as if IbbbH for a day's journey in tho country. j H Occupying a forty-foot froutace, tho LaBBBBBBBBaa quaint structure of frame work with its JH fabled story built over tho center and H oxtcudlng to within seven feet of either .bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI end, It was in distinct to tbo H ancient-appearing mansions of Band- H and brick, with tholr great equara VibbbbbbbbbbbbbI rooms, shady, porches, and ainplo bbbbbbbbbbbbbbI grounds, occupied by tho old Spanish ro- "-H FREMONT'S KOIlMElt CITY IIKSIDENCR. " M About ten years ngo the old home of J ' tbo Pathfinder, after remaining undis- H turbed for nonrly thirty years, was re- ' H moved to mako room for moro modern ' H structures which were In keeping with ' ..H that neighborhood. From Its position ' I 'LH It was taken to a lot near tho corner of H Seventeenth and Guerrero strcots. It ) fJH then served tho purposo of an abiding ' '., H place for tbo owners of a milk dairy un- MaLH til recently, when tho dairymen do- pbLI parted, evidently to discover moro com- v'JbbbbbbbI modlous quarters. and Ambrose Scrlvano, tsLaaBBBBBBi au osh-gathcrcr from sunny Italy, bo- IbbH came lord of the dwelling. H The house originally contained eight H rooms, but now there aro seven, tbo jifBH Italian having removed ono of tho parti 'JH tlons, uinklug one largo room extending bbbbH BtpabuJcVii-th of tbo bouse. this . ;M kbultsI claret an . k 'l'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbI PitCl(itMialMfattMdarABiB MroraCTCScr Ba-iiiiiiiBBjaliiiiiiiMSiiiAaBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH Tho rooms on tho lower "dlaaHI tcon square nino feet iHH those abovo are ""'-VIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV! IbbbbbbbbbbI with h height corrcsponuraW 4 to the lower z SbbbbbbI Tbo ravages of tlmo aro but too "P'BHl 'jHbbbbbbbbI parent, and it Is a matter of but n short Vil! bbbbbbbI period when tho structure will bo no 1l' m!bbbbbbbI more. San Francitco Examiner. ; YJI |