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Allanoke Manor

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Thompson stated that "The Allen G. Freeman House was designated in 1986 as Allenoke Manor. The correct name is Allanoke. This name appears on the gate-post of the carriage house at 2533 Ridge Road and was also given to the Freeman fruit plantation in Visalia (to this day, there is a music store
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In a 2017 letter sent to Berkeley's Landmarks Preservation Commission, local researcher Daniella Thompson stated that the correct spelling of the manor's name is Allanoke. She supplied several reasons, including that "this name appears on the gate-post of the carriage house at 2533 Ridge Road."
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In the late 1980s, the university was offered but declined to purchase the estate. Allanoke was then acquired by Frederick M. Binkley (1924–2006) and his wife Marian Frances (1924–2017), who restored Allanoke to single-family use. On 16 July 2018, Allanoke was sold to the New Bridge Foundation.
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In 1919, the Freemans erected a carriage house, described by Thompson as "Allanoke carriage house", across Le Roy street at 2533 Ridge Road. Designed by architect
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that contains photographs of the "Allanoke" spelling on the carriage house gate-post, as well as newspaper notices of the 1904 recitals, and Mrs. Freeman's
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and a fruit merchant. In 1887 he married Jessie Katherine Marsh (1858-1940) Mr. and Mrs. Freeman were
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called Allanoke Guitars in Visalia). Mrs. Freeman mentioned 'Allanoke Orchard' in her will."
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University of California, Berkeley: An Architectural Tour and Photographs by Harvey Helfand
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Allanoke Manor's first owner, Allen Gleason Freeman (1853-1930), was born in
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in November, 1986. It is also known under the variant spelling
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Allen Gleason Freeman (1903-1930), Jessie Freeman (1930-1940),
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Allen G. Freeman House
Berkeley, California
United States
Coordinates
37°52′35.6″N 122°15′29.9″W / 37.876556°N 122.258306°W / 37.876556; -122.258306
Robert Sibley
Carol Sibley
Ernest Coxhead
Berkeley, California
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley Landmark
Ernest Coxhead
clinker bricks
Georgian and Dutch colonial styles
Flushing, Michigan
Unitarian Universalists
Clarence Tantau
1923 fire
Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association
will
Robert Sibley
Carol Sibley
University of California, Berkeley
California Alumni Association
East Bay Regional Park District
Carol Sibley



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