First of all, I do know how to spell Sequoia. It's the only word that uses all of the vowels AEIOU. The region around Oakland California was named after a local indian chief Sequoyah.
I joined the Mid-Century Modern group here at Activerain. I said I would take some photos of the Eichlers around here. It was a cold brisk December mid morning when I took these photos, some of the houses are in shadow.
Sequoyah Highlands sits high in the East Oakland Hills above the now closed Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. The land that Sequoyah Highlands was built on was part of that military complex.
The Streets in this neighborhood all have horse and buggy names such as coach, Phaeton, Shay Surrey and Hansom. These names were chosen because the streets rotate off of Hansom like a wagon wheel.
Hey Michael-thanks for these beautiful photos and for the trivia about Sequoia. I never knew that.
Have you heard of the Memorial Bend neighborhood in Houston? They have very similar styles-don't know if any are actual Eichlers...the horrible thing is many are being razed and replaced by horrible red-brick McMansions...Houstonians never saw a building they couldn't tear down.
(I live in Austin)
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If you go to wikipedia, the online enclycopedia and enter Eichler it will tell you all about Eichlers. Eichler was a builder and not the architect. He used several architects and it's possible that one of those architects did some work in Houston.
Check with the building department at the city to see if the architects are documented.
I was corrected, more words contain AEIOU....Here are just a few.
douleia
eulogia
miaoued
moineau
sequoia
aboideau
aboiteau
aurevoir