Pardee Home

No state plaque stands here. The bronze in the boulder is the county historical society's, and it lists two physicians who were mayors of Oakland. The house behind it is a woman's work. Helen Pardee, George's wife, moved in with her family in 1897, after Enoch's death, and turned the public rooms into a private museum of her collections: scrimshaw from Alaska, pipes from the Philippines, altarpieces from China. Her unmarried daughters Madeline and Helen kept it as she left it until they died in 1980 and 1981. Saved from the Interstate 980 route, it opened in 1991.

What the plaque says

The Pardee Home Built in 1868 by Enoch H. Pardee(1827-96), physician, Mayor of Oakland, State Assemblyman, and Senator. It was the home of the families of E. H. Pardee and his son, George C. Pardee(1857-1941), physician, Mayor of Oakland, Governor of California(1903-07), and President of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. The Alameda County Historical Society

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Muir Woods National Monument — 17 mi
  A redwood canyon saved from a reservoir by a gift, and named for a man who had been there once.
• Muir Beach Overlook — 17 mi
  A cliff edge on Highway 1, and the concrete dugouts where two-man crews watched the sea after Pearl Harbor.

More markers nearby

• First Unitarian Church of Oakland — steps away
• Site of College of California — 0.4 mi
• Coast Guard Lightship WLV 605 - Relief (decommissioned) — 0.6 mi
• Paramount Theatre — 0.6 mi