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12th & Oak, Oakland

January 1, 1955

View southeast across intersection to the 12th & Oak Building, 125 12th Street. Occupied by California Department of Employment from 1951 until 1976. Built in 1924 (architects Schirmer and Bugbee, who were part of the group that designed the nearby county courthouse) as the Merguire-Ritchie Chevrolet car dealership. Since 1995, the Alameda County Law Library and other County offices.

Building info: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/ae/95/ecae952d06375ff4210c5c54a56f2aa4.png https://localwiki.org/oakland/Merguire-Ritchie_Chevrolet