Croll Building (Alameda, California) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Italianate style (architecture), Second Empire (architecture), historic landmark, commercial building, 1879_construction

USA / California / Alameda / Alameda, California / Central Avenue, 700
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Italianate style (architecture), Second Empire (architecture), historic landmark, commercial building, 1879_construction
1400 Webster Street
Alameda, CA

This building is closely associated with sporting events significant to the history of the City of Alameda, the San Francisco Bay area and the State of California. Croll's is important in the early development of boxing during the Golden Age of Boxing in California, a period of great California champions such as Jim Corbett and James Jeffries. From the 1890s to about 1910, Croll housed many of the best boxers in America in his hotel.

Today this building is home to Croll's Pizza, the 1400 Bar & Grill restaurant, and the Gallagher and Lindsey Property Management division branch. The stained glass, elaborate etched windows, and carved wooden bar remain as they were when Neptune Beach was a popular attraction.

The second floor of the building is currently a residential hotel, with the third floor of the building being office space.

This building is California Historical Landmark (# 954) as well as being on the National Register of Historic Places list (# 1982000960)
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croll_Building
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Coordinates:   37°46'18"N   122°16'35"W

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  • New Zealander restaurant. Great meat pies and pints!
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