The Houses of McDonald Avenue
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- This short documentary explores the architecture and social history of McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa, California. Showcasing some of the grandest homes on the Avenue, their stories date back to the 1800s and include the filming of five Hollywood movies. The video is based on a tour developed by the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee. Directed by Eve Goldberg.
As a HUGE History geek & a Lover of McDonald Ave here in Santa Rosa. I found this Video remarkable. Thanks for your knowledge my friend ! Outstanding.
My Grandparents were the caretakers of McDonald Mansion for 20 years. They lived in the carriage house next to the mansion since no one occupied the mansion. My Mother, Brother and I lived there as well when I was a newborn until 2 years old. I remember it well
Great! I owned 925 McDonald from 1999 to 2015.... loved the street and my neighbors
How cool!
I had the joy of growing up in 905 McDonald Avenue from 1948 to 1962. This well done video reminded me of so many of my parents' friends and neighbors. As I have kept up with some of the history of the street, I still enjoy more. My parents, Ed and Elaine Healey bought our home from Bessie Bogle, hence my strange user name. I did note two houses on Spring Street and 14th Street that are only a block away. One at 829 Spring belonged to my step grandparents, Eugene and Susan Healey. In the 1950s I went trick or treating at Mableton, 1015 McDonald Avenue. That was fun and somewhat scary. What I miss now is walking the street in fall when many of the trees fill the area with vibrant colors. Thanks for memory jog.
I never thought I'd find someone on RUclips that used to live in the house that I grew up in! The Ginko trees in front are just as magnificent as they were decades ago.
I lived in 905 from 1975 - 1986, and I still miss that place.
Beautiful documentary! I was born at 1127 and lived there until I was two at which time my parents purchased 1121 which was ours until my parents passed away! How I miss the neighborhood ❤
This was wonderful! This past summer I spent 5 weeks in Santa Rosa at an Air BnB on Monroe St. and walked McDonald Ave and the Rural Cemetary almost daily. Beautiful Homes, Wonderful self guide tour at Cemetary. I now know more about the area and it's founders. I grew up in Santa Rosa, and Ialways dreamed of the McDonald Mansion "Mableton". I can't wait to return and walk the route again with the information on hand. So many of these homes were my favorite! Thank you! Beautiful documentary! All Santa Rosa High School and SRJC students should be required to watch this as part of local history and community involvement. I wish I knew this information 30+ years ago.
Very well done! I live in Santa Rosa (about 7 min from McDonald Ave), and have passed by the street many, many times...
My mother-in-law was born and raised here; her grandmother was born here, as well; and was an early member of the Saturday Afternoon Club for decades, and elected as an officer many times.
My mother-in-law got such a kick out of your video! Thank you so much!
my mom is a member of Saturday Afternoon Club right now! wow, small world
We lived at 718
Great neighbors!!
Thank you, this is wonderful
this was literally a walk down memory lane. i lived on wright st and as a kid, i ran wild on mcdonald ave. and in the cemetery at the end. in second grade my bff and i used to crawl under these houses and dig in the crawl spaces for arrowheads and glass insulators and found lots. it was a different time lol im almost 50 now
thank you! excellent overview of the grand houses.
I love this! I want more!
I love this I want more!
Nice really love it!
How interesting. There is a McDonald ave in Brooklyn. There are some colonial houses still in Ditmas park. Thanks for a great video.
Glad you liked it.
Well done documentary - I really enjoyed watching it and hearing about the history of these homes. I did a similar series on historic homes/district in my city years ago - was trying to guess the architectural styles before they were identified :)
mc donald?