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Classic home (Repurposed) - Orangevale, California
In 1887 the Orange Vale Colonization Company was formed in order to act as a booster organization for a swath of land that had once been part of the Rancho de San Juan Mexican land grant. The area, located west of Folsom, California, was envisioned as an idyllic farming community and eventual suburb of Sacramento, California. Parcels of land were sold by real estate companies to many from the Northeastern and Midwestern states. Many were enticed by the promise of good soil and easy citrus harvests. Quite a few bought in and the area indeed became a productive producer of various types of nuts and fruits. This period of Orangevale's history ended with in 1932 with a frost that devastated most of the crops in the area. Since then the "Census designated place", it never became a city, acts as one of the outlying suburbs of Sacramento.
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This former home is a remnant of the earlier period in Orangevale's history. Too close to the busy street of Greenback Lane it most recently functioned as a restaurant.
According to Sacramento County records the structure was built in 1905.
Classic home (Repurposed) - Orangevale, California
In 1887 the Orange Vale Colonization Company was formed in order to act as a booster organization for a swath of land that had once been part of the Rancho de San Juan Mexican land grant. The area, located west of Folsom, California, was envisioned as an idyllic farming community and eventual suburb of Sacramento, California. Parcels of land were sold by real estate companies to many from the Northeastern and Midwestern states. Many were enticed by the promise of good soil and easy citrus harvests. Quite a few bought in and the area indeed became a productive producer of various types of nuts and fruits. This period of Orangevale's history ended with in 1932 with a frost that devastated most of the crops in the area. Since then the "Census designated place", it never became a city, acts as one of the outlying suburbs of Sacramento.
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This former home is a remnant of the earlier period in Orangevale's history. Too close to the busy street of Greenback Lane it most recently functioned as a restaurant.
According to Sacramento County records the structure was built in 1905.