CAMBRIDGE ATHENAEUM SITE OF A PRIVATE LIBRARY THAT BECAME CAMBRIDGE'S FIRST CITY HALL 1854-1890 LATER HOME OF THE PROSPECT UNION 1851 * 1922 Submitted by @mywolfson
BERKELEY HISTORY HISTORIC McGEE-SPAULDING DISTRICT In 1855, Irish-born James McGee (1814–1899) bought 115 acres of the old Peralta rancho—now the McGee Tract—for farmland. Later he donated land...