Julius Asher Home
Julius Asher was a Northern California-based photographer who operated portrait studios out of San Francisco and Sacramento from the 1870s through the early 20th century. His Sacramento portrait studio was located at 244 J Street. Today, several of Asher's gold rush era works are featured as part of the special collections at the Bancroft Library in Berkeley. Julius and his wife, Joanna, lived for several years in the Newton Booth craftsman located at 1916 26th Street. Mr. Asher died in San Francisco in 1924.Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) A 1921 photograph depicting the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration from inside of the Newton Booth residence of Julius (second from left) and Joanna Asher (fourth from left)., 2) The former home of Julius and Joanna Asher at 1916 26th Street, 3) The former home of Julius ad Joanna Asher at 1916 26th Street as see from Solons Alley, 4) Julius Asher's victorian-era business mark.
Adolph and Augusta Teichert Home
Located at 2014 25th Street, this beautiful prairie-style residence was constructed in 1910. In 1915, newlyweds Adolph Teichert, Jr. and his wife, Augusta, purchased the home. Over the next several years, the Teicherts raised four children at their Newton Booth residence. Mrs. Teichert was the maternal granddaughter of renowned Sacramento pioneer, Adolph Heilbron. As a young adult, she studied music abroad in Dresden, Germany. Adolph Teichert Jr. served alongside his father, Adolph Sr., in the capacity of vice president of the A. Teichert & Son Construction Company until his father's retirement, at which point Adolph Jr. was elected president of the company. Adolph Jr.'s grandchildren continue to help lead the company today. Teichert Construction holds California State Contractor’s License #8, the oldest active contractor’s license in California.Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) The circa 1910 prairie-style residence of Adolph and Augusta Teichert Jr. located at 2014 25th Street, 2) Portrait of Adolph Teichert Jr., 3) A circa 1890 business card from the Teichert Company.
Birdie Boyles
The arts and crafts home at 2523 U Street was constructed between 1908-1912. In 1914, Edgar and Eva Boyles purchased the property and moved in with their 2 children. Their youngest daughter, Birdie, was born just 2-years later in an upstairs bedroom. Sadly, Eva Boyles died when Birdie was only 6-years old. The children were raised afterwards by their father Edgar, who was manager of the Sacramento River Association and a pear grower. Birdie lived for more than 90 years in the family home and was a graduate of Newton Booth School, Sacramento High School (1933) and Stanford University (1937), she excelled in academics, music and a variety of sports. She loved to play the piano, and for many years was "accompanied" by her singing dog, George. As a young girl, she was the bugler at Camp Minaluta, the Camp Fire Girls' Camp becoming the envy of generations of young people who could not duplicate her sound when challenged. At Stanford, she was on the varsity fencing team and became an expert equestrian after college, riding at the Barbara Worth Stables. During World War II, Birdie answered the call of the American Red Cross for women college graduates to join its newly formed Mobile Canteen Service ("Clubmobile"). Their morale-boosting mission was to serve coffee and doughnuts to soldiers and airmen on the front lines. Birdie's Clubmobile was first based at an 8th Air Force airfield near Bury St. Edmunds in England and later with the 63rd Infantry Division as it fought its way across Germany. She was awarded the Bronze Star for courageously driving her Clubmobile very close to the intensive fighting. Professionally, she had a demanding career as a statistician for State of California, retiring from the Department of Education in 1981. Birdie was also a skilled photographer and award-winning artist. Her distinctive wood block prints were shown in Sacramento galleries and exhibits, including the Crocker, for more than 50 years, and are in many private collections, She was a founder and active member of the Creative Arts League of Sacramento and participated as an organizer of the California Crafts Shows. Birdie passed away at the age of 92 in 2008, after which time her niece, Christine Boyles David, inherited the family home. In 2011, the property left the Boyles familyFeatured images (in order of appearace): 1) Birdie Boyles as a 5-year old pictured in 1920 in a goat cart in front of the Boyles family home at 2523 U Street, 2) The Boyles family home located at 2523 U Street in Newton Booth, circa 1912, 3) Birdie Boyles in her later years singing a duet with her beloved dog, George.
Governor Newton Booth
The Newton Booth neighborhood was named for the Newton Booth School, which has existed in the neighborhood since 1896. The School was so named in memorial to Newton Booth, California's 11th Governor, who had passed away just 4-years prior. Booth arrived in California from Indiana in 1850, freshly graduated from law school and holding his certificate from the Indiana State Bar. Soon thereafter, Booth opened a wholesale grocery business at Front Street, and quickly became one of the wealthiest merchants in the city. Booth was elected to the California State Senate in 1862, serving in 1863, and was the eleventh governor of California from December 8, 1871, to February 27, 1875, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. Upon his death in 1892, Booth was interred in the Old City Cemetery. He is the maternal uncle of Newton Booth Tarkington, who was named in his honor. Booth's nephew later made a name for himself as a renowned novelist and dramatist. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike.Additional historic street markers commemorating Governor Booth are posted at the intersections of 25th and V and 26th and S Streets.Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) The circa 1910 prairie-style residence of Adolph and Augusta Teichert Jr. located at 2014 25th Street, 2) Portrait of Adolph Teichert Jr., 3) A circa 1890 business card from the Teichert Company.
PG&E Streetcar
Electric streetcar service began in Sacramento in 1890. In 1895, the massive Folsom Powerhouse began sending electricity 22 miles away to downtown Sacramento.This facilitated the development of California's first “suburb”, Oak Park, and later the southeast portion of the original city grid that became known as Newton Booth. In 1906, the Sacramento Electric, Gas, and Railway Co. became part of PG&E, and PG&E began operating streetcars until 1943. Sacramento was the only city in the state to have street cars owned and operated by PG&E. The neighborhood route of these street cars extended along 28th Street, the eastern edge of Newton Booth, and 21st Street, through Poverty Ridge, to reach Oak Park and adjacent Highland Park. 28th and T Streets marked the end of the line for this important segment of the the PG&E Streetcar in Newton Booth. Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) This circa 1937 photograph illustrates PG&E Streetcar No. 61 headed south on 28th Street as it approaches S Street. For the first several decades of the 20th century, streetcars played an integral role in the development of the Newton Booth neighborhood, allowing for area residents to more easily commute from the southeast portion of the city, where they lived, to their jobs in or near downtown Sacramento.
Sacramento First Church of the Nazarene
The Sacramento First Church of the Nazarene, located at 1820 28th Street, began meeting in a rental hall in downtown Sacramento in the spring of 1922. The ‘Gospel Tabernacle’ was erected at the corner of 28th and S streets in the Newton Booth neighborhood in the fall of 1922. The original sign over the door read “Gospel Tabernacle, Church of the Nazarene, Strangers Welcome.” In the spring of 1923, a white frame structure replaced the portable tabernacle, and in 1924 the sides of the building were expanded. Construction on a brick building was completed in 1931. In 1949, the building was expanded with the addition of the Gardener Annex, a new main sanctuary. The First Church of the Nazarene is the oldest continuously operating church in the Newton Booth Historic District and its architecture reflects the spanish and mission revival styles popularized at the time of its construction during the developmental “boom” period of the Newton Booth neighborhood.Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) The Sacramento First Church of the Nazarene located at 1820 28th Street has stood proudly at the intersection of 28th and S Streets sice 1923.
The Louis and Adelaide Huber Market
In 1906, Louis and Adelaide Huber constructed the mixed-use structure at 2620 T Street. The entrepreneurial Huber family saw an opportunity to become business owners in the growing Newton Booth neighborhood, and opened a grocery store on the ground level of the home, with the family occupying the apartment upstairs. The Huber store appears to have been the first retail operation within the NB neighborhood. Adelaide Huber was the store’s primary proprietor, while Louis kept his brewing job at the nearby Buffalo Brewery on R Street and helped out as needed. The Hubers sold the store to John J. Fatur in 1925, and moved out of the neighborhood. The building continues in use as a store today and is known as the “Sun-up Market”. Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) The circa 1906 Huber family market, located at 2620 T Street in Newton Booth was the first retail operation opened in the neighborhood. Today the market is known as The Sun-Up Market".
William Uhl Family
The Queen Anne style worker’s cottage located at 2507-09 W Street, was built around 1892 by William and Estelle Uhl. Like many families who operated small farms in the neighborhood in the late 19th century, the Uhls raised poultry for sale on their property. William worked as a blacksmith for the Southern Pacific Railroad and later became a firefighter. All three Uhl children attended the early wooden Newton Booth School. As a matter of fact, both of the Uhl's two daughters, Vivian and Alda, went on to become teachers at the Newton Booth School.Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) The Queen Anne style Uhl family home at 2507-09 W Street is the only known extant worker’s cottage in the Newton Booth neighborhood dating from the 1890s. The property is believed to be the oldest remaining structure in the Newton Booth Historic District, 2) Portrait of one of the Uhl children, Alda Uhl, from her 1914 high school yearbook. Alda attended the Newton Booth School in her elementary years and later returned to teach there.
The Pacific Bell Telephone and Telegraph Yard
The Pacific Bell Telephone and Telegraph yard is located at 1821 24th Street in the Newton Booth neighborhood. The shops were built during the early 1920's in the mission revival architectural style, which was popular during the development of newton Booth The building also provided jobs to neighborhood residents and represents the industrial nature of the adjacent historic R Street corridor. Today the building continues to be occupied by a telecommunications provider, AT&T Inc., (who purchased Pacific Bell in 1997), and is the hub for AT&T’s Sacramento fleet operations. Featured images (in order of appearace): 1) The Pacific Bell Telephone and Telegraph yard located at 1821 24th Street serves today as the fleet operatios hub for AT&T in Sacramento.
