A view of empty Lots 2, 3 and 4 of the
St. James Park subdivision, ca. 1898-99, northeast from the corner of Adams and what is now marked St James Place. In the background is the just-completed Frederick Harkness house at 755 West Adams Street on Lot 1 of the development. After original developers George Wilson King, Frederick Harkness and John Downey Harvey (nephew of former California governor John G. Downey) became less involved in the scheme during the national financial ups and owns of the '90s, William M Garland assumed some of the tract's marketing as interest revived by the turn of the new century. Within a year of 755's completion, construction would begin on Garland's own house at the corner (815 West Adams--seen in recent post 11954).
Below, a great shot of William May Garland at the wheel of his new 1906 Pierce-Arrow in front of 815 West Adams.
Both pics:
Babcock Ancestry