Wednesday, January 4, 2012

1900 Kern City Directory

The city of Kern is now East Bakersfield. When Kern merged with Bakersfield, the names of the streets changed. In 1900, Kern still had its own identity and character. Below is a list of the original street names and what they are today.

A Street = Alpine

B Street = Butte

C Street = Chico

D Street = Dolores

E Street = Eureka

F Street = East 18th Street

G Street = Grove/East 19th Street

H Street = East 21 Street

I Street = Sumner

J Street = Jackson

K Street = Kentucky

L Street = Lake

M Street = Monterey

N Street = Niles

O Street = Oregon

P Street = Pacific

Q Street = Quincy


Adsat, L., r 1420 K Street
Alexis, Mrs., r 914 H Street
Alverez, A. (widow), r 618 G Street
Ames, M. E. (widow), nurse, r 1001 M Street
Anderson, A. R., r 1017 I Street
Anderson, G. R., laborer, r 1017 I Street
Anderson, J. J., r 819 Baker Street
Anderson, Mrs. J. J., prop. Western House, 819 Baker Street
Anderson, S. H. (widow), r 1115 King Street
Andra, A., r 9004 King Street
Anso, Besant, r 508K Street
Arana, John, butcher, r 607 M Street
Ardizzi & Olcese, gen'l mdse, 623-625 I Street
Arth, Chas. P., barber shop and bath room, 635 I Street
Ashman, Mrs. A., cashier, Hotel Kern
Athenour, M., bartender, r 518 H Street
Avery, R., engineer, r 1000 K Street
Avilez, Jose, r 423 G Street
Babtiste, P., tank washer, r 626 J Street
Bachelder, I. O., clerk, r 528 M Street
Badger, C. P., conductor, r 707 K Street
Badger, Chas. T., r 711 K Street
Baisseranc, Frank, r 722 J Street
Baker, T. E., cigars and tobacco, 633 I Street, r 1007 E Street
Baker, W. C., well borer, r 1723 M Street
Baldwin, Annie (widow), r 708 J Street
Baldwin, Louis W., machinist, r 708 J Street
Balou, Elmer, engineer, r 800 K Street
Barber, WM, car inspector, r 931 I Street
Barnett, J. R., car inspector, r 619 K Street
Barsher, James, machinist, r 820 K Street
Barstow & Duran, Proprs. Superior Restaurant, 815 Baker Street
Bates, Jas, foreman, r 601 H Street
Beardfort, C., car repairer, r 819 Baker Street
Beatty, Mrs., r 1001 I Street
Becker, Mrs. Delia, dressmaker, r 611 I Street
Bell, switchman, r 800 K street
Benson, M. J., town marshal, 811 Baker Street, r 722 L Street
Bernard, A., fireman, r 605 I Street
Bernard, E. M. (widow), r 605 I Street
Bernard, J. A., r 605 I Street
Bernard, Miss C., r 605 I Street
Bernard, V., sheep herder, r 533 M Street
Bico, T. (widow), r 612 G Street
Black, Charles, r 531 G Street
Bowers, Miss B., r 816 K Street
Bowers, R. E., stock raiser, r 816 K Street
Bowers, R. J., stock raiser, r 816 K Street
Bowers, W. R., r 816 K Street
Bowers, W. V., bookkeeper, r 816 K Street
Boyd, S. M., warehouseman, r 626 J Street
Brill, R., r 1014 K Street
Brobant, J. N., engineer, r 721 M Street
Brockman, G. H., hostler, r 1026 M Street
Brotherton, Miss Etta, waitress, Hotel Kern
Brownstone, D., gen'l mdse, 703 I Street, r 214 E Street
Bruech, W. M., machinist, r 508 M Street
Bruno, Jake, painter, r 824 K Street
Brunson, E. A., fireman, r 1010 H Street
Bullet, George, r 1301 I Street
Burns, Fred, machinist, r 617 M Street
Cahill, Michael, engineer, r 515 I Street
Call, G. W., laborer, r 706 N Street
Caloway, Thos., fireman, r 620 K Street
Cameron, A. D., conductor, r 1005 I Street
Canty, Jas., fireman, r 723 K Street
Carlisle, F. H., brakeman, r 715 K Street
Carlisle, W. J., brakeman, r 413 I Street
Carlock, G. H., drayman, r 529 H Street
Carr Bros, meat market, 703 K Street
Carr, Frank, car inspector, r 1105 I Street
Carrol, J. S., Hotel Kern
Central Hotel, 637 I Street
Cesmat Hotel, 622 H Street
Cesmat, M., r 616 J Street
Cesmat, Stable, 615 H Street
Chapin, Arthur, brakeman, r 617 N Street
Chester, D. L., r 1012 H Street
Clark, A. S., plumber, r 1402 K Street
Cleland, M. E., machinist, r 1226 K Street
Clement, John, r 1006 H Street
Cole, WM, engineer, r 619 K Street
Collins, Roscoe, blacksmith helper, r 910 Baker Street
Connell, H., hostler, r 827 O Street
Cooper, G., r 524 K Street
Cooper, Joseph, r 820 K Street
Coronado, Martin, musician, r 817 I Street
Coronado, Mrs. M. W., dress maker, r 817 K Street
Courtney, W., blacksmith helper, r 1115 King Street
Cox, J. B., hostler, r 1500 K Street
Craig, F. W., bookeeper, r 800 K Street
Crosby, F. A., engineer, r 1000 K Street
Cross, Thos., machinist, r 713 L Street
Croy, Geo. W., conductor, r 709 L Street
Cullen, James, saloon, r 609 I Street
Cummings, Geo., r 909 Baker Street
Cuna, John, r 1315 L Street
Cuneo, A., r 401 H Street
Cuni, Cesare, r 1321 L Street
Curran, Jas., city trustee; brick mfg, 811 Baker Street, r 508 Sonora
Curran, W. H., r 1103 Beale Street
Curtis, E. F., r 529 H Street
Day, C. E., county tax collector, r 1012 E Street
De Giorgi, G., r 623 G Street
Dempsey, clerk, Cesmat Hotel
Denney, J. B., Hotel Kern
Depauli, J., Ardizzi & Olcese, r 602 J Street
Desanno, Fred, apprentice, r 921 I Street
Dilley, A. A., bartender, Hotel Kern
Donavan, Chas., boiler maker, r 819 Baker Street
Donhue, D., engineer, r 614 K Street
Dorgan, T. W., telegraph operator, r 622 J Street
Dorr, J., barber, r 610 K Street
Dougherty, Richard, r 705 L Street
Drouillard, H. J., prop. Hotel Kern, r 713 I Street
Dugan Charles, machinist, r 809 I Street
Dugan, G., machinist, r 809 I Street
Dugan, J. F., gen'l mdse, 808 Baker, r 809 I Street
Dugan, Miss Lizzie, r 809 I Street
Duncan, Charles, telegraph operator, r 1003 I Street
Dwyer, W. J., carpenter, r 1027 Miller Street
Dyer, Chas., boiler helper, r 1009 I Street
Eichenauer, Henry, boot and shoe repairer, 629 I Street, r 716 L Street
Elliott, W. L., r 819 Baker Street
Ellis, Miss Ella, r 715 N Street
Emery, Clarence, r 923 N Street
Emmert, A. W., teamster, r 611 N Street
Emmert, WM, r 1105 M Street
Erttibou, J. B., butcher, r 911 H Street
Espitallier, M., prop. Kern City Saloon and bakery, 723-725 H Street
Eyraud, Jean, 701 I Street, r 501 H Street
Fairchild, C. H., ticket agent, r 808 J Street
Farris, H., r 707 M Street
Farrow, Annie (widow), r 927 E Street
Farrow, Basquil, yardman, r 927 E Street
Farrow, Kalup, fireman, r 927 E Street
Feedler, Frank, fireman, r 723 K Street
Fembling, fireman, r 927 E Street
Fergusson, WM, engineer, r 920 K Street
Fitzgerald, J., teamster, r 1004 E Street
Flemming, J. R., mgr Kern Drug Co, 701 I Street
Ford, James, night inspector, r 918 H Street
Foster, J. M., carpenter, r 927 N Street
Fowler, A. H., engineer, r 427 M Street
French Hotel, 631 H Street
French, R. E., master mechanic, r 812 J Street
Frianzi, Adolph, r 1300 L Street
Frianzi, Albert, fruits and confectionery, 631 I Street, r 1300 L Street
Fuller, Fred, engineer, r 405 H Street
Galli, G., soda works, 406 G Street, r 410 G Street
Gellespie, P., engineer, r 1000 K Street
Genrich, Mrs. Carrie, r 529 K Street
Gillespie, R. M., pump machinist, r 915 M Street
Gillette, L. B. (widow), r 1017 I Street
Gilmore, Byrd, r 1013 I Street
Gilmore, L., engine wiper, r 1013 I Street
Gilmore, Miss H., r 1013 I Street
Gimore, M. A. (widow), r 1013 I Street
Gist, J. R., engine inspector, r 918 H Street
Gittins, Louise (widow), r 715 M Street
Golage, Sam, r 1301 I Street
Green, Charles, r Cesmat Hotel
Gregory, A. W., r 615 K Street
Grijalva, T., peddler, r 403 G Street
Grimaud, M., teamster, r 927 F Street
Guhm, L., r 620 K Street
Guilfoyle, R., brakeman, r 513 I Street
Gunter, A. C., brakeman, r 908 King Street
Gwynn, J. L., car foreman, r 812 K Street
Hampshire, H., prop. Cesmat hotel, 622 H Street
Hand, Walter, machinist, r 1402 K Street
Hand, William, blacksmith, r 907 Baker Street
Handsch & Ismard, blacksmith, 701 Baker
Harbaugh, J. N., foreman "Standard", r 617 I Street
Hardcastle, Arthur T., painter, r 631 I Street
Hardy, J. J., Cesmat Hotel
Harrison, WM, carpenter, r 1115 Beale Street
Hartley, K. P., r 1014 E Street
Hathway, Mrs. E., r 711 K Street
Haven, F., conductor, r 700 N Street
Haynes, J. D., engineer, r 1010 Baker Street
Hein, Charles, boiler maker, r 815 Baker Street
Henry, Al, bartender, r 1217 Baker Street
Herrera, A., r 609 Kern Street
Herrick, H. S., stenographer, r 827 N Street
Hill, Henry, tomale dealer, 429 I Street
Hill, I., fireman, r 819 Baker Street
Hoffman, Albert R., meat market, 619 I Street, r 808 M Street
Hollis, C. L., machinist, r 827 M Street
Holman, George, engineer, r 524 K Street
Honn, H. M., traveling fireman, r 900 N Street
Horr, B. W., machinist helper, r 1006 M Street
Howe, B. M., oil driller, r 728 M Street
Huffman, W. H., car inspector, r 717 M Street
Humphreys, T., asst res engineer, r 530 J Street
Hunniston, C. H., engineer, r Hotel Kern
Hutchings, C. H., switchman, r 1002 M Street
Hutchings, W., fireman, r 623 K Street
Iberia Hotel, 525 I Street
Iler, I. D., engineer, r 723 M Street
Jackson, Burt, carpenter, r 822 K Street
Jacobs, J. E., carpenter, r 503 M Street
Jaynes, T. W., cigars and tobacco, 817 Baker Street
Johnson, C., boiler washer, r 626 J Street
Johnson, Harry, machinist, r 1100 K Street
Jones, Harry, engineer, r 708 M Street
Jones, W., painter, r 827 M Street
Karr, Geo, store keeper, SP, r 827 N Street
Keller, fireman, r 918 H Street
Kelsey, J. W., clerk post office, r 831 I Street
Kendall, Jas. H., r 1026 M Street
Kennedy, John, fireman, r 810 K Street
Kennedy, Mrs. (widow), r 810 N Street
Kennicott, W. B., train dispatcher, r 1208 Baker Street
Kern City Bakery, 725 H Street
Kern City Restaurant, 727 I Street
Kern City Saloon, 723 H Street
Kern City Sewage & Drainage Co., 811 Baker Street
Kern Drug Co., 701 I Street
Kern Hotel, 713 I Street
Kirkner, Henry, engineer, r 621 N Street
Knight, H. S., farmer, r 1004 E Street
Knowlton, Fred, train master, r 804 J Street
Krausse, Ed, engineer, r 1209 Beale Street
Kuhl, M., pipe fitter, r 900 K Street
Laberge, Frank, fireman, r 620 K Street
Lacoste, G. J., Verdier & LaCoste, r 637 I Street
Lamb, T. A., boiler helper, r 713 K Street
Lambert, Peter, r 607 H Street
Larson, G. W., blacksmith, r 1218 Baker Street
Lash, T. G., fireman, r 819 Baker Street
Lavis, Chas., painter, r 722 K Street
Lawless, G. P., pipe fitter, r 714 K Street
Le Court, A. E., bartender, Hotel Kern
Leavitt, Fred, cook, Hotel Kern
Lee, train dispatcher, r 711 K Street
Lemasters, John, postmaster, r 1002 M Street
Lewis, WM, fireman, r 918 H Street
Libby, Harry, r 914 Baker Street
Library Hall, 1013 Baker Street
Lindgren, C. J., contractor & builder, r 811 Baker Street
Lindsey, r 714 J Street
Livermore, J. J., laborer, r 430 M Street
Longhead, R. S., r 1404 K Street
Lopez, J. (widow), r 431 G Street
Luce, C. H., conductor, r 1104 Beale Street
M E Church, King and N Streets
Mahoney, J. E., bartender, r 800 Baker Street
Maio, Charles, machinist, r 1032 F Street
Malloy, M. J., boilermaker, r 819 Baker Street
Maloney, Joe, brakeman, r 626 J Street
Maloney, R., switchman, r 819 Baker Street
Marion, A. W., Justice of the peace, 812 Kern Street, r 1401 Baker Street
Martin, Ed., machinist apprentice, r 623 K Street
Martine, M., r 1326 K Street
Matlock, WM, SP freight agent, r 1109 Beale Street
May, Geo S., transfer, r 824 M Street
McArthur, fireman, r 819 Baker Street
McComas, J. E., engineer, r 1219 Baker Street
McCullough, G. F., engineer, r 1426 K Street
McElroy, G. A., conductor, r 618 M Street
McGrath, M. J., train dispatcher, r 707 K Street
McHugh, James, miner, r 928 M Street
McIntosh, F., plasterer, r 819 Baker Street
McKeever, Charles, waiter, r Hotel Kern
McKenzie, M. H., physician, r 624 M Street
McKernan, P., conductor, r Hotel Kern
McKnight, machinist, r 819 Baker Street
McNulty, S. C. (widow), r 722 K Street
Medlock, H., waiter, r Hotel Kern
Meloon, Will, carpenter, r 831 I Street
Metzger & Orr, plumbing and tinning, r 719 H Street
Metzger, E. B., Metzger & Orr, r 500 M Street
Miller, Ely, machinist, r 1015 I Street
Miller, T., fireman, r 623 K Street
Millott, J. E., machinist, r 1115 King Street
Mills, Edmund, car inspector, r 801 I Street
Monaghan, Chas., machinist, r 619 K Street
Monatti, C., engine wiper, r 1300 L Street
Montaya, L., hack driver, r 627 M Street
Moore, H. (widow), r 1100 K Street
Moore, John, r 911 Baker Street
Morehouse, R. C., machinist, r 827 M Street
Morgan, WM., fireman, r 723 K Street
Morrell, F., laborer, r 807 H Street
Morrell, Julian, r 801 H Street
Morrison, A. B., pastor M. E. Church, r 724 N Street
Morrison, C. V., foreman, r 1418 L Street
Mouliot, Martin, miner, r 612 J Street
Mouser, Samuel, track walker, r 1016 E Street
Moyner, H. C., engine wiper, r 1426 L Street
Moyney, Jean, section hand, r 532 G Street
Mulcahy, M., machinist clerk, r 623 K Street
Murphy, Patrick, r 808 K Street
Murray, J., machinist, r 1032 H Street
Newcomb, T. G., freight handler, r 1224 H Street
Nicholson, fireman, r 723 K Street
Ninez, Josie (widow), r 512 G Street
Norbrey, W., machinist, r 805 N Street
Noriega, F., liveryman, r 519 I Street
O'Connor, W. H., machinist, r 1025 E Street
O'Hare, M. E. (widow), r 808 K Street
Olcese, A., clerk, r Western house
Omeda, N., r 617 G Street
Opplinger, H., watchmaker and jeweler, r 627 I Street
Orr, Frank, r 831 H Street
Orr, T. B., Metzger & Orr, r 420 Baker Street
Owen, H. T., brakeman, r 1015 F Street
Oyster, W. M., plumber, r 800 N Street
Panero, John, r 410 G Street
Paquette, P., blacksmith and horse shoer, 611 H Street, r 605 K Street
Parish, F., r 604 K Street
Parker, L. A., r 504 H Street
Parr, Jess, blacksmith, r 507 H Street
Pauly, L. G., principal of school, r 216 E Street
Payne, J. W., r 909 Baker Street
Peck, Thos., r 713 L Street
Penfield, engineer, r 718 M Street
Perez, Joe, cattleman, r 433 I Street
Phillips, Bradley, teamster, r 427 G Street
Phillips, John, saloon, r 805 H Street
Phipps, S. W., fireman, r 1204 Baker Street
Pierroder, H., saloon, r 704 H Street
Pierson, Chas. J., conductor, r 807 M Street
Pitney, F. R., r 600 M Street
Porst, H., machinist, r 724 M Street
Post Office, 821 Baker Street
Pounds, Luther, r 827 N Street
Quackenbush, r 701 M Street
Quinn, Jas., machinist, r 725 N Street
Rae, Ellis, brakeman, r 722 K Street
Raines, Mrs. N. G., r 1123 Beale Street
Ralston, E. C., conductor, r 614 M Street
Raymond, A., r 724 J Street
Reisner, Fred, blacksmith, r 808 M Street
Reynard, Edward, engineer, r 1123 King Street
Richardson, J. J., pump repairer, r 1103 I Street
Robb, E. A. (widow), r 507 H Street
Roberts, E. M., car repairer, r 906 King Street
Roberts, J. W., brakeman, r 712 K Street
Robison, Roy, blacksmith, r 600 K Street
Roesdale, John, r 626 I Street
Rogers, J. W., r 623 M Street
Rosell, A. D., baggageman, r 921 I Street
Ross, r 819 Baker Street
Routh, J. M., carpenter, r 708 K Street
Roux, John, r 810 H Street
Ruth, Harry, saloon, r 800 Baker Street
Ryan, D. H., section foreman, r 723 K Street
Ryan, Dan, round house fireman, r 1223 Beale Street
Sartiat, Peter, r 510 K Street
Scatena, G., r 410 G Street
Scholtz, G., car repairer, r 924 K Street
Settle, J. R., fireman, r 819 Baker Street
Seymour, E. H., fireman, r 624 J Street
Seymour, Mrs. K. J., r 708 J Street
Shaffer, J. W., city trustee; real estate and insurance, 812 Kern Street, r 815 M Street
Shaver, Mrs., r 401 I Street
Shelley, Mrs. A. E., r 626 J Street
Shepperdson, engineer, r 800 K Street
Shields, J., boiler wiper, r 626 J Street
Siebert, r 626 J Street
Silber, Miss Elsie, r 808 J Street
Sillinger, B., r 712 J Street
Smith, Burt, engineer, r 620 K Street
Smith, Carment (widow), r 514 G Street
Smith, Geo., laborer, r 514 G Street
Smith, M., carpenter, r 513 G Street
Smith, M. P., boiler maker, r 704 K Street
Smith, Mrs. Florence, r 514 G Street
Smith, W. C., r 819 Baker Street
Snyder, W. A., brakeman, r 608 K Street
Solley, A., night watchman, r 1105 I Street
Speake, S. M., conductor, r 620 J Street
Spencer, Harry, painter, r 909 Baker Street
Standard, weekly newspaper, 617 I Street
Stephenson, W. W., r 1200 Baker Street
Stevens, E. P., r 1000 K Street
Stewart, Miss Eliza, waiter, r Hotel Kern
Stone, Ben F., conductor, r 719 N Street
Stratheartn, Geo., fireman, r 926 K Street
Stroble, G. F., constable, r 714 K Street
Sturm, H., coppersmith, r 814 M Street
Sumner, Frank, brakeman, r 722 K Street
Superior Restaurant, r 815 Baker Street
Sweetzer, H. E., train dispatcher, r 802 J Street
Tandy, Carroll, engine wiper, r 413 I Street
Taute, D., r 726 J Street
Taylor, Chas., machinist, r 708 K Street
Tettlack, Oscar, r 914 Baker Street
Thayer, Joe, r 631 M Street
Theile, Mrs. E., r 717 K Street
Thompson, Harry, fireman, r 1119 Beale Street
Thompson, J. N., real estate, r 905 Baker Street
Thorne, Walter, fireman, r 623 M Street
Toland, Ralph, engineer, r 613 M Street
Tolar, W. E., grocer, r 703 K Street
Tompkins, B. W., car repairer, r 514 M Street
Totty, E., clerk, r 819 Baker Street
Tousley, C. L., r 719 K Street
Tredway, Clint, engineer, r 920 K Street
Tresch, Rob, fireman, r 723 K Street
Tuner, Harry, r 727 M Street
Turner, A. (widow), r 727 M Street
Verdier & Lacoste, props. Central Hotel, 637 I Street
Verdier, M E., Verdier & LaCoste, r 1092 H Street
Viaz, N., r 419 G Street
Vivian, Joseph, laborer, r 915 H Street
Wagner, Mrs. L., r 718 J Street
Ward, J. T., carpenter, r 710 J Street
Warren, r 1314 K Street
Warren, M. H., car repairer, r 525 M Street
Waterman, W. J., r 808 N Street
Weir, Geo., r 1314 K Street
Wells, H. E., r 1326 L Street
Wells, K. (widow), r 909 Baker Street
Western House, 819 Baker Street
Whitaker, Chas., livery stable, 1020 Baker Street, r 1012 Baker Street
Whitsitt, F. H., physican, r 621 I Street
Whyers, L. G., engineer, r Hotel Kern
Wilcox, B. H., carpenter, r 714 M Street
Wilcox, Robert, fireman, r 723 K Street
Willee, C., fireman, r 723 K Street
Williams, G. G., librarian, r 801 N Street
Williams, H. F., H. F. Williams & Co, r Hotel Kern
Williams, H. F. & Co, real estate and insurance, 811 Baker Street
Wilson & Carlson, saloon, 807 Baker Street
Wilson, W. B., conductor, r 405 H Street
Wineow, H. M., foreman, r 708 K Street
Witt, G. E., machinist, r 927 M Street
Wood, time clerk S P, r 1008 K Street
Woods, W. H., machinist, r 1412 K Street
Woody, AL, chief clerk SP, r 1215 Baker Street
Wylie, r 1011 I Street
Young, T. M., clerk S&P, r 403 H Street
Young, Thos. J., carpenter, r 931 I Street
Zwick, Chas. A., prop. Zwick's Resort, r Zwick's Resort

Disclaimer: There may be some mistakes. Please double check the source to verify the information.

3 comments:

  1. Where are all the harlots? I thought we'd have at least one . . .

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    1. Census-takers seldom recorded individuals as prostitutes. More likely the profession was entered as dressmaker. This roll is a city directory book, which is equivalent to publicly searching for a person via Google today, and Google doesn't usually identify a person as a prostitute either.

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  2. Valuable research tool. Thank you.
    A little more background on the East Bakersfield street names. By about 1920 the boundaries of Bakersfield and East Bakersfield (then administratively a part of Bakersfield) had grown so close together that sections of some streets had two names. (This condition exists elsewhere today in greater Bakersfield, apparently without comprising US mail delivery.) Names of the following streets in East Bakersfield were changed about 1920: Fremont became East 18th; a section of Grove became East 19th; and Humbolt became East 21st.
    For more on the Zwick's Resort named in the directory, see the PDF on resorts at http://www.gilbertgia.com/articlePages/sports1.html
    H Street in East Bakersfield was Humboldt and then East 21st.

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