- Initial architect were Robert Anshen of Anshen & Allen
- After Anshen and Eichler parted, houses were designed by other architects including the San Francisco firm Claude Oakland & Associates and the Los Angeles firms of Jones & Emmons, A. Quincy Jones, and Raphael Soriano.
- Sales, builder, material purchasing were all full time employees.
- Last area was Los Arboles, San Jose in early 70's.
- Although Eichler Homes Inc bankrupted in '64~'65, he kept on building houses under new org.
- There was no aluminum slider before 1953 so basically Eichler popularized them.
- Eichler did custom houses for those who had land already
- There is a street called Eichler in Sacrament but there is no Eichler left
- He built about 11,000 Eichler homes
- There are NY and LA Eichlers
- LA Orange county Eichlers are preserved by law but NoCal are advised only
- Many Philippine mahogany were actually from Japan
- San Mateo highland Eichlers sits on Andreas fault line (maybe hence many radiant heat there is no longer functional, me)
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Eichler lecture by Dave Weinstein
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