Builder. During a career that spanned 60 years, C.M. MacGregor constructed over 10,000 homes in the Bay Area, mainly in Oakland, Albany, Richmond, and San Leandro areas. He is known for building the first houses in Albany, Oakland's Lakeshore Highlands district, the first apartment house in Oakland. He developed the Piedmont Avenue-MacArthur Blvd district, and still had construction going at the time of his death. He was especially appreciated in the City of Albany where he was made 'Mayor for a Day' in 1936 and subsequently had a school named after him. It was his custom to treat the children of Albany to a movie and party on "MacGregor Day". He was a member of the Orinda Country Club and the Masonic Lodge.
Builder. During a career that spanned 60 years, C.M. MacGregor constructed over 10,000 homes in the Bay Area, mainly in Oakland, Albany, Richmond, and San Leandro areas. He is known for building the first houses in Albany, Oakland's Lakeshore Highlands district, the first apartment house in Oakland. He developed the Piedmont Avenue-MacArthur Blvd district, and still had construction going at the time of his death. He was especially appreciated in the City of Albany where he was made 'Mayor for a Day' in 1936 and subsequently had a school named after him. It was his custom to treat the children of Albany to a movie and party on "MacGregor Day". He was a member of the Orinda Country Club and the Masonic Lodge.
Family Members
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Manning McGregor
1823–1913
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Lena Gertrude Covert MacGregor
1867–1951 (m. 1892)
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Sophia Hyland McGregor Gates
1857–1931
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Charlotte Ann McGregor Burditt
1861–1949
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Dorothy MacGregor Emlay
1902–1984
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Ethel Warner MacGregor Davies
1905–1993
Flowers
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