William Kohl

William H. Kohl (1820–1893) was a sea captain, shipowner, shipbuilder, and a founding partner of the Alaska Commercial Company.

Biography

A Victoria shipbuilder, he was of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage and a California 49er.[1] An engineer by training, he was also a trader, having made a fortune in Alaska in the fur seal business.[2] His San Mateo, California estate was landscaped by John McLaren.[3] It is now the city's Central Park and houses the San Mateo Arboretum. His mansion, situated near the corner of Fifth and Laurel, served as the first location for the College of San Mateo.[4] He was the father of Charles Frederick Kohl who built Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, California, which has become Mercy High School.[5]

gollark: Do they just need to negotiate with a wood supplier who needs food or something? This leads to increasingly convoluted and problematic chains.
gollark: How is HoneyFoodsCompany meant to get stuff from BeesCorp?
gollark: Imagine you have BeesCorp, which produces honey and requires wood for beehives, and HoneyFoodsCompany, which requires honey and other stuff and produces food.
gollark: Which isn't always true, or even the case a lot of the time.
gollark: See, bartering requires that party A has something party B wants, and party B has something party A wants.

References
  1. Busch 1987, p. 105.
  2. "San Mateo: a mansion, a park, an old dog". San Mateo Daily Journal. April 28, 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. Hunt, Mary Ellen (September 10, 2008). "San Mateo park a cornucopia of pleasures". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. Larsen, Elaine (May 5, 2000). "Central Park has its roots in San Mateo history". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. Monroe, Jim (August 27, 1999). "Peninsula Heritage". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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