Fallon House

The house belonged to Thomas Fallon and Carmel Fallon. Carmel was the daughter of a

prominent Mexican landowner and Thomas was a frontiersman in the John C. Fremont

expedition a captain in the Mexican-American War. This house also shows a clear picture of the

1800’s victorian home.

Journal (from Database) / Website

Banner, Christopher. "John C. Frémont's Impact on the West." Journal of the West 51.4 (2012):

85-87. Academic Search Complete [EBSCO]. Web. 15 Sept. 2015.

Graham, Vicky. "THE SAN JOSE FALLON HOUSE." A Battered Beauty. The Noe Review,

Feb. 1998. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

Historic newspaper articles

Daily Los Angeles herald [microform]. (Los Angeles [Calif.]), 17 April 1878. Chronicling

America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Sacramento daily record-union. (Sacramento [Calif.]), 08 May 1886. Chronicling America:

Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Photograph/ Digital Image

Arbuckle, Clyde. Portrait of Captain Thomas Fallon. 1845-1855. Photographic prints Historic

Photograph Collection (SJPL California Room), San Jose, CA.

Zelenko, Eugene. Thomas Fallon House. Digital image. Wikipedia. N.p., 27 Oct. 2007. Web. 16

Sept. 2015.

Primary Source

Sullivan, John O’. “Annexation” The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 8th ed.

Eds. Nina Baym, et al. Vol. B. New York: Norton, 2012. 1298-1299. Print.