On Sunday, January 23th, the temperatures were to exceed 73℉. What that meant to us was it was time to drop everything and head to the beach. The seaside town of choice was Coronado Island.
Lunch was at our new favorite spot, Feast & Fareway, at the Coronado Golf Course.Armed with Coronado's Architectural Gems, we hit the ground strolling.We began at the Marjorie Massey House (1540 Tenth Street). This Folk Victorian was occupied by the first chef of the Hotel del Coronado. This is possibly the oldest home still standing in Coronado. Moved from National City across the San Diego Bay on a barge, circa 1887, the date of construction is unknown.Its 40+ year old historical plaque tells a little different history. I'm sticking with the information from the current Gems.The Thompson-Waggaman Residence (848 Glorietta Boulevard) was built by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson, in 1920. Architecturally Italian Renaissance Revival, additions were made throughout the years, but the original structure remains intact. In 1936, a large Star Pine was transplanted from the grounds of this residence to the intersection of Isabella and Orange Avenues, where it serves as Coronado's annual Christmas tree.I loved the simplicity of the Pueblo Revival home of Dent Hayes Robert (1000 Glorietta Boulevard). William Templeton Johnson designed this home in 1916, for Mr. Robert, a retired journalist. Kate Sessions, renowned horticulturist affectionately known as the "Mother of Balboa Park," planned the original landscaping.
I appreciate when a builder incorporates the construction date somewhere visible. This "1916" is carved above the door.Okay, this home, while not spectacularly unique, it is a first which makes it special. The W. F. Dummer House (1005 Adella Avenue) is a Tudor Revival built for Ethel Sturges Dummer, wife of prominent Chicago banker, civic leader and capitalist, William F. Dummer, hired Chicago architects Pond & Pond to design this house, Coronado's first vacation home, in 1903. Mrs. Dummer's sister, Clara Sturges, married to San Diego architect William Templeton Johnson, founded Francis Parker School in Mission Hills.The Kneedler Home (1000 Adella Avenue) is a Craftsman Bungalow built in 1902. William Sterling Hebbard designed and built this home for William L. Kneedler, U.S. Army physician and personal physician to President William Howard Taft. Initially it was located at 1007 Ocean Blvd, but a 1905 storm washed away most of the oceanfront walk and necessitated a move to its present location.William Sterling Hebbard and Irving Gill (mentioned often in this blog) designed this home in 1898 for Mary G. Pratt (Mrs. Bernard McKenzie) at 1517 Ynez Place. Dr. Raffaele Lorini, a prominent Hotel del Coronado physician, later purchased the home.Not every Gem can be included in the self-guided historic tour. This beauty, built in 1893, just had to be shared.I've mentioned before that history was stamped on Coronado sidewalks. If one slows down, what one sees are the “marques" of the construction firms who laid the sidewalks in a town. Stamps in solid concrete tell us when and by whom they were laid. As we meandered, it was like a scavenger hunt of sorts. We discovered, underfoot, numerous permanent memories of those who came before us.
Nothing says Downtown more than this Neoclassical Bank of Commerce and Trust Building (Museum of History & Art) at 1100 Orange Avenue. This structure served as the first bank building of Coronado and was designed in 1911, by McDonald & Applegarth, noted San Francisco-based architects. It is the present home of the Coronado Historical Association and the Museum of History & Art.We ended our day at the beach, in front of the Hotel del Coronado.Playing in tidepools is one of my favorite things.And I call this final photo Only in California. There should be a law about desecrating our State flag! I END our day here. What fun... all of it.
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We need to get to Coronado again. There is so much history and amazing architecture.
You just have to love winter in San Diego. You can't beat the weather, and all there is to do.
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