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City of San Diego Historic Site No. 1275, Casa Descanso

5201 Marlborough Drive is a significant Spanish Eclectic house in Kensington Heights. Original fabric and integrity illustrate the unique finishing details used in this style by many builders in the Kensington Heights subdivision. Features such as the asymmetrical facade, decorative rafter tails, half-barrel red clay tile roof, narrow eaves, and arched-topped wood door make this […]

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Old House Journal (October 2017) – “Staying True” and “An Explosion of Colorful Tile”

Staying True Sometimes we have to spend time away from our childhood home so that we can see it fresh. Susan Comden moved to Los Angeles for college, marriage and family, and a career in commercial real estate. Then she and her husband, Len, decided to remodel their lifestyle and buy a house in La […]

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City of San Diego Historic Site No. 1270, Anna Vickers House

The Anna Vickers House is significant under HRB Criterion C as an excellent example of Tudor Revival domestic architecture. The style became popular in the late 19th century and continued through the 1940’s. In truth, the style does not pull only from Tudor architecture but became an amalgam of various English periods and styles of domestic […]

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