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Verna House Historic Structure Report

The Verna House is a Folk Victorian home, built c.1886. The structure is currently being used as the Save Our Heritage Organisation Gift Store and is used to sell tickets for admission to the nearby Whaley House Museum. The majority of the exterior of the structure has a high level of significance and the integrity […]

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San Diego Mission de Alcala, Religious Education Building

Unique to the Mission San Diego de Alcala property is its rich history dating to the mid-1700s as the first of 21 California Missions built by Spanish missionaries. The Religious Education Building, which was originally built in 1891 and had a substantial remodel in the 1930s, was built of unreinforced masonry. The first floor walls […]

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Arts & Crafts Homes Magazine (Summer 2014) – “Fitting Luxury”

In a historic San Diego home, two baths and a new laundry bring attractive function – within the original footprint. There’s a truism about renovating bathrooms in old houses: Without room to expand, you’ll have to pare down the wish list. That was the situation facing the owners of Villa Orizaba, a historic and unusual […]

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