November/December 2020
President's Message

2020 continues its trajectory to become one of the most, if not the most, consequential years of our lifetimes—and we still have two months to go!

All of our lives have been impacted by COVID-19 in ways that none of us could have envisioned. Some segments of society are suffering greatly here and throughout the country, while others are prospering. The inequities are...Read more
Executive Director's Message

With your help and our shared dedication and passion for our historic and cultural places, SOHO has continued to lead and succeed in historic preservation during these extraordinarily unusual and perilous times.

You know that crucial advocacy does not stop during a pandemic, and that you can depend on SOHO's vigilance in monitoring and protecting San Diego's collective architectural, cultural, and landscape heritage. Even with a...Read more
ADVOCACY & EDUCATION
Florence Hotel Livery
Designated!
 
SOHO is excited to announce the historical designation of 2004 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, under Criterion A, as a unique and...Read more
Rare Richardsonian Romanesque Designated!

Sitting prominently at the corner of Thorn Street and Sixth Avenue, across from Balboa Park, 540 Thorn Street is, for...Read more
Del Mar's Dunham House Saved, Finds New Home 

SOHO was informed of the potential demolition of the historic Dunham House over the summer, thanks to Laura DeMarco of the Del Mar Historical...Read more
Paxton Adobe Could Be Demolished

The historic Paxton Adobe, at 2608 South Escondido Blvd., Escondido, is a key link in the continuity of adobe house construction for the southwestern United States and it could be demolished for a 42-unit housing project. Reviewed by the Escondido...Read more
Victory Update!
Jones House Restored

In 1910, Henry Jones led the opening of Hillcrest's first financial institution (where Union Bank is now on Fifth Avenue). The following year he had his family's home constructed at 4040 Hillcrest Drive...Read more
Historic Redlining in San Diego

San Diego's Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) recently published a collection of San Diego community maps from a larger digitization project called "Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America."

Using gradient colors to express the Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) "risk grades," the coloring of these neighborhood...Read more
San Diego City & County Designations

In September, the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board designated six new landmarks and decided not to designate a house designed by Master Architect Lloyd Ruocco due to alterations (6051 Folsom Drive in La Jolla). Five of these new designations occupy the Uptown community and include the former Mission Hills...Read more
MUSEUMS & EVENTS
150 Years Ago…

George W. Marston first arrived in San Diego on October 24, 1870. His family was relocating from Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin for health reasons. G.P. Marston, George's father, suffered from severe asthma. San Diego's mild climate would be a tonic for him. Father and son came ahead of the rest of the family to settle in. They travelled by train from Wisconsin to Chicago, then on past...Read more
Virtual Marston House Museum
 
SOHO is producing two important digital tours of the Marston House Museum & Gardens that we want you to be among the first to know about. ...Read more
Marston House Gardener Honored

Congratulations to Claudia Torres, the City of San Diego's landscape gardener who lovingly tends the Marston House garden and...Read more
Use SOHO's
Online Resources to Stay in Touch 

Enjoy weekly updates and interesting discussion; explore SOHO museums at home; dive into digital educational...Read more
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