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President's Message
For almost two years, there’s been a concerted push to “reform” preservation in the City of San Diego. The underlying argument is that preservation places undue constraints on the approval and production of affordable housing. This is patently false. The preservation of historic and existing...Read more
(6-minute read)
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In Memoriam: Allen Hazard
(1953-2024)
Allen Hazard, an energetic leader of San Diego’s preservation community, a passionate advocate for historic places, and a knowledgeable devotee of the Arts and Crafts movement, passed away unexpectedly at his home in San Diego on October 6, 2024. He was...Read more
(6-minute read)
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SOHO Wins Journalism Awards for Preservation Message
The San Diego Press Club celebrated its 51st Annual Excellence in Journalism Award winners on October 22, 2024, at Liberty Station, and we are thrilled to announce that SOHO was recognized in this prestigious contest! Competing against a wide array of media organizations in San Diego County, this achievement underscores the outstanding efforts of our communications team, Alana Coons, Dean Glass, Ann Jarmusch, and Sandé Lollis. ...Read more
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San Diego’s Success was Built on Historic Preservation
San Diego’s identity and success as an international tourism destination was built on historic preservation, yet the city is allowing both homegrown and out-of-town developers to dismiss the value of historic sites when it suits them. ...Read more
(5-minute read)
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San Diego City and County Historic Designations
At the City of San Diego’s Historical Resources Board meeting in September 2024, members designated three homes on consent after reviewing reports and staff’s recommendations, meaning there was tacit agreement and no...Read more
(11-minute read)
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Salutes and Smiles at PIP Celebration
Many happy and proud preservationists and friends flocked to the Marston House Gardens in September 2024 for festivities honoring this year’s winners of SOHO’s People In Preservation awards. The supremely accomplished...Read more
(2-minute read)
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SOHO's Dedication to San Diego’s Adobe Legacy
One of the more remarkable aspects of SOHO’s mission is our long-standing and ongoing involvement in the preservation, restoration, and stewardship of San Diego County’s rare 19th-century adobe buildings. These architectural treasures tell the story of the region's blend of...Read more
(25-minute read)
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San Diego Places Once on SOHO's Endangered List Now Flourish
Nearly 30 years ago, SOHO introduced the Most Endangered List to spotlight San Diego's at-risk cultural and historic treasures. Since 1998, this initiative has been one of our most powerful tools to raise awareness, drive action, and ensure the preservation of...Read more
(21-minute read)
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Balboa Park's Municipal Gym to Regain Monumental Artwork
It was called the "Palace of Electricity and Varied Industries" at the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition. But when it was converted to a gymnasium after the fair, its elaborate—but temporary—decorative elements were stripped away. ...Read more
(6-minute read)
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SOHO's 2024 Most Endangered List
In 1995, SOHO initiated the Most Endangered List as a powerful tool to raise public awareness and catalyze action to protect San Diego’s cultural and historic treasures. Over the years, this list has proven its effectiveness: We have saved 58% of the 94 historic sites...Read more
(5-minute read)
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Tecate's "Magical Town" Status Threatened by Chain Drugstore
Mexico created the national Magical Town program to encourage tourism and it focuses on the diverse historical and cultural qualities of unique places. Tecate, Baja California, became a Magical Town in 2012 and is the only one that borders the United States. Currently, there are 132 Magical Towns in Mexico. ...Read more
(6-minute read)
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Penning the Past Continues Through 2024, Prepares for an Exciting 2025
Our inaugural year of exploring our county’s architectural and cultural past with our popular Penning the Past webinar series concludes November 9, 2024, when Leslie Hubbard Crawford talks about Coronado. ...Read more
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Uncovering the History of the
Hotel del Coronado
“History Uncovered,” a behind-the-scenes tour of the Hotel del Coronado restoration co-hosted by SOHO and the American Institute of...Read more
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Spotlight on Ann Jarmusch
Ann Jarmusch, part of SOHO’s publications and communications team, credits her family for preparing her from a young age to be a strong preservationist enamored of architecture, diverse cultures, and history. She is especially grateful to her mother, a history major and newspaper theater and movie critic who continued writing her entire 96 years, and to her maternal grandmother, a fourth-grade teacher passionate about the arts and the natural world. They took her and her brothers to big, old dusty barns...Read more
(4-minute read)
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Ranch House Relics:
Artifacts of Life at Warner-Carrillo
Saturday Night Bath
At the Warner-Carrillo Ranch House, the Saturday night bath would have been a weekly family ritual. Baths were taken in the kitchen, which was the warmest room in the house, especially during the winter months. Water was heated in pots on the stove and poured into a simple...Read more
(3-minute read)
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Help Us Find a Vintage Chess Set for the Marston House Museum
The Marston House Museum, a cornerstone of San Diego’s historic legacy, is not only a place of beautiful architecture and carefully restored interiors. It’s also a home rich in stories about George and Anna Marston and their family. ...Read more
(2-minute read)
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The Marstons: A California Family - Part 15
Tom Sawyer, Ichabod Crane, and the Marston Family
By the light of a harvest moon and a dripping candle, Washington Irving, quill pen in hand, scratched out the character of Ichabod, protagonist of his short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in 1820. Nearly 60 years later, Samuel Clemens wrote The...Read more
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Honoring Irving Gill: A Belated Tribute to a Pioneering Architect
On October 7, 2024, a long-overdue yet deeply meaningful ceremony took place at Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego. It marked the 88th anniversary of the passing of San Diego architect Irving Gill, whose ashes finally found a proper resting place, thanks to the Irving J. Gill Foundation. The foundation’s James Guthrie retrieved Gill’s recently discovered ashes, which had inexplicably languished at a...Read more
(5-minute read)
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