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President's Message
Has it been really been 50 years since I graduated from high school in 1972? The older I get, the more the years seem to run together. That said, some stand out as consequential and indelibly stamped in my mind. 1972 is one of them. It was the year I received my draft number, started college, and when George McGovern challenged Richard Nixon for the presidency. All ...Read more
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SOHO Celebrates Our Successful Revolving Fund Program!
When SOHO began the Revolving Fund Program in 2001, our goal was to raise enough funds to be able to buy a threatened resource, likely a fixer upper. We would stabilize it, restore it, designate it, resell it and repeat. One of the most natural avenues for a historic preservation advocacy and education group is to get involved in real estate. After all, saving buildings is a significant part of our mission. ...Read more
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2022 Most Endangered List
of Historic Resources
Historic buildings, landscapes, and sites contribute to San Diego’s distinct character, convey our stories and achievements, and represent our heritage. Yet important landmarks in our cities, the backcountry, coastlines, and desert are threatened each year—or worse, lost forever. For decades, SOHO has maintained an excellent record of preventing major heritage losses through advocacy, preemptive negotiations, public awareness, and education. ...Read more
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UHHS Celebrates 125 Years of SDSU in University Heights
University Heights Historical Society presents articles and a walking tour, all by Kristin Harms, to help commemorate the 125th anniversary with the story of SDSU’s origins, which sprouted in that community with the San...Read more
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Historic Architecture of SDSU
A SOHO Self-Guided Tour
Celebrating its 125th year in late 2022, San Diego State University has become a powerful regional force in higher education and more. It boasts some 36,000 current students, more than 200 degree programs, 17...Read more
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San Diego City and County
Historic Designations
At the September 2022 meeting of the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board, members designated a rare Pueblo Revival style bungalow court, a 1923 beach cottage, and a Streamline Moderne building, as well as a Kumeyaay archaeological site in La Jolla. The board also indicated their strong support for designating...Read more
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Cardiff Demo Stirs Support for Landmarking, Mills Act
Startled Cardiff residents were upset when a 1910 bungalow behind a former church was razed in August 2022. Local lore said the vacant cottage had been the pastor’s home and was built from a kit. But the bungalow and its...Read more
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Carlsbad Adopts Mills Act Program
Carlsbad is the latest city in San Diego County to offer owners of designated historic buildings the option of Mills Act contracts, as part of updating its historic preservation ordinance. The California program gives historic building owners a reduction in property taxes...Read more
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The Power of Place:
All Aboard the Stage!
As the only stage ride in the country like it, the Warner-Carrillo stage rides again! Join us on Sunday, November 13, 2022, for our one-of-a-kind celebration of the Old West: stagecoach rides from noon to 4pm at the Warner-Carrillo Ranch House Museum in Warner Springs. ...Read more
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La Mesa Leads the Return of
Home Tours! Cliff May & More!
The historic home tours we’ve missed so much during the pandemic are back! Act quickly, though, because the La Mesa History Center 16th Annual Home tour is Saturday, November 5 from 9am to 3pm. The history center...Read more
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Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center Celebrates Opening
The long-awaited new Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center (CPMCC) in Barrio Logan and serving San Diego, the border region, and more,is already a big success! More than 1,000 visitors celebrated its opening...Read more
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Music at the Marston a Hit!
As a musician, I'm always looking for that next great venue or event where I can perform. So when SOHO hatched the idea to hold a three-concert music series in the gardens at the Marston House, I knew it would be a success. I also knew which performers to invite to participate. We...Read more
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The Marstons: A California Family - Part 3
The Staid and Serious Horton House Gang
Employment and success often surge from who you know and where you come from. Leaving Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin for health reasons, merchant George P. Marston and his 20-year-old son George W. boarded a train at the Rock Island Depot in Chicago bound for San Francisco. There they boarded the steamship Senator and headed south for San Diego in October 1870. ...Read more
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New History of Oceanside Sets Sail
Kristi Hawthorne, historian and director of the Oceanside Historical Society, has a new book out. It is only the third history of the city the society has published in 34 years. With many photos and...Read more
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