Posts Tagged ‘historic house’
Lost Landmark-Juana Briones House, Palo Alto (CA)
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:51 Written by caddofl Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:51
Listing in our guide, Historical Cities-San Francisco:
Site of
Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purisma Concepcion (4157 Old
Adobe Road)
In
1843, Apolinario Miranda, husband of Juana Briones de Miranda, was sent before
the sub prefect for not living harmoniously with his wife and, shortly
thereafter, Juana and her seven children arrived at Rancho la Purísima
Concepción. In 1856 this property was duly confirmed to her, and she lived in
this adobe until, crippled by rheumatism, she was forced to move[i].
Updated Information from the National Trust for Historical Preservation’s Preservation Magazine (September/October 2011 issue):
“Beginning in the 1900’s, the core of the vernacular ranch house was significantly renovated and altered. In recent decades, the structure sat vacant and deteriorating despite local landmark status. After a demolition permit was filed by new owners, the National Trust named the site to its 2010 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. An appeals court ultimately concluded that the permit was valid, and crews demolished the house in June (2011).”
[i]
Santa Clara County; Office of Historic Preservation – California Department of
Parks and Recreation; http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/counties/Santa_Clara/landmarks.html
Lost Landmark: Donner-Houghton House, San Jose (CA)
Last Updated on Friday, 14 January 2011 01:00 Written by lyn Friday, 14 January 2011 01:00
Donner-Houghton House (prior to 2007), 156 E. St. John Street, San Jose, CA (Pic from Continuity Newsletter, San Jose Preservation Action Council, 8/2007)
Donner-Houghton House (after 8/2007 fire), 156 E. St. John Street, San Jose, CA (Pic from Continuity Newsletter, San Jose Preservation Action Council, 8/2007)
Donner-Houghton House (after 8/2007 fire), 156 E. St. John Street, San Jose, CA (Pic from Continuity Newsletter, San Jose Preservation Action Council, 8/2007)
Sherman Otis Houghton (1828-1914) served in the Mexican War and the American Civil War, as mayor of San Jose in 1855 and 1856, and in the U.S. Congress from 1871 to 1875.[i] In 1859, Houghton married Mary Martha Donner, one of the survivors of the Donner Party. After Mary’s death the following year, he married her cousin, Eliza Poor Donner. Houghton built this house in 1881.
Eliza wrote collaborated on History of the Donner Party in 1879, and published her own book, The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate in 1911. She died on February 19th, 1922, exactly 75 years after the arrival of the First Relief party at Donner Pass.
[i] HOUGHTON, Sherman Otis, (1828 – 1914); Biographical Directory of the United States Congress; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000815
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Lost Landmark: Donner-Houghton House, San Jose (CA)
Last Updated on Friday, 14 January 2011 12:46 Written by caddofl Friday, 14 January 2011 12:46
Donner-Houghton House (prior to 2007), 156 E. St. John Street, San Jose, CA (Pic from Continuity Newsletter, San Jose Preservation Action Council, 8/2007)
Donner-Houghton House (after 8/2007 fire), 156 E. St. John Street, San Jose, CA (Pic from Continuity Newsletter, San Jose Preservation Action Council, 8/2007)
Donner-Houghton House (after 8/2007 fire), 156 E. St. John Street, San Jose, CA (Pic from Continuity Newsletter, San Jose Preservation Action Council, 8/2007)
Sherman Otis Houghton (1828-1914) served in the Mexican War and the American Civil War, as mayor of San Jose in 1855 and 1856, and in the U.S. Congress from 1871 to 1875.[i] In 1859, Houghton married Mary Martha Donner, one of the survivors of the Donner Party. After Mary’s death the following year, he married her cousin, Eliza Poor Donner. Houghton built this house in 1881.
Eliza wrote collaborated on History of the Donner Party in 1879, and published her own book, The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate in 1911. She died on February 19th, 1922, exactly 75 years after the arrival of the First Relief party at Donner Pass.
[i] HOUGHTON, Sherman Otis, (1828 – 1914); Biographical Directory of the United States Congress; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000815
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Forgotten Landmark–Justus Ramsey House, St. Paul (MN)
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 January 2011 04:33 Written by caddofl Tuesday, 11 January 2011 04:33
Justus Ramsey House, 252 7th Street West, St. Paul, MN (Pic from Google Streetview accessed 1/11/2011)
This small stone residence, one of the oldest remaining structures in the city of St. Paul, was built in 1851. It is now become a appendage of an italian restaurant’s piano bar.
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