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Carmel Heritage Society House and Garden Tour 2015 - Part 2 - Stonehaven, Pope House, and Banyon Hideaway | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Carmel Heritage Society House and Garden Tour 2015 - Part 2 - Stonehaven, Pope House, and Banyon Hideaway. 6 SE of Thirteenth on Dolores. In 1920 Lee came to Carmel and began work as a general contractor. One of his first commissions was the construction of Edward Kuster. S stone house at the intersection of Ocean View and Bay View on Carmel Point. Built in an "H" shape, Stonehouse's exterior walls are uncoursed (randomly laid) Carmel stone. In 1939 a large back bedroom. Julia Morg...
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Allen Knight and the History of L'Auberge Carmel | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Thursday, January 24, 2013. Allen Knight and the History of L'Auberge Carmel. Allen Knight, who would become Mayor of Carmel in the 1940’s and 50’s, was born in 1901 the same year his parents and two aunts purchased three lots on Monte Verde and Seventh. That same year, J. F. Devendorf ordered 100 San Francisco cottages to be shipped in sections to Carmel. Only o. Ne cottage arrived and it was purchased by Allen’s father and reassembled on the family property on Monte Verde and Seventh. He spent five mon...
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Carmel Heritage Society House and Garden Tour 2015 - Part 1 - First Murphy House & Belle's Cottage | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Carmel Heritage Society House and Garden Tour 2015 - Part 1 - First Murphy House and Belle's Cottage. Eight houses were on this years House and Garden Tour. Our first house is home to the Carmel Heritage Society. The First Murphy House was built in 1902 by 17 year old Michael J. Murphy. In 1900 Emma Murphy brought her 15 year old son and 10 year old daughter to Carmel-by-the-Sea. Emma had read about this new village and believed her son Michael. 4 NE of Ocean on Camino Real. The ga...
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Edward Kuster's Theatre of The Golden Bough | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Edward Kuster's Theatre of The Golden Bough. Edward Kuster, former husband of Una Jeffers. C 1901 – 1913) moved permanently from Los Angeles to Carmel in 1921. After 21 years as a successful attorney in southern California, Kuster would now put all his efforts into his real passion - Theatre. With an upper case “T,” please. 8221; which she had submitted as an original piece for the 1912 Forest Theater season. I not only refused to take Newberry’s advice, but told him ...
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Carmel Heritage Society House and Garden Tour 2015 - Part 3 - Frank Lloyd Wright House, The Ship House and Golf House | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Carmel Heritage Society House and Garden Tour 2015 - Part 3 - Frank Lloyd Wright House, The Ship House and Golf House. By Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1918, Mr. and Mrs. Willis J. Walker, San Francisco socialites, purchased 216 acres of land for $150,000 from John Martin ( Mission Ranch. The Walkers subdivided the land and sold many of the lots. (1). The ocean front acreage from the Walkers subdivision, was deeded to Mrs. Walker's sister, Della Walker. 3 NE of Sixth Avenue on Guadalupe.
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Carmel Heritage Society and First Murphy Park | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Monday, May 5, 2014. Carmel Heritage Society and First Murphy Park. Old Carmel Foundation / Carmel Tomorrow. It's Your Town Start Running It". In 1976, "born of frustration and nurtured by anger, a grassroots movement sprang up in Carmel with the avowed intent of halting deterioration of the village. The group Old Carmel was conceived and gained notoriety through its efforts to save the Village Corner, long a favored stopping place of local residents. I t's Ours to Protect. Carmel Tomorrow was dubbed.
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Carmel by the Sea - Fairy Tale Cottages of Hugh Comstock - Names Locations and Map | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Monday, March 4, 2013. Carmel by the Sea - Fairy Tale Cottages of Hugh Comstock - Names Locations and Map. Hugh Comstock, the youngest of seven siblings, was born on a ranch in Evanston Illinois in 1893. He spent his early years growing up in Evanston working on his family’s ranch, occasionally assisting in the building of ranch structures. He received his formal education at home under the direction of tutors and had a talent for drawing but never received any proper training in architecture or building.
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Carmel House and Garden Tour 2012 (Hugh Comstock) | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Thursday, July 5, 2012. Carmel House and Garden Tour 2012 (Hugh Comstock). Carmel House and Garden Tour 2012. We could not have asked for a more glorious day as my friend and I set out for an afternoon of walking, admiring, laughing, enjoying and re-bonding. In four hours we would tour seven homes on the 2012 Carmel House and Garden Tour. Benefiting the Carmel Heritage Society. Carmel's Builder of Dreams. Block 60 Lot 10. Behind the crooked grape stake fence,. Beyond the gate, pass the Carmel Stone patio.
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Fairy Tale Cottages of Hugh Comstock - Hansel and Gretel | Adventures of a Home Town Tourist
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Monday, March 4, 2013. Fairy Tale Cottages of Hugh Comstock - Hansel and Gretel. Perhaps the whole thing had been something of a whimsical experiment, but the popular reaction was one of tremendous enthusiasm. Many came to marvel and be charmed by the Doll House. In a community that at the time was predominately made up of rough summer cabins, this imaginative and unusual effort on part of the Comstock’s set off a spark of civic pride. Historic Name: The Doll House. Torres Street 4 NE of 6th. With no rea...
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