HISTORICAL NOMINATION OF THE Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House 5183 HASTINGS ROAD~ KENSINGTON HEIGHTS UNIT 2
Built by ••.••.•...... Lawrence C. Anderson
Ronald V. May, RPA Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 Legacy San Diego, CA 92175 www.legacy106.com 1061NC. (619) 269-3924 Historical Nomination of the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House A Lawrence C. Anderson Creation 5183 Hastings Road, Kensington ~ San Diego
Prepared for
Pamela Garrett and David May
by
Ronald V. May, RPA President and Principal Investigator Dale Ballou May Vice President and Principal Researcher
Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 (619) 269-3924 Fax/Phone www.Iegacy106.com
April 30, 2005
Researched and accepted by Research Committee, Historical Resources Board, City of San Diego on , 2005
© 2005 Legacy 106, Inc. List of Figures
1. DPR Form 523A
2. DPR Form 523B
3. U.S.G.S La Mesa Quadrangle Map, 7.5"
4. Deeds
2 State of California - The Resources AQencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Other ListinQs Review Code Reviewer Date
Page 1 of 1 *Resource Name or#: Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116 P1. Other Identifier: Sills House * P2. Location: Not for Publication 1:83 Unrestricted *a. County San Diego and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Mesa 7.5' Quad Date 1997 Maptech, Inc. T R y. of y.. of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 5183 Hastings Road City: San Diego Zip: 92116 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; 490441 mEl 3625755 mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel#, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: 374' The property is located on U.S.G.S. La Mesa Quadrangle. It is identified as Tax Assessor's APN #465-042-02. It is located on Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit No. 2, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to Map thereof, No. 1912, filed in the office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County May 24, 1926. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House is a good example of a single story Spanish Eclectic residence created in Kensington Heights Unit 2 subdivision in 1929. The defining characteristics of this house are its Spanish fired red clay tile roof and vents, moderate roof and eave that reverse mirror those at 5191 Hastings Road, ornate rafter tails, Cathedral style living room window, low thrust/low haunch Mission style porch and porte cochere portals, columns with ornamental imposts, French doors, ornamental patio wall, Medieval front door, and ornate side gate that reverse mirrors the one at 5191 Hastings Road. The house is integral to the historic built landscape at the intersection of Hastings Road and Middlesex Drive and retains the original architectural integrity. There have been no documented changes or additions to the house, based on the Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record and Garrett family information. An opaque glass wall installed in the south portal of the port cochere is 55-years of age, but has not achieved architectural merit in its own right. However, it is easily removable should some future homeowner wish to restore the south appearance. Removal of the opaque glass wall would not adversely affect the original architecture. This change is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, as it is different, compatible, and easily removable. There has been no replacement of deteriorated features. Although the Garrett family is not aware of any changes in the past 45 years. close inspection shows someone restuccoed the exterior and that it closely matches the underlying stucco. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2)-Single family property *P4. Resources Present: 1:83 Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) Street view of Sills House looking east towards the front of the house. Front of house faces west. October 31, 2004 Photo by Ronald V. May, RPA. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: 1:83Historic 0 Prehistoric 0 Both 1929 Residential Building Record Water Permit P7. Owner and Address: Pamela Garrett and David May 5183 Hastings Road San Diego, CA 92116 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA Legacy 106, Inc.• P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: April 30, 2005 *P10.Survey Type: (Describe) Walked around house. *P11 . Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Ronald V. May, RPA, and Dale Ballou May, "Historical Nomination ofthe Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116," Prepared by Legacy 106, Inc., 2005 *Attachments: 0 NONE 0 Location Map 1:83 Sketch Map 0 Continuation Sheet 1:83 Building, Structure, and Object Record 0 Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milling Station Record 0 Rock Art Record 0 Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List): State of California - The Resources A!lencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE. AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 1 of 10 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116 B1. Historic Name: Sills House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single family residence 84. Present Use: Single family residence *85. Architectural Style: 86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) On June 28, 1928, Lawrence and Esther entered into an Agreement for Sale for Lot 217 in Kensington Heights for $1,600 at 7% interest rate. The location of the lot was significant, as right next door was the two-story George T. Forbes-owned 1927 residence. Anderson completed 5183 Hastings by October 1929 and he then took out a trust deed for $5000 at 7% from Prudential Insurance Company on October 15, 1929. On July 11, 1929, building contractor Lawrence C. Anderson took out the Order for Water Service. The Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record confirms the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House as built in 1929. This was the first date of property tax assessment. There is no record of building permits issued to change the house and the Record's shows no notations from building inspectors for changes to the house over the years.
*87. Moved?~ No D Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A *88. Related Features: detached garage B9a. Architect: unspecified b. Builder: L.C. Anderson (Lawrence C. Anderson)
*810. Significance: Theme: Residential Architecture Area: Kensington Period of Significance: 1929-1954 Property Type: single-family dwelling Applicable Criteria: c (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The Sills House is significant under HRB Criterion "c" because it embodies distinctive elements of a 1929 Spanish Eclectic house with approximately 99% integrity. The defining architectural characteristics include a Spanish style fired red clay tile roof, cathedral front window, Mission style low haunch/low thrust arches and columns with ornamental imposts, a low stucco front patio wall, French doors onto the porch and driveway, and a port cochere over the driveway. Distinctive interior elements are the Mayan-like relief fireplace hearth tiles in the living room, an unusual foyer with a tiled foyer, rusticated stucco faux stone walls, and elegantly sculpted ceilings and portals that lead to adjoining rooms. (See Continuation Sheet.)
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2)-Single family property
*812. References: (See Continuation Pages)
B13. Remarks: An historic photograph demonstrates a high degree of architectural integrity and Garrett family history back to 1960 along with the Tax Assessor's Residential Building record substantiates almost no changes. The reverse mirror effect of the side gate and near matching roof eave with the neighboring house at 5181 Hastings Road demonstrates the houses were designed to present the image of connection, as viewed from Middlesex Drive. Although the houses will be nominated separately, they form a cohesive interpretive cultural unit.
*814. Evaluator: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date of Evaluation: 4/30/2005
(This space reserved for official comments.) State of California - The Resources Aqencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 2 of 10 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116
*Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4/30/05 f8l Continuation D Update
*B10. Significance (continued):
From the street view, the Spanish fired red clay tile front gable roofline eave of the west facing elevation matches the neighboring George T. Forbes-owned home on the corner and the north side gate mirrors the Forbes' house south side gate, giving an estate like appearance as if the two houses belonged together as one large property. The house retains approximately 99% architectural integrity.
The story of the development of Kensington Heights is really the story of the investment of strategically placed family money as part of San Diego's unique history of subdivision development. Well funded with oil money earned from wells on the family land in Montana, George Thomas Forbes and his wife invested family resources to build and sell homes over a number of years. Forbes and his wife Marie Bower Forbes came to California during a boom period of real estate in the early 1920s. From 1926 through 1931, they resided in Santa Monica, as is indicated in the San Diego City Directory, and operated Kensington Heights through the Davis-Baker Company of Pasadena and their second house at 5191 Middlesex Drive. Their role in Santa Monica and Los Angeles County business remains unknown at this time and further research will be needed to characterize their standing in thai community. Forbes' family oil royalties financec this community and sustained them through the roughest years of the Great Depression. Forbes used the adjacent house at 5191 Hastings Road as a showcase and arranged agreement documents with building contractor Lawrence C. Anderson to authorize special setbacks, suggesting Anderson built Forbes' house and then developed 5183 Hastings Road to serve as a showcase after Forbes sold his house at 5191. Thus, both houses hold the distinction as functioning as showcase residences prior to construction of the six model homes.
The history of Kensington Heights Lot 217 is really a story that includes surrounding lots 216, 218, and 219. Forbes and his family selected these lots to showcase Unit 2 when prospective buyers approached along Middlesex Drive. Breathtaking views of the eastenn mountains greeted them in those days, before houses blocked the vistas. Forbes began his real estate campaign in 1926 wilh published advertisements offering to showcase his house at 5191 Hastings Road (lot 218). For one year, Lots 216, 217, and 219 were kept vacant to focus attention on the house at 5191 Hastings Road. The estate-like setting for the two houses was maintained by the empty lot to lhe east that was owned by Mrs. Forbes' parents in Iowa and the empty lot to the south, which was owned by Jane Little, a private secretary with Union Title Insurance Company. Both lots remained vacant into the mid-1930s. Forbes father-in-law, E.L Bower, M.D. of Iowa, bought Lot 219, and L.C. Anderson, builder, bought Lot 217. This association might imply Anderson built 5191 Hastings Road. The architectural plans drawn by Hays and Semrow of Beverly Hills indicate Forbes inUially intended this to be his San Diego house. The success of showcasing this house may have stimulated Davis-Baker to develop the "model home" campaign in which they actually assigned colorful names, like Mirasol and El Patio.
When Davis-Baker elected to build formal model homes for the May 1929 "Better Homes Exposition," Forbes abandoned his get away home in 1928 and sold 5191 Hastings Road to Frank Thompson, vice president of Union Trust Company and co-signer on the Kensington Heights Unit 2 map. Thompson's role at the bank ensured needed capital to reinvest in the model home development. To continue the Kensington Heights showcase, Forbes may have encouraged Anderson to develop Lo1217, next door, and build the house at 5183 Hastings Road. On June 28, 1928, Lawrence and Esther entered into an Agreement for Sale for Lot 217 in Kensington Heights for $1 ,600 at 7% interest rate and signed an agreement to accept the setback variance for the Forbes/Thompson House. This sequence shows the building history of the two houses on Lots 217 and 218 are closely linked as showcase houses for Unit 2.
The key point here is that Forbes and his family remained in Santa Monica until 1932. AI unknown intervals, he traveled south to monitor the Davis-Baker operation. The evidence provided in this report suggests he may have used the rooms at 5191 Hastings Road for those overnight stays, although the directories always show his address in Santa Monica in the 1920s. Legacy 106, Inc. believes Forbes success in showcasing his house directly led to the decision to build model homes. Moreover, circumstances suggest Anderson may have built 5191 Hastings Road following the Hays and Semrow plans and then bought Lot 217 to help Forbes keep the space clear for focusing attention on Lot 218. After Thompson moved into 5191 Hastings Road in 1928, Anderson buill the adjacent house on Lot 217 and designed the roof eave and mirror reverse side gate to present the image from Middlesex like the two lots were one large Spanish hacienda. State of California - The Resources A!lencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 10 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN#465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA92116
*Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4/30/05 [gJ Continuation D Update
*B10. Significance (continued):
Since Anderson embellished the entry and living room at5183 Hastings Road with unusually ornate tile masonry and the house remained vacant from 19291o 1932, we believe Forbes and Davis-Baker used the house to continue real estate showcasing. During this period, Forbes and Davis-Baker developed Kensington Heights Unit #3 and Forbes hired Master Architect Richard Requa to design another showcase house at 5318 Canterbury Drive in 1930. Consistent with his previous operation, Forbes sold the Canterbury house to his in-laws the Bowers to hold the .investment, while his family continued to live in Santa Monica. After the Great Depression hit bottom in 1931, Forbes relocated permanently to hold the San Diego development together and Bower sold the Canterbury model home to Judge Clarence Hardin and his family.
Thus, the chain of Forbes, Bower, and Anderson activities between 1926 and 1932 are cohesively linked in the history oflhe development of Kensington Heights Units #2 and #3. The block of lots at the corner of Middlesex and Hastings Road are highly significant to understand the development of this portion of San Diego's history. The "smoking gun" that supports this interpretation is the string of agreement documents entered between Forbes, Thompson, Anderson, and Bower. Only 22 days before the Anderson's had entered into their Agreement of Sale for Lot217, Forbes had sold the corner lot to Frank B. and Vinnie Thompson on June 6, 1928 with a trust deed for $2,750 at 7% from Forbes. This was probably a "sweetheart deal," as in 1926 Thompson was the Assistant Trust Officer for Union Trust Company and he was a signer on the Kensington Heights Unit2 Subdivision Map 1912. Thus, this research has revealed Forbes' real estate development and sales strategy for marketing Kensington Heights Unit 2.
Furthermore, the same day that the Andersons recorded their Agreement of Sale, there is also a June 28, 1928 document that recorded an Agreement on Lots 217 and 218. The same agreement was recorded a month later for Lots 218 and 219 on July 10, 1928. These agreement documents memorialized acceptance of the fact the corner house is 16.8 feet away from the center of Hastings Road/Middlesex, even though the Deed Restrictions require 20-foot setbacks. E.L. Bower, Forbes' father-in-law, had a successful medical practice in Iowa, and in absence owned Lot 219. Anderson completed 5183 Hastings by October 1929 and he then took out a trust deed for $5000 at7% from Prudential Insurance Company on October 15, 1929. Next door, the Thompsons had taken out a trust deed for First National Savings Bank for$13,000 for one year all%. It was probably no coincidence that by this time Thompson was now the Assistant Cashier and Assistant Trust Officer for First National Trust and Savings Bank.
During this same 1929-1930 period, Anderson actively built houses and commercial buildings in University Heights and East San Diego. He built many substantial buildings. One of his early accomplishments was the "EI Cerrito Center," a strip of commercial buildings along El Cajon Boulevard that he completed in 1932 (San Diego Union June 30, 1934). This may qualify as one of the earliest east city commercial strip malls in San Diego. All these leadership roles won Anderson a place on the 1934 Church Civic Affairs Committee slate for the 79"' Assembly District (San Diego Union June 3, 1934; August26, 1934). Although he did not win, his role in history is memorialized because the Civic Affairs Committee sweeped the San Diego City Council in 1935 and seized control by passing an initiative to create a city manager form of government and tenmlnate corrupt city politics. One of Anderson's greatest construction jobs, and most memorable for San Diego residents, was the Sears and Roebuck Building in Hillcrest in 1954. At the time, it was the largest commercial building in San Diego and people throughout San Diego County traveled down to shop in the building. Anderson retired from construction work in 1959, continued his civic and church activities, and died at age 82 (Evening Tribune December 4, 1974).
On April18, 1930, the Andersons sold 5183 Hastings to Fred W. and Eva Sills. Fred and Eva Sills owned and occupied the house at 5183 Hastings Road as a couple from 1930 until Fred's death in 1934. Eva stayed at the house through the remaining historical period (1934-1955), listing herself in the directory as a widow. The Sills were wealthy capitalists from Ontario, Canada and Chicago, Illinois who moved to San Diego in retirement. Ironically, Anderson may have retained a relationship with the Sills over their 28-year occupation of the house, for Eva May Sills directed him to serve as co-executor of her will when she died in 1958. Per her instructions, Anderson saw to it that the house was sold on auction and the purchaser was Viola Stromski, a resident of Coronado. After she died, it sold to William and Marjorie Grist in 1960. Their relatives are the current owners, Pamela Garrett and David May. State of California -The Resources AQencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 10 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116
*Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4/30/05 (g] Continuation D Update
*B10. Significance (continued
The Sills couple had retired to San Diego after a long career in real estate financing in Chicago, Illinois. The entire family had emigrated from Canada, where they still maintained a summerhouse. Fred's parents were of German and English extraction and they immigrated to Ontario, Canada before Fred's birth in 1876 (U.S. Census 1930). Born Eva MillieMay Washington on October 1, 1878, she preferred to be called Eva May. They married in 1902 and immigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1906. Her parents. Levi and Eliza P. Washington. immigrated to the United States in 1910. The stewards of 5183 Hastings Road following the Sills' tenure were Francis E. and Viola N. Stromski. Anderson and Bagley filed the deed to the Stromski family on June 25, 1958. Virtually nothing is known about the Stromski couple except that at the time they bought 5183 Hastings Road in 1958 they were living in Coronado. They sold the property two years later in 1960. Since they owned the house outside the historical period (within 50 years ago). no in depth research was conducted.
Ma~orie Gamel! Grist purchased 5183 Hastings Road from the Stromski family on July 19, 1960 (Recorder's Office, Files 145502; 145503). She and her husband, William H. Grist, occupied the house for many years and it has been passed down through the Garrett family line to this day. Present co-owner Pamela Garrett is the niece of Majorie Garrett Grist. The Garrett family has lived in San Diego for many generations. as is reflected in the family papers that are housed at 5183 Hastings Road under the care of Garrett and her husband, David May. These papers provide clues to the personality and philosophical orientation of Marjorie and William Grist during their tenure at the house. George A. Garrett came to San Diego in 1888 after an unusual life experience that profoundly affected his children in their lives. Born in Dublin. Ireland, he arrived in the United States at age 13 and traveled widely from the United States to Mexico and back again. He became a scholar and follower of Scholia, the study of Classical antiquity as it affects humanity. While in Wyoming, he became a newspaperman and learned how the printed word spread knowledge. While publishing a newspaper in a Utopian colony in Topolobambo, Mexico in 1886, he developed concerns for the needy and aged. Back in the United States. he first worked for U.S. Senator George Hearst in San Francisco, then his son, William Randolph Hearst in the newspaper publishing business. He acquired a house at 1533 Eighth Avenue in the Curruthers Addilion. which is distinguished by the southwestern notch in 1 Balboa Park that is now crossed by Interstate 5 and downtown San Diego. By holding the Open Forum in the Unitarian Church at 6 h and Cedar Streets in 1919, free speech issues reached out to a wide audience. Lectures at the Open Forum were an important center 1 for social activities in San Diego. During the early years of the 20 h century, Garrett's Social Democrat and Scholia philosophy rubbed off on Marjorie, who was also a member of the Unitarian Church.
Bam June 20, 1898, Marjorie Garrett applied her eclectic home schooling to studies at Logan Elementary, Roosevett Junior High School, San Diego High School, and then studied at San Diego State College, the University of Wyoming at Laramie, University of California at Los Angeles, University of California at Berkeley, University of Southern California, and finally Claremont College. She obtained a teaching credential and applied her trade at her alma mater, Roosevelt Junior High School and Snyder Continuation School. She taught from 1915 to 1953 and then retired after 38-years. Through that career. she was a leader in the Campfire Girls and San Diego Fine Arts Gallery. Somewhere in this career. she met and married William H. Grist, a deputy collector for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury. They must have shared George Garrett's philosophical beliefs, as both were members of his Unitarian Church and active members in the Scottish Rite of Masonry. Marjorie was a member of Chapter 264 of the Order of the Eastern Star and a leader in the San Diego Chaplain's Society. William passed away in February 1974 at age 79 and was buried along with Marjorie at Greenwood Cemetery. The house at 5183 Hastings Road has since passed through two additional generations of the Garrett family.
The Sills House is significant for its Spanish Ecleclic architecture and because it contributes to understanding the direct association between 5183 and 5191 Hastings Road, two houses directly associated with George T. Forbes, owner and creator of Kensington Heights subdivisions one, two, and three. The house reflecls special elements of the architectural development ofthe Kensington Heights Unit 2 Subdivision. in that is was part of the orchestrated use of showcase homes and locations to advertise, market, and sell residences during Kensington Heights' boom period beginning in 1925 to the early years of the Great Depression. It also adds tangible evidence and historical facts that give a better understanding of the relationship between the builders, financiers, and subdividers of this community. The house is solidly linked to the community's unique historical, social, economic, and political history, that are part of its architectural development. The prominent corner location is highly visible coming east along Middlesex Road and in its early years had a spectacular view of the mountains. Evidence suggests that the lot was chosen especially for this reason. The resulting appearance was an image that looked like one large estate when approached from the west. State of California - The Resources A!lencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 5 of 10 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116
*Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4130105 IZI Continuation 0 Update
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*Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4/30/05 1:8:1 Continuation 0 Update
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Historical Nomination of the Cosgrove/Ratner House, 5310 Canterbury Drive, Kensington, San Diego, California 92116, Legacy 106, Inc., 2003, Designated San Diego Historical Landmark No. 588, 2003
Historical Nomination of the Forbes/Harden House, 5318 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California 92116, 2003, Designated San Diego Historical Landmark No. 569, 2003
Historical Nomination of the Elmo G. and Angeline Crabtree House, 4210 Norfolk Terrace, Kensington, San Diego, California 92116, Legacy 106, Inc., 2003, Designated San Diego Historical Landmark No. 610, 2003
Historical Nomination of the Walter M. and Loretta B. Casey House, 4830 Hart Drive, Talmadge Park, San Diego, California 92116, Legacy 106, Inc., 2004, Designated San Diego Historical Landmark No. 668, 2004
Historical Nomination of the AL and Cleveland Dennstedt House, 4372 Ridgeway, Kensington, San Diego, California 92116, Legacy 106, Inc., 2004, Designated San Diego Historical Landmark No. 664, 2004
Historical Nomination of the Commander Wilbur V. and Martha E. Shown/Louise Severin House, 4394 North Talmadge Drive, Talmadge Park, San Diego, California 92116, Legacy 106,1nc., 2004
Internet Research
Jackson, Parker H. 2002 "San Diego Biographies, RichardS. Requa (1881-1941)," San Diego Historical Society. http·Uwww sandiegohjstory orglbio/requa/htm
Jarmusch, Ann 1997 "Requa Revisited," Union-Tribune http·Uwwwlsignoosandiego com/news/features/desjgo/reqiJarevjsjted btm
Manuscripts
Anonymous 2004 Historic Landmarks Designated by the Historical Resources Board, City of San Diego
Anonymous No date Historical Inventory of Important Structures and People in San Diego
Arnold, T.J. and W .J. Hunsaker 1881 Complaint for Partition, Rancho Mission San Diego, In The Superior Court, County of San Diego, State of California, Juan M. Luco et al versus Commercial Bank of California State of California- The Re~ources Anencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 9 of 10 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116
'Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4/30/05 I8J Continuation D Update
'812. References (continued)
Brandes, Raymond S. 1991 "San Diego Architects 1868-1939." University of San Diego. On file at the San Diego Historical Society Research Archives
Burkett, Bernadette (No date) San Diego's Cable Cars, 1890-1893, San Diego Historical Society
Cotton, Oscar 1963 "A History of San Diego Real Estate Subdivisions in 'The Good Old Days'." San Diego Historical Society
Culliname, AlA, John J. 1999 "National Preservation Institute, Practical Application of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties," April19, 1999
Hartmann, Glenn D. 1977 Architectural Description Guide: Developed for Use in Preparing Nominations for State and National Registers of Historic Places. Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission, Olympia, Washington
May, Ronald V. May, RPA 2002 "Historical Nomination of The Hamilton House, 2840 Maple Street in South Park," Historical Resources Board, City of San Diego
Polas, Nicolas 1987 The Honorable Clarence Harden: The 'Pro Bono Plublico' Lawyer of San Diego. San Diego Historical Society, Research Archives.
Romero, Kathleen 2001 California Preservation Foundation, Mills Act Workshop, May 17-19, 2001, Office of the Tax Assessor, County of San Diego
Sedlock, Robert 1958 "A History of Kensington," San Diego Historical Society, Research Archives
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, microfilm at San Diego State University and San Diego Historical Society
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, microfilm at San Diego State University and San Diego Historical Society
MiscellaneO! •s
Forbes, George 1973 Oral History, San Diego Historical Society, Research Archives.
Hennessey, Gregg R. 1977 City Planning, Progressivism, and the Development of San Diego, 1908-1926. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University, Department of History
Tachner, Mary 1982 "Richard Requa: Southern California Architect: 1881-1941 ," Department of History, University of San Diego (Call No. 979.404 R427). State of California -The Resources A<:~encv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 10 of 10 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House APN #465-042-02, 5183 Hastings Road, San Diego, CA 92116
*Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 4/30/05 12<:1 Continuation D Update
*812. References (continued)
Perjodjcals
Cavignac, Frank 2000 "Four Men and Their Visual Imprints on San Diego," Professional Liability Update. A Loss Prevention Newsletter for the Design Professionals. San Diego: Cavignac & Associates.
Requa, Richard S. 1909 "A California Cottage Home," Good Housekeeping (January 1909).
Stanford, Leland G. 1980 "In Memoriam: Honorable Clarence Harden," Dicta: The Lawyers Magazine, (1980) XXVII(7):25. Name: LA MESA Location: Coordinates: 11 490441 E, 3625755 N, Elevation: 374 ft. Date: 4/24/2005 Caption: 5183 Hastings Scale: 1 inch equals 1 000 feet
Copyright (C) 1997, Maptech, Inc. Historical Nomination of the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House A Lawrence C. Anderson Creation 5183 Hastings Road, Kensington -- San Diego
Photo by Ronald V. May Introduction fist a year and a half separated Swedish-American builder Lawrence C. Anderson from the date he made the first legal transaction to build the single story residence on Lot 217, 5183 Hastings Road (house in the middle) in June 1928 and the devastating October 1929 Stock Market Crash that would lead the nation into the depths of the Great Depression. Anderson built this single story Spanish Eclectic residence under Kensington Heights' stringent Richard Requa/Architectural Review Committee guidelines to capitalize on its location next to the intersection of Hastings Road and Middlesex Drive and the much-visited 1927 George T. Forbes house next door on the comer (left) and the then-empty lot to the south (house to the far right).
He built this house to blend in with Forbes', and the reverse mirror side yard gates added to the impression that the two houses somehow belonged together. To the casual observer, the matching appearance of rooflines and garden gates suggested a hidden relationship, somewhat like a guest cottage might be situated next to its main house, or perhaps one large comer estate. Neighboring houses of later vintage surrounding the two residences also hinted that they were once empty lots, and if empty, would have provided a splendid view of the distant mountains.
Legacy 106, Lnc. and the present owners of 5183 Hastings Road, Pamela Garrett and David May, questioned if this might be the case. To understand the complete story, the owners of the comer house at 5191 Hastings Road also elected to participate in the research so legal records and a comprehensive chain of title for both houses could be researched and compared. An added benefit was that the neighbors knew the name of their architect and had their original 1926 architectural plans. Neither homeowner knew much about the history of their homes. Thus, research for both houses was conducted simultaneously but as separate Historical Nominations for landmark consideration with the understanding that each nomination would go forward to the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board independently. Research for 5183 Hastings was completed first for submittal in May 2005 and the nomination for 5191 Hastings is scheduled to fo llow to the City of San Diego in June 2005.
3 The Fred and Eva Sills House is recommended for historic designation by the City of San Diego because:
Criterion c. Architecture. Resources are those that embody the distinctive characteristics ofa style, type, period, or method ofconstruction or is a valuable example ofthe use ofindigenous materials or craftsmanship. The Sills House is significant under HRB Criterion "c" because it embodies distinctive elements of a 1929 Spanish Eclectic house. The defining architectural characteristics include Spanish Mission style arched entries, a front patio wall, French doors, and a port cochere over the driveway. Distinctive interior elements are the Mayan-like relief fireplace hearth tiles in the living room, an unusual foyer with a tiled foyer, rusticated walls, and elegantly sculpted entryways that lead to adjoining rooms. From the street view, the Spanish fired red clay tile front gable roofline eave of the west facing elevation matches the neighboring George T. Forbes-owned home on the comer. The north side gate mirrors the Forbes' house south side gate, giving an estate-like appearance as if the two houses belonged together as one large property. The house retains approximately 99% architectural integrity.
Site Identification
5183 Hastings Road, Kensington....., San Diego. The property is located on the U.S.G.S. La Mesa Quadrangle. It is identified as Tax Assessor's APN 465-042-02. Legal description: Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit No.2, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to Map thereof, No. 1912, filed in the office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County May 24, 1926.
1 1249 "" (left) The Thomas G Guide, showing location of 5183 Hastings Road.
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5 Chain of Title and Residency
On May 24, 1926, Allen H. Wright, City Clerk of the City of San Diego, California and ex-officio Clerk of the Common Council of the City of San Diego, recorded Map 1912 for Kensington Heights Unit No.2. This was a subdivision of Lots 23 and 47 of the portion of Ex Mission San Diego, according to the partition map of Juan de Luco versus Commercial Bank of San Diego; and beginning at the southeast corner of Kensington Heights Unit No. 1, Map 1875, recorded January 4, 1926. Paul Watson, Civil Engineer, Watson, Valle & Gough, Inc. conducted the fieldwork for the subdivision and shot-in the lot lines. George T. Forbes filed Map 1912 with the County Recorder (File 31882) on May 24, 1926.
Beginning in 1925, the San Diego City Directory included a reference section (usually pink or green) called the "Householders." This "Street and Avenue Section" supplemented the alphabetical resident directory and listed the streets alphabetically, along with house addresses and owners/occupant names. Owners had a notation of ( o) next to their name, g.iving generally reliable information as to renters vs. owners at each address. If unoccupied, the address notation was '~vacant."
In addition, in developing communities such as Kensington Heights, which carne into existence in the mid-1920s, the absence or presence of a street name reflected the growth of the community as new streets were put in, paved, named, and in some cases renamed. Likewise, the absence or presence of house addresses showed initial ownership and/or occupancy, as well as the changing of house numbers as more homes filled the block and the numbers bumped to accommodate the in-filling residences. From year to year the Householders could reflect the same owner but different house numbers as this infilling and re-numbering process evolved. Prior to 1925, this section was not a part of the San Diego city directories, and for this reason it is often very difficult, if not impossible, to learn residence and occupancy of a house prior to 1925 uuless one happens to already to know the name ofthe owner/resident and can look it up alphabetically. Oftentimes, the history of residency of a San Diego house prior to 1925 is simply unknown for this reason. When combined chronologically with the chain of title and U.S. Census records, a picture emerges that tells the story of the house and its occupants.
Thus, the property history that follows includes not only the chain of title, but directory and census information as well to provide as complete as possible of a history of 5183 Hastings road and its relationship to the Kensington Heights Unit 2 community.
Property History, Lot 217,5183 Hastings Road, Kensington- San Diego
The following is the property history, including Chain of Title and Directory information.
Date Book/Page Grantor I Grantee Comments
1925 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (E.sther) bldg contr h 1431 Monroe. Anderson was the builder of5183 Hastings road.
May 24, 1926 George T. Forbes filed Subdivision Map 1912 for Kensington Heights Unit 2 with the County Recorder (File 31882).
8/27/1926 1219 426 Union Trust Co. SD Restrictions, Lots 217-228
6 1926 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (Esther) bldr h 1431 Monroe (1926- no houses yet on Hastings Road or Middlesex in Kensington listed in the directory. Hastings and Middlesex streets not listed at all in the Householders section yet as official streets.)
1927 Directory: Anderson, Lawrence C (Esther) carp h 1431 Monroe ave (1927- no houses yet on Hastings Road or Middlesex in Kensington in Householders section of directory; Middlesex Street now listed, but no houses with street addresses or names are present; Hastings Road not listed yet listed as a street.)
6/28/1928 1501 128 Union Trust Co. SD Anderson, Lawrence C. & Esther C. Comment: Agreement of Sale $1,600@ 7%, Lot217
6/28/1928 1494 146 Anderson, L.E. & E.C. Thoml!son, Frank B. & Vinnie A. Comment: Agreement on Lots 217 and 218
10/23/1928 1541 192 Union Trust Co. SD Anderson, Lawrence C. &Esther C. Comment: Joint tenancy
1928 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (E_sther) carp h 1431 Monroe ave (1928- no houses yet on Hastings Road or Middlesex in Kensington in Householders section of the directory; Middlesex Street now listed, but no houses with street addresses or names are present; Hastings Road not listed as a street.)
2/10/1929 2 166 Bd. Supv Connect Sewer Comment: Sup. Sec 2
711111929 Building contractor Lawrence C. Anderson took out the Order for Water Service for 5183 Hastings road.
10/15/1929 1674 490 Anderson, L.E. & E.C. Union Trust Co. SD Comment: Trust Deed $5,000 at 7%
1929 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (_Esther) bldg contr h 1431 Monroe av 1929 Directory: No Fred W or Eva M Sills in the San Diego Directory (1929- Hastings Road now has 9 houses, 3 are vacant and Frank & Vinnie Thompson have moved into the corner lot next to Lot 217; Middlesex Drive now listed described as eastfrom 5100 Canterbury drive and has 16 houses present, 4 of which have owners, 3 with non-owner residents, and 7/isted as vacant; Hastings Road now listed as north from 5100 block and 2 blocks E ofMarlborough Drive; House addresses present are 5080 Lindeke, Arth, 5088 Vacant, 5096 Vacant, 5150 Giles, WL (o), 5151 Strong WA (o}, 5157 Vacant; 5158 WilliamsonAK, 5163 Dannemark, Everett (o}, 5181 Thompson FB)
4/18/1930 1760 321 Anderson, L.E. & E.C. Sills, Fred W. & Eva M. Comment: Joint Tenancy
5/7/1930 1711 346 Union Trust Coml!any of SD Persons Entitled Comment: Reconveyance Trust Deed 1674/490
7 1930 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (Esther) bldg contr 1431 Monroe av 1930 Directory: No Fred W: or Eva M Sills in the San Diego Directory, but they are in the 1930 U.S. Census listed as living on Marlborough Drive, south ofAdams Avenue, so it can be established that they were living in the area. It is not known why they were not listed in the 1930 Directory.
1930 Census: 4385 Marlborough Drive, San Diego: Fred and Eva Sills along with Levi and Eliza Washington, Eva's parents. The Census indicates that Fred and Eva immigrated to the United States in 1906, and her parents came in 1910.
1931 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (Esther) h 5825 El Cajon av 1931 Directory: No Fred W: or Eva M Sills in the San Diego Directory
1932 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (Esther C) bldg contr 5825 El Cajon av 1932 Directory: Sills, Fred W (Eva M) h 5183 Hastings rd; Washington, Eliza P (wid Levi) r5183 Hastings rd (1932 Householders listed Sills as present and as an owner, but did not list the street uddress. The Alphabetical section of the Directory did list the Sills and Wushingtonjamilies.)
1933 Directory: Anderson, Lawrence C (Esther C) bldg contr 5825 El Cajon av 1933 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills F W (o); {Directory): Sills Fred W (Eva MJ h 5183 Hastings rd; Washington, Eliza (wid Levi) r 5183 Hastings rd
1934 Directory: Anderson. Lawrence C (Esther C) bldg contr 5825 El Cajon av 1934 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills F W (o); {Directory): Sills Fredk W (!j_va MJ h 5183 Hastings rd; Washington. Eliza (wid Levi) r 5183 Hastings rd
November 21, 1934- Frederick William Sills died.
3/26/1935 Sills, Frederic William, Estate (deceased) Probate Inventory # 21944
1935 (Householders): Sills. EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd
8114/1936 Annexation to the City of Sao Diego
1936 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd-Note: Eva's mother no longer living at this address.
1937 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd
1938 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd
1939 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd
1940 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd 1941CHouseholders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F W) h 5183 Hastings rd
8 1942 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F If] h 5183 Hastings rd
1943 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid F If] h 5183 Hastings rd
1944-45 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs; (Directory): Sills Eva M h 5183 Hastings rd
1946: no directory
1947-48 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs; (Directory): Sills Eva M Mrs h 5183 Hastings rd
1949: no directory
1950 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs; (Directory): Sills Eva M Mrs h 5183 Hastings rd
1951: no directory
1952 &ouseholders): 5183 Hastings: Sills EM Mrs; (Directory): Sills Eva M Mrs r 5183 Hastings rd
1953-54 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills Eva M Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M Mrs h 5183 Hastings rd
1954 Directory: Stromski. Francis (J!jola N) USN h1684 Catalina blvd
1955 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills Eva M Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M Mrs h 5183 Hastings rd
1956 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills Eva M Mrs (o); (Directory): Sills Eva M Mrs h 5183 Hastings rd
1957 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Sills Eva M Mrs; (Directory): Sills Eva M (wid Fred) h 5183 Hastings rd
October 12, 1957- Eva Milliemay Sills died in San Diego at age 79.
1958: 5183 Hastings rd was vacant
6/25/1958 7137 314 Sills, Eva May (Estate) Stromski, Viola N. Comment: Superior Court # 59608, Order Conferring Sale
6/25/1958 7137 317 Anderson, L.C. et al
6/25/1958 7137 319 Stromski, Viola N. Stromski, Francis E. & Stromski, Viola N.
6/25/1958 7137 320 Stromski Dept. Veteran Affairs
9 6/25/1958 7137 321 Dept. Vet. Aff. Stromski, Francis E. Comment: Agreement to convey #135920
1959 (Householders): 5183 Hastings: Stromski, Francis E (o); (Directory): Stromski Francis E (Viola N) elk Grocery h 5183 Hastings rd
1960: 5183 Hastings rd was vacant
7/19/1960 File 145502 Dept. Vet. Aff. Stromski, F.E. and Viola M. 1960
7/19/1960 File 145503 Stromski etux Grist, Marjorie Garrett 1960
(end of historic period) Architectural Identification
The Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House is a good example of a Spanish Eclectic residence created during the 1926-1930 Kensington Heights Unit 2 Forbes/Davis-Baker marketing campaign that appealed to prospective buyers who wanted to live in San Diego in an elite, high class, wealthy community like Pasadena, California. The defining characteristics of this house at 5183 Hastings Road are:
• Spanish fired red clay tile roof and vents • moderate roof and eave that reverse mirror that at 5191 Hastings Road • ornate rafter tails • Cathedral style living room window • low thrust/low haunch Mission style porch and porte cochere portals • columns with ornamental imposts • French doors, ornamental patio wall • Medieval front door • ornate side gate that reverse mirrors the one at 5191 Hastings Road
Photo bv Ronald V. Mav 10 5183 Hastings Road, Kensington Heights -Early History
Before 1769, the mesa lands overlooking what is now called Mission Valley to the north were subject to the use rights of Native American families for at least I 0,000 years. Historic records show walking trails, flaked stone workshops, and food gathering areas associated with vernal pools and Inland Chaparral. When the Spanish arrived in 1769, they drastically changed the way native people used and occupied their ancestral lands.
Through the 18th and early 19tl' centuries, Spanish Catholic administrators ofMission San Diego de Alcala claimed these uplands. After Mexico secularized the Catholic Church in 1834, the area fell into common use by various agricultural operators and this continued after the Mexican War of 1846. No kuown artifacts or archaeological features from the Catholic ranching era have been reported from the Kensington area.
American officials agreed to recognize those prior land ownerships as a condition of the 1852 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Santiago Arguello and several local officials surveyed and created a map of a huge area they claimed to be the Mexican Pueblo of San Diego in 1843. Whether true or not, the paperwork held up in court and to this day the term "Pueblo Lands" affects City of San Diego land use decisions. Beyond the pueblo, Mexican land grants were issued to prominent officials. Many of these grants were poorly documented or lacked all the correct signatures. Some alleged land grants were forged, while others overlapped various properties. Just about every valley between the Laguna Mountains and Pacific Coast had land claims from the Mexican era. Temporary U.S. military courts reviewed those land claims, some of which were rejected outright and others carried on in civilian courts after California statehood in 1850.
Arguello spoke fluent English and often served as official translator, explained Mexican rancho concepts, and helped negotiate legal disputes for the various courts. Many of his translations are significant historic documents in the California State Archives in Sacramento and other repositories around California today. Arguello claimed most of the Mission Lands through papers signed by Mexican officials in the 1840s before the Mexican War. He leased these lands to various ranchers, miners, lumber interests, and businesses through the 1860s. His own ranch house existed along the Sweetwater River, south of the San Diego pueblo. After Arguello died in 1868 and his wife shortly thereafter, American courts were swamped by claims from squatters who alleged promises by Arguello for title to portions of the land. Known collectively as the "Juan Luco Case," the land rush for Arguello Ranch lands involved hundreds of people who had to provide papers, letters from witnesses, and other documents to support their claims.
Almost simultaneous with the Mexican War, the United States Topographic Corps of Engineers sent survey teams across former Mexican Republic lands to create a map of the conquered lands. They divided California into "townships" based on the grid, rather than former Mexican ranches and towns. The term "township and range" comes from that survey. Within the official U.S. Topographic Survey, American officials could name mountains, rivers, valleys, and place ranches, Native American villages, cemeteries, churches, and other features. Upon the death of the Arguello, immigrant Americans squabbled over use rights and ownership of the Ex-Mission Ranch lands. The United
11 States Court intervened on a land dispute in 1868 and appointed a committee to travel to all the disputed lands, interview the claimants, study their papers, and report back to the court. They recommended which claims had legal standing and how to partition the Ex-Mission Ranch. The court issued findings in 1870 that established new ownership papers and the Ex-Mission • r , .. ..~ ~~:-- -~---.L'~ Ranch subdivided into lots . I "\·'. ' l· I The land now called ' Kensington is the result of -<. ' I "',....o'. . i the divestment of portions ('"0 • .. , ... J of at least six Ex-Mission Ranch Lots (23, 24, 25, 26, 46, and 4 7) by the heirs and executors of the inheritors of the Lots as a result of the final conclusion of the Juan Luco Case. Most of these Lots became small agricultural ranches at the 1 end ofthe 19 h century.
Kensington Heights Unit 2 was a resubdivision of portions of Ex-Mission Lots 23 and 47.
Map of the partition of Rancho Mission San Diego January 7, 1885.
The W.W. Whitney Ranch
1 Ex-Mission Ranch Lot 23. W.W. Whitney owned Lot 23 at the tum of the 19 h century. Until this past year, the history of the Whitney Estate and its relationship to Kensington was an unknown piece of the community's subdivision history. The full story ofthis original research and relationship is told in a submitted but yet to be reviewed Talmadge Park historical house nomination (Historical Nomination of the Commander Wilbur V. and Martha E. Shown and Louise Severin House, 4394 North Talmadge Drive, Legacy 106, Inc. and homeowners Doug Cooper and Lorraine Iverson, 2004).
Basically, at the end of his life, Whitney entrusted his estate into the hands of George Burnham and Herbert E. Anthony as Executors and co-Trustees. Burnham had served as vice-president of the San Diego Securities Company and later the Southern Trust and Commerce Bank which evolved into the San Diego Branch of the Bank of America. Through these affiliations, Burnham divested a portion of the Whitney Estate to the Talmadge Park subdividers (Roy and Carlton Lichty & their co-investors) as well as George T. Forbes for Kensington Heights.
12 The Mason Family Ranch
Ex-Mission Ranch Lot 47. The portions of Ex-Mission Lot 47 that Forbes purchased are more of a mystery than Ex-Mission Lot 23, and to date the story of how that came to be has not been adequately revealed. One brief account notes that the "Mason family" grew wheat and barley on that portion of the property that is now the north end of Marlborough (Parker Jackson file via Alice Hooper and Priscilla Berge). Their ranching operations have yet to be researched and little is known of them. Real estate photos of Davis-Baker employees by a land development sign show the men standing up to their knees in what was probably the final crop. Nearby, a pioneer silent movie company had built a western town set, which neighborhood children used as a backdrop for memorable games (Davis-Baker Company, February 9, 1930; Baumann). The fate of the movie set buildings remains unknown today, but old wagon and farm implement artifacts buried in gardens could as easily have come from the set as from the Mason Ranch. What could be determined to date is that the Masons were Evalyn and John Mason. Sometime before 1925, Forbes purchased 200 acres of the former Mason Ranch, and he developed 110 of those acres into Kensington Heights, which remains today as one of the high status residential communities in San Diego.
While some might think of Kensington as one subdivision, in reality the mesa high above Mission San Diego de Alcala was the subject of intense development since 1910. The first subdivision was Kensington Park, which was recorded on April 8 1910 by two sisters who had inherited Ex-Mission Rancho Lot 25. To the east, Roy and Carlton Lichty were busy with their Talmadge Park Units, which started in 1925. To the south of Kensington Heights and north of Adams Avenue, G. Aubrey Davidson was heavily involved with the development of his Kensington Manor Units 1 and 2, which he recorded in August and September of 1925 respectively. East of Kensington Manor, the little Kensington Point cul-de-sac was under construction by the Consolidated Gas and Electric and Crescent Realty Companies. They recorded their map in March of 1927. Forbes planned three Kensington Heights' subdivisions. He recorded Unit 1 on January 4, 1926, Unit 2 on May 24, 1926, and Unit 3 on September 28, 1926. These and other separate ventures co-existed on the mesa in a flurry of building activity that would virtually erase the ownership of old Ex-Mission Rancho Lots 23, 24, 25, 26, 46, and 47 from modern memory.
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From Kensington-Talmadge, 1910-1997 by Dr. Thomas H. Baumann, D.D.S. page 26
George T. Forbes and the Davis-Baker Company
The City of San Diego, Historic Resources Board has previously accepted George Thomas Forbes, Sr. as an important historical figure in the Kensington community and San Diego history (May 2002). A latecomer to San Diego during the real estate boom of the 1920s, Forbes worked from a Santa Monica, California office during the early years of his operation. He brought family oil money to invest in what he envisioned to be a high status exclusive community similar to ones he witnessed in the Los Angeles area. Through his Los Angeles real estate contacts, Forbes met Harrison R. Baker and Richard D. Davis. The Davis-Baker Company of Pasadena had developed a reputation as developers of elite custom-style homes for wealthy and powerful people in up-scale communities. Forbes recrnited them to mirror their success in his San Diego real estate enterprise.
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U.S. Census, 1930, showing residence of George T. Forbes and his family in Santa Monica.
14 The story of the development of Kensington Heights is really the story of the investment of strategically placed family money as part of San Diego's unique history of subdivision development. George Thomas Forbes was born in Wathena, Doniphan, Kansas on November 20, 1889. His father was Benjamin N. Forbes and mother Frances C. Jessee Forbes. George married Marie Bower on June 21, 1916 in her hometown of Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa. She was born there on December 3, 1893. Her parents were Anette F. Huxley Bower and Edward L. Bower. Edward was considered to be a successful pioneer physician whose practice in that community spanned 56 years until his death in 1942. Marie had two sisters, Mrs. Cara Baggs of Colorado Springs and Mrs. Roy Stacey (Kathryn Bower) oflowa In 1919, George and Marie had a son, John Bower Forbes, who was born while they lived in Montana. Well funded with oil money earned from wells on the family land in Montana, Forbes and his wife invested these family resources to build and sell homes over a number of years.
George Thomas Forbes and his wife Marie Bower Forbes came to California during a boom period of real estate in the early 1920s. From 1926 through 1931, they resided in Santa Monica, as is indicated in the San Diego City Directory. Their role in that community remains unknown at this time and further research will be needed to characterize their standing. What is known is that throughout his life, Forbes received oil royalties and this sustained them through the roughest years of the Great Depression. By marketing Kensington Heights' lots to military officers, judges, and other government officials, Forbes continued in real estate where others failed.
Forbes and Davis-Baker created the Kensington Heights subdivision to be a high status, restricted community. They employed the Union Trust Company of San Diego to legalize the deeds and record property transfers. Forbes hired civil engineer Paul Watson of Watson, Valle & Gough, Inc. to shoot-in streets and lots. While Union Trust Company set up the deed and land title system, Davis-Baker Company worked with the contractors as they built the streets and sidewalks, tree-lined streetscapes, and installed fancy Electrolier streetlights. Master Architect Richard Requa helped set ~en:!itlf!.~fon. Heights Builders Boast the standards for the "Southern t' Electrolters in Southlan California Style" (Spanish style) houses and served as the Architectural Review Committee (apparently a committee of one). Through Requa's oversight of plans by architects and builders, Forbes exerted strict control of the architectural style of his Kensington Heights subdivision. They divided the project into three units and recorded Unit 1, Map 1875 on January 4, 1926 with the County of San Diego. Five months later, Forbes filed Map 1912 with the County Recorder on May 24, 1926 (File 31882). San Diego Union, October 3, 1926
15 Obituary for George T. Forbes. San Diego Union July 29, 1974
FORBES, GEORGE T. !~~~~~iiiiJ~ George T. F~rbes, ~ez!~e!f!tEl ;.. : Services fof .. George: Mr." Forb~S was ·a melJlberj Thomas Forbes, · a local , of: Old M~ssion Rotary'· A1 real· estate developer . who Bahr Shrine and -Kensmgl d:ied Saturday, will be held ton Comm~ty Church.- H~ -~at ·n a.m.- Wedriesday in was also a financial contn-; Cypress View .Mortuary .. butor_ .t~ _,Sal:l, D~e~o, S_~t€:: Entombment will be in ... _Coll~ge._ . ·- .... '····''"'. :;,-; _J,; __..,+~ Cypress View Mausoleum. .-~-:Born m Kansas;. he was~ ·_Mr. _Forbes, 84, 'was the· countyresiden~42_years. ::;·. 1 Owner and operator of G. T. ·-~-·Survivors -~elude·.. two ForbeS Real Estate. He was daughters, Mane Floore of: the developer of Kensington San Diego and Betti ·Heights in 1928 and was a Thompson o~ El Cajon; twO: Partner'in the promotion of . sons, .John Bo:-ve_r F:orb~ 'the· Allied Gardens, Del __ and G~orge T. Forbes Jr.~ Cerro arid San Carlos areas both of- San Diego;._ 13. _of San· Diego. · ~ . grandc;hildre_rr and ~ive) · A fanner· president of San great-grandchildren. ,l Diego Board of Realtors, The family suggests con.: . tributions to the Cancer·sp-7 ;__ ciety. :,. __,_; · iS Seivices for George 'Plom· ., 16 Most important to Forbes' plans, Davis-Baker devised a strategy to entice the wealthiest clientele to invest in their projects. This involved creating a fantasy of opulence, exclusiveness, and appreciation. Either they or Forbes came up with the plan to hire Requa to guide housing styles that would reflect the desired fantasy. They certainly fueled the illusion by creating artistic newspaper and magazine ads, publishing regular news stories, and promoting every step of road and street lighting construction. The newspaper ads promoted the grand views of coastal mountains, Mission San Diego, and vistas all the way to the Pacific Coast. Another more cunning aspect of the scheme involved selection of land in the rural County of San Diego. Outside the reach of the City of San Diego, future residents would not pay for sewer, trash pickup, or fire district taxes. Forbes annexed the land to the Talmadge Sewer District in 1926, which billed residents after they hooked up to the system. Only later would the residents learn that fire-fighting equipment had to drive from La Mesa and no City of San Diego fire crews could respond to Kensington. A devastating fire in the 1950s caused residents to vote in favor of annexation. While work was being completed on the street, sidewalk, curb and gutter, and lighting improvements, the program also focused on advertising campaigns to sell the lots. Forbes invested personal funds to hire architects and builders to create Spanish Eclectic mansions furnished with fine furniture and appointed with details such as unusual tile masonry, elegant wood work and stenciled ceiling beams, and modern home conveniences to hook prospective buyers on Stenciled ceiling beam, 5191 Hastings a new lifestyle in an investment-value house. Road, 1927. Photo by Ronald V. May. The success of this program is reflected in an oral history at the San Diego Historical Society, which reported Sarah Fitzpatrick Hardin created a scrapbook with the ads, and dreamed of living in Kensington (May 2002). Eventually, they bought the Forbes' Model House at 5318 Canterbury Drive. Forbes maintained his personal residence in Santa Monica throughout the 1920' s. He and the Davis-Baker Company retained highly qualified architects and builders to create at least six model homes that they advertised broadly in 1929 to help realtors market the surrounding Kensington Heights lots. To imply future owners would enjoy the benefits of a rural estate setting with views of mountain foothills to the east, Forbes created a short-term "cultural setting" for prospective lot buyers. They spaced the model homes throughout the subdivision and created a sense of openness and view that would not survive with in-fill house construction. 17 5183 Hastings Area Development, History, and Owner Biographies Overlay of Erickson Aerial photograph ofKensington Heights in 1927, looking north, showing parcels with lot numbers. Union Title Photo Collection No. 13435, courtesy San Diego Historical Society. Lawrence C. and Esther Anderson The story of Kensington Heights' Lot 217 is really a story that includes surrounding lots 216, 218, and 219. Swedish-American builder Lawrence C. Anderson was a successful contractor whose career lasted through the 1920s until his retirement in 1959. He opened his own firm in San Diego in 1924 after first working for several years for a local, unnamed carpenter. Born in Chicago, Illinois to Swedish-born parents in 1892, Anderson moved to Albin, Wyoming in 191 1 at age 19 to work in farming (Evening Tribune). There, he met and married Esther Malm in 1915 and by the 1920 U.S. Census they were living in Laramie, Wyoming and had one daughter, Dorthe, age 1. Esther's parents were born in Sweden, and it was a strong association that Anderson maintained through his life. In that census, they boarded Elmer Malin (possibly Malm), a farm foreman, and Andy P. Malin (possibly Maim), a farm laborer. Both the Malin men reported their parents were Swedish-born. In later years, the Andersons had two additional daughters, Thelma and Delight. Apparently, Dorthe and Esther preceded Lawrence in death by 1974 (Ibid). During their time in Wyoming, Anderson raised livestock. He also successfully ran L. C. ..4.nderson for State Assembly and won a seat in the Wyoming legislature in 1921 (San Diego Union June 30, 1934). Esther's health issues San Diego Union forced Lawrence to resign his post after two years and move the June 30, 1934 family to San Diego, California in 1923. 18 On June 28, 1928, Lawrence and Esther entered into an Agreement for Sale for Lot 217 in Kensington Heights for $1 ,600 at 7% interest rate. The location of the lot was significant, as right next door was the two-story George T. Forbes-owned 1927 residence. Erickson Aerial Photograph dated 9/2611928 looking south over Kensington Heights before the house was built. Note George T. Forbes' House on the corner of Middlesex and Hastings next door. Courtesy San Diego Historical Society, No. 79:744-1395, 9/26/28. A ¥ecli~e~~ Just Completed in KENSINGTON HEIGHFS- O I' art" ~"•lroh:•ll.'· .,,,,,,.,J t• .,. uo ·l\ :\f, l•'f"rr:u l"lln 'I 1 lluo•• \\1.1··1: )...;, . '1"1 ),.. ,,,''".'"!', .,.. ,fir _, \fr_ 0, T F"r ... Y lt "''II":· OJ••·u :-;...llllrrbl,l ••JI• r 1''"'11_ ..~n.J Suwt.n "' 'lu., ~eck.. · \\c W:me .Jl wllo ar~: lllt.!.:LJ.:.. r. ·d to 1nWl·ru lu•tno- '" fllnu·tl"ll, (lr whu art• .-ntiiJ·mpJJitmj.!' r•f ·•rtion u[ A IH'W rr !+I• IJ • t: t o IW':e tll!> Uf'IV fcaturl~ rmb(IIIH·Ii Ul t lu;:, horne. LOCATION Cornrr ~ritldi('N"I Dri'f'(" 4D G.EOftC£ T. FOilBE.S. 0WJrWt G. T. FORBES, Owner KENSINGTON HEIGHTS RBPI!JJSE!I'UTIVE ON PB.OPEB.TY. San Diego Union, 8/711927 and 10/2/1927 advertisements for the comer house. 19 The building history of the two houses on Lots 217 and 218 are closely linked. Since 1926, Forbes had advertised the comer house as a deluxe modem home with exceptional features. Although not advertised as a "model home," it was open to visitors by invitation from 1927 through at least 1929. It is possible Forbes stayed in the home periodically while he was in San Diego, since he listed Santa Monica as his personal residence and where he stayed while he was in San Diego is not known until he moved here in 1932. Distinctioe Southern California Home Planned in Heights Ken""'l<'''" llr•rwh•"- ,J,·er""·d '': J.,., .. ,ur•·" 0,.0,;.,, ,r h•aulitul born••, nlready 1"""'!.11 a m'oo~tl;outb•ru Califo:rnia &Olllll . ~:.~d:t;,~.~.'\ ;~.,'i,' ;1~'\',:' ~~~~··;,',':;;:· ~.',:.'~ ;;.'.~,;;:·;~l··;;.~·:;.,:;.r,_t~~~~~·~::~:~~·;,\:~~~.;;r .~·';~, ~~:;~·in •;:::·:~;.v;.,l;:~. ""P:~~~~~~!~ ::;~~:~~: "'!"'"HI "'~'"''~'"" Jl,ql San Diego Union, October 10, 1926. Artist's conception of house that was completed in 1927. By 1928, however, Forbes and the Davis-Baker Company would soon launch a formal model home campaign that would include at least five specially built homes for visitors to tour: La Estrella at 5118 and Alta Vista at 5150 Hastings Road; El Patio at 4225 Middlesex Drive; Casa Descanso at 5201 Marlborough Drive, and La Hacienda at 4072 Hilldale Road. Only 22 days before the Anderson's had entered into their Agreement of Sale for Lot 217, Forbes had sold the comer lotto Frank: B. and Vinnie Thompson on June 6, 1928 with a trust deed for $2,750 at 7% from Forbes. This was probably a "sweetheart deal," as in 1926 Thompson was the Assistant Trust Officer for Union Trust Company and he was a signer on the Kensington Heights Unit 2 Subdivision Map 1912. Furthermore, the same day that the Andersons recorded their Agreement of Sale, there was also a 6/28/1928 document that recorded an Agreement on Lots 217 and 218. The same agreement was recorded a month later for Lots 218 and 219 on 7/10/1928. These agreement documents memorialized acceptance of the fact the comer house is 16.8 feet away from the center of Hastings Road/Middlesex, even though the Deed Restrictions required 20-foot setbacks. Lot 219, incidentally, was owned by E.L. Bower, who happened to be Forbes' father-in-law, who had a successful medical practice in Iowa. 20 The close association between Forbes (financier and realtor) and Anderson (carpenter and builder) provides further strong circumstantial evidence that Lawrence may have built the Model Home and later built the house at Lot 217 ( 5183 Hastings Road). Although only Forbes' name appears on the legal documents and Notice of Completion for the corner house on Lot 218 in 1927, architectural details at the south side of Lot 218 and north side of Lot 217 strongly suggest builder cooperation or perhaps the same builder, although this could not be proven. Anderson completed 5183 Hastings by October 1929 and he then took out a trust deed for $5000 at 7% from Prudential Insurance Company on October 15, 1929. Next door, the Thompsons had taken out a trust deed for First National Savings Bank for $13,000 for one year at 7%. It was probably no coincidence that by this time Thompson was now the Assistant Cashier and Assistant Trust Officer for First National Trnst and Savings Bank. With the Thompson's moving into the comer house, it would become unavailable for viewing, which was no problem, as the other model homes in the innnediate area had been open for viewing with the launch of May 1929 "Better Homes Exposition." The estate-like setting for the two houses was maintained by the empty lot to the east that was owned by Mrs. Forbes' parents in Iowa and the empty lot to the south, which was owned by Jane Little, a private secretary with Union Title Insurance Company. Both lots remained vacant into the mid-1930s. (right) Extreme close-up of Ericsson Aerial photograph 79-7 41-1610 taken 7-27-1929 showing presence of 5183 residence by tllis time witl1 empty lot to the south. San Diego Historical Society Photographic Archives. 21 At the time Anderson built the house at 5183 Hastings Road, he had established himself as a prominent member of the San Diego Swedish-American commnuity. He chaired the Swedish Committee for the California Pacific International Exposition in 1936. He held roles as teacher, deacon, and superintendent of the Bethel Baptist Church and served as president of the Missions Board of the Baptist Church. He played a major role in the Christian Businessman's Committee and Christian Serviceman's Center, advanced to chair the center in 1942, and served in that capacity for many years beyond. Years later the College Baptist Church declared him "deacon emeritus" in 1965. During the 1929-1930 period, Anderson actively built houses and commercial buildings in University Heights and East San Diego. He built many substantial buildings. One of his early accomplishments was the "El Cerrito Center," a strip of commercial buildings along El Cajon Boulevard that he completed in 1932 (San Diego Union June 30, 1934). This may qualify as one of the earliest east city commercial strip malls in San Diego. All these leadership roles won Anderson a place on the 1934 Church Civic Affairs 1 Committee slate for the 79 h Assembly District (San Diego Union June 3, 1934; August 26, 1934). Although he did not win, his role in history is memorialized because the Civic Affairs Committee sweeped the San Diego City Council in 1935 and seized control by passing an initiative to create a city manager form of government and terminate corrupt city politics (which, ironically, the citizens of San Diego reversed by initiative in 2004). The Church Civic Affairs Committee earnestly solicits your VOTE FOR support of the following candidates: United States Senator County Coroner - Public Administrator L C. Anderson CARL ALEXANDER JOHNSON LEROY BAILEY Democratic County Tax Collector State Senator JAMES M. LEE EBON McCRECOR, Democratic County Clerk Assembly 78th District J. B. McLEES ELEANOR B. WEYMILLER County Treasurer Democratic WILL S. HELLER Assembly 79th District Superior Court judge L. C. ANDERSON, Republican JOSEPH S. CAMPBELL AssernbJy 80th District Justice of Peace No. 1 0. C. LUDWIG, Democratic JOE SHELL CHAS. W. STREAM, Justice of Peace No. 2 Republican JOHN HEWICKER District Attorney Justice of Peace No. 3 CANDIDATE FOR J. H. McKINNEY FRANK B. ANDREWS ASSEMBLYMAN 'l'B'fH DlS'l'RlCT Sheriff City Police Justice _ _ _ Y!J~il: E_nOUilt kl IIR.vll' VISION and COURAGE JAMES PATRICK CLARENCE F. TERRY Old E,.rm!l"h ~ .. Have Ba-lanoOO. ant!. Maturt'.ld Jui!rmtmt. (left) San Diego Union, June 3, 1934 (right) Campaign advertisement, San Diego Union, August 26, 1934 22 Anderson also held roles as president of the California Philippine Mahogany Company and president of Garnet Properties. His success as a builder caused John H. Bolinger to hire Anderson to build John's Food Market on Lots 21-28, Block 198, in Pacific Beach. The Book of Leases at the County Recorder's Office revealed the L.C. Anderson Company constructed an addition to the Social and Recreational Building at La Binda 1 Park on 29 h Street on July 17, 1945 (Lease Book 16, page 108). Anderson expanded his company to include Carl A. and Mabelle Brorson when the L.C. Anderson Company improved the Lamont Subdivision in Pacific Beach on September 22, 194 7 (Book of Leases 19, page 341 ). After World War II, Anderson took advantage of federal housing programs and hired returning veterans: After I came back from the Army- I didn't get back until 1946- San Diego was a strange place to me .... It had twice as many people, so I felt very lost here, like a stranger in my own home town. A firm that I had had to do with while I was on duty in San Diego wanted me to come out and work for them and I did. I became a member of the firm. We did a lot of heavy construction here in San Diego. It was the L.C. Anderson Company. They did a lot of Army work in those post-war years. (Arthur Putnam Loring, Oral History, 1983, San Diego Historical Society). Architect Arthur Putnam Loring designed many buildings constructed by the L.C. Anderson Company, including the Frank and Bea Evanson House at 340 San Gorgonio Street. Before the war, he designed the County of San Diego Building for the 1935-1936 California Pacific International Exposition and was especially proud of how he depicted the tuna fishing industry and maritime wharf scenes. One of Anderson's greatest construction jobs, and most memorable for many San Diego residents, was the Sears and Roebuck Building in Hillcrest in 1954. At the time, it was the largest commercial building in San Diego and people throughout San Diego County traveled down to shop in the building. Anderson retired from construction work in 1959, continued his civic and church activities, and died at age 82 (Evening Tribune December 4, 1974). On Aprill8, 1930, the Andersons sold 5183 Hastings to Fred W. and Eva Sills. Fred and Eva Sills owned and occupied the house at 5183 Hastings Road as a couple from 1930 until Fred's death in 1934. Eva stayed at the house through the remaining historical period (1934-1955), listing herself in the directory as a widow. The Sills were wealthy capitalists from Ontario, Canada and Chicago, Illinois who moved to San Diego in retirement. Ironically, Anderson may have retained a relationship with the Sills over their 28-year occupation of the house, for Eva May Sills directed him to serve as co-executor of her will when she died in 1958. Per her instructions, Anderson saw to it that the house was sold at auction. The purchaser was Viola Stromski, a resident of Coronado. After she died, the house was sold to William and Mmjorie Grist in 1960. Their relatives are the current owners, Pamela Garrett and David May. 23 Obituaries for Lawrence C. Anderson, San Diego Union, December 21 and 22, 1974 :~(..4,~-VENtNG 7RtauN£ -~ ·: _"'~;;_~:~-12).,,.,_·~:':.·::· SOn Dieg( ''L"~ ~,c.. ·. ·.iii .. ,.. ·t~;2/-7 y • , ." ····:. ·.. ·. _j • •~o~naerson ·~ ~~ .. ··:•c .• :i ,,,•~·r. ~. ·...... ,c,•:;:.·~,\. i ······j sery1ce pr1vate 1 P:riv3.te· cryptside Servic Memorial Service "l -es Will be held Monday in .· ...... 'l · Greenwood Mausole.mn. for Lm.vrence C. Anderson, for mer Q:resident of L.C. And· Offered Tomorrow1 . erson Co., a Constn1ction ·firm. Mi. Anderson, 82, died For l.C. Anderson·'. . l Thursday in his home at I ·/:{-;;;z-"1',? .. · ..• :.o 8046 High Meadow Ct. He Memorial services for California Baptist Converi·l was born In Chicago and Lawrence C. Anderson, a lion. -. · '-.-· ::.. -_':~. _-/ had lived in ~_he 1FOunty 50 longtime construction lndus· He waS a illeffiber of th2 , years. - , ·. . ~ leader here ap.d an active executive co:mmlttee of the J He was elected to .the lay church worker! will be at Smilhe~ California Baptist j Wyoming legislature in 1922 l-p.m. tomorrow m the Col· Convent10n and the Foreign but resigned and moved to . lege Avenue Bapt~t Church. Missions Board o-f the Bap--~ San Diego because ·of his ft_Anderson, 82, died Thurs- tist General Conference. { ·wife's health before -hiS -day at his horne at 8046 High- Anderson served the Col-~ tenn. expired. He worked as rv~i::adows CoUlt. Private en- lege Avenue Baptist Church' a carpenter ior a local con tortlbment is planned at for more than 45 years in struction firm then opened Greenwood ~ausolewn to· various capacities, including' hls own bUsiness in 1924. L.C. ANDERSON !JlOITOW m_orrung. . Sunday school superinten·; -His firm built numerous : ~-,..A San Dtego resident for 51 dent, teacher, de_acon -.and: homes and commercial and College Avenue Baptist Church in 1965. years, .An~erson was churc!lpresident. ·: ~-:·s--.:·1 govemment buildings here, fonnerly pres1dent of the L. In recognitiol1lof this serj the most notable being the Mr. Anderson aLso had·. served as president of the C. _A_nderson Co., California vice, he was .appointed_ the' Sea:rs store -in Hillcrest : Phlhppme Mahogany Co. first deacon emerituS of 'the thep_ the city's largest com: ,California Philippine Maho-, 1 gany Co., _president of Gar-: and Garnet Properties.. He church in 1965. . _ rnercial bull~ing. He retired ;,etired in 19?9, WYOMING LEGISLATOR J from business in 1959. net Properties and in many state and regional church-1 ..,. Dunng hiS ~ears in the . Anderson, whose parents :Jn; 1936, ..Mr. AndersOn co_nstruction mdustry he came to the United States was ·named chairman of the affi]Jated positions. , bu~lt a_number of homes and from sweden, was bon:i. iri SWedish Committee for the Survivors include a· da-ughter, Mrs. Thelma ~mm:rcial o b~Udings here, Chicago in 1892. -He moved til California Paciiic Interna mcludmg the. Sears, Roe- Albin, Wyo., at the age oi H tional _Exposition. H'e Overly, of San Diego;· a· sister, Mrs. Delight E:rics- buck & Cq. store in Hillcrest, -and married tlle late Esthe} played a major role in mor 1 which ·-at that time was the Malm:Anderson in 1915. ·- ,.,1 son, of Sa~ Diego;· a 1 ganization o.f the Christian City's largest commercial · He was elected to tht B~inessmen's Committee brother; five grandchil· dren, and a ,great-grandson .. j building. Wyoming Legislature in 192: and opening of the Christian f.IDED SERVICEMEN -. but resigned a year. later tA Servicemen's Centef'o ·in Lewis Colonial Mortuary ; :;: In 1942 his efforts led to_ move to San Diego b€causi 194? . - .· '. ·. Is in charge ~f _aJ!ange-: ~ '!VaS ·active the reorganJzation of the of his wife's health He· wa: ,,·~ij'~{ 'iD B~i-hel ments. ~.._,_ ·--~"; ... ,::.--~ Christian '.Businessmen's chairman Of the . Swedisl · Bapti~ Church and College fommittee;· which ·he later committee for the California A veJ;me Baptist Church ana p,e.a~e~, and the opening of a Pacific International ExpQ . served a, totaf of 45 years as ~hristi_an Servicemen's Cen· ·sition in 1936.' ... ".. -,-__ >' -~ Su~:day School· superinten- ter, U._ which he devoted a Survivors include a daughj dent, teacher, deacon a tt;eat Thelma of member of the Missi'oDs , d~al of time.~ the ter, Mrs. Overly .~!lcceeding years. ·-,-:--. ·- --.-.-San -Diego; a sister; ·MrsJ . Board and as church presi· ] ·:,_He also served as presi- Delight Ericsson- ~of Saul tl_e~t, He was named- the .,i dent of the ~alter Gaines 'Diego; ·a ~rather, !i~e grand-] . frrst deacon emeritus of ; JJome for Distressed ·Ser· _children and_ a great·granct]· _,.,,_)~"!,.:... ~.;..;_.;_": ~ ...... ,~-~-~-~-.·•. :} ;•.. v J yicemen's Wives and moder· son. . . , · · -- ~to~ o~ the Southwestern As- LeWis ; Colonial .~ Mortuar;;1 socJatiOn of the . Northern is in . cjlarge _-of _-- arr~nge.l )lae~,:;L~~.Y...~.l~t?.Il,.~~~,~~~u~~~;, t-::q.i;:-. _L:,:;_~-~il';J{J 24 Fred W. and Eva Sills Fred Williarn.and Eva May Sills bought 5183 Hastings Road from the Andersons on April 7, 1930. The Sills family occupied the house untill957, which constitutes the entire historical period (1929-1955). Initially, Eva's widowed mother Eliza Washington lived with them until1934. She remained in San Diego until her death in San Diego until 1942 (California Death Index). The Sills couple had retired to San Diego after a long career in real estate financing in Chicago, Illinois. The entire family had emigrated from Canada, where they still maintained a sununer house. Fred's parents were of German and English extraction and they inunigrated to Ontario, Canada before Fred's birth in 1876 (U.S. Census 1930). Born Eva MillieMay Washington on October 1, 1878, she preferred to be called Eva May. They married in 1902 and inunigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1906. Her parents, Levi and Eliza P. Washington, immigrated to the United States in 1910. The Sills and Washington families arrived in San Diego some time after signing estate documents in Chicago, Illinois on October 21, 1923. The 1930 U.S. Census lists them as living at 4385 Marlborough Drive, which they rented at $65.00 a month. Although no specific information is available, 80-year old Levi Washington dropped out of the record in 1931 and probably passed away. The most illuminating documentation on the lives of the Sills couple carne from their probate records in the Superior Court House on Broadway in downtown San Diego (Miscellaneous Book 26, page 385). Fred died at San Diego Hospital, 701 in Avenue, San Diego, California on November 21, 1934 and his will of October 21, 1923 created in Chicago, lllinois enumerated his wishes. Alexander Taylor, 11015 Esmond Street, Chicago, lllinois and Margaret Code, 1701 North Loral Avenue, Chicago, Illinois witnessed the will on that date in 1923. Fred assigned Joseph H. Gilby, 5423 Blackstone, Chicago, Illinois, as Executor. He selected his brother, Charles Sills, De Ridder, Louisiana; brother, James Sills, Corbyville, Ontario, Canada; brother, Isaac Sills, Bellerville, Ontario, Canada; and wife, Eva M. Sills, as his heirs. The value of his personal property on January 2, 1935 amounted to $90,000. Eva petitioned the will on January 15, 1935 to Superior Court. For some odd reason, a Chicago court initiated processing the will, which stalled the process. Eva's first court hearing occurred on February 15, 1935. To process the will, Gilby had to obtain a $5,000 surety bond from American Surety Company, New York, and deposit it at the Bank of American National Trust and Savings Association (actually issued January 20, 1937). Philip Anewalt, attorney for the surety company, had represented Gilby at the February 15, 1935 hearing and declared they would issue the bond. The next day, Gilby retained the services of Edwin A. Mueller, inheritance tax appraiser. Gilby then paid claims by Greenwood Cemetery, San Diego Hospital, Dr. R.E. Werlich, Dr. R.D. Taylor, Dr. Lloyd Meyers, and Rogers Funeral Chapel. Eva acquired crypts 80 and 82, Tier E, Corridor F, for their eventual interment. 25 According to the probate documents, Fred W. Sills' Estate had the following assets: Tangible personal property $ 400.00 Intangible personal property $77,515.35 Total $77,915.35 Commercial bank accounts First National Bank of Chicago, Illinois $1,349.89 Savings accounts Bank of America, San Diego, California $1,000.00 San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, SD $2,500.00 First National Bank of Chicago, Illinois $5,000.77 Continental National Bank & Tmst Co., Chicago $5,000.77 Real estate Lot 217 of Kensington Heights, Unit 2 $6,500.00 Total $ 21,351.43 Bonds • Certificate of Deposit #6506, Palais-Drexel Apartments, Illinois Corporation, 6.5% first mortgage, real estate gold bonds, numbers 557 ($500) and 558 ($500); • Certificate of Deposit #6508, Lansdowne Apartments, Illinois Corporation, 6.5%, first mortgage, real estate bonds, number 208 ($500); • Certificate of Deposit #4027, Riverside Plaza Corporation, Illinois Corporation, 6% first mortgage real estate gold bonds #D255 ($500); • Certificate of Deposit #3371, The Casa Mildrada, 6.5% first mortgage real estate gold bonds #109 ($500) and #110 ($500); • Certificate of Deposit #3372, The Marine Apartments, 6.5% first mortgage real estate gold bonds, #324 ($500), #325 ($500), and 349 ($500); • Certificate of Deposit #8564, The Sher-Lane Apartments, 6.5% first mortgage real estate gold bonds, #301 ($500) and #302 ($500); • Certificate of Deposit #8565, The Franklin Apartments, 6.5% first mortgage real estate gold bonds, #199 ($500) and #200 ($500); • Inland Steel Company, Delaware Corporation, first mortgage sinking fund, 4.5% gold bond #27015 ($1,000); • Illinois Power & Light, lllinois Corporation, first and refunding mortgage gold bond, 5% Series "C," #CM11547 ($!,000); • Commonwealth Edison Company, Illinois Corporation, first mortgage collateral, 4.5% gold bonds, 4.5% Series "D," #6029 ($1,000); • Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Corporation, first closed mortgage, 5.5% sinking fund gold bonds, Series "D," #15945 ($1,000); • Pittsburgh Hotels Corporation, Pennsylvania Corporation, first closed mortgage, 5.5% sinking fund gold bonds, #393 ($500), #395 ($500); • Share/Chicago Medical Arts Building Corporation, Illinois Corporation, participating certificate in deposited capital stock, Certificate #2924 (nil value); • Shares Marigold Apartment Building Corporation, Illinois Corporation, common stock, #35 ($55); • Shares Columbus Park Manor Building Corporation, Illinois Corporation, capital stock, #3 7 ($80); 26 • Shares Emily Apartment Building Corporation, Illinois Corporation, capital stock, #4 and #5 (nil) • Units Chatelaine Tower Building, liquidating trust certificate or interest, #129 ($100) Stocks • 2835 Shares Walgreen Company, Illinois Corporation, common stock, Certificate #79 for 2,000 shares; #7653 for 700 shares; CC6927 for 100 shares; CC09216 for 35 shares ($67,073.25) • Shares E.R. Squibb & Sons, New York Corporation, common stock, Certificate #CD758 for 40 shares, Certificate #P093 9 for 3 0 shares ($4, 440) • Shares American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York Corporation, capital stock Certificate #NE82526 for 5 shares, Certificate #NY98245, #FN99772 for I share ($735) • Shares Consumer's Company, Illinois Corporation, Series "A," 6% par value $100 each, Certificate CP/AO 503 ($40) • Shares Central & Southwest Utilities Company, Delaware Corporation, prior lien, preferred stock $7 dividend, series, no par value, Certificate #L/0 2390 ($55) • Shares Wrigley Pharmaceutical Company, Delaware Corporation, Class "A," Certificate CG9196 (nil) • Shares Midland Utilities Company, Delaware Corporation, temporary certificates for prior lien 7% cumulative stock, Certificate CPILO 11399 ($6.95) • Shares Midland Utilities Company, Delaware Corporation, 6% prior lien stock, Certificate #CP/0 7102 for 20 shares, and Certificate #CP/0 7318 for ten shares ($7.50) • Shares Middle West Utilities Company, Delaware Corporation, Series "A," Certificate CTP04 707 ($6.25) • Shares Middle West Company, Delaware Corporation, 10 certificates ($41.48) Intangible Personal Property Postal Savings System account, #15557, Certificates for $200 and $500, issued March 14, 1933, San Diego, California, Series 1917 ($700) Tangible Personal Property An undivided Y:z or community interest in furniture, furnishings, bric-a-brac, and floor coverings at 5183 Hastings Road ($350) An undivided Y:z or community interest in and to one 1929 Hupmobile sedan, California license 4-2-5176 for J 935 ($50) Total= $77,915.25 Deductions $6,405.05 Total after deductions= $71,510.30 Total after all assets added up= $92,861.73 Wright, Monroe, Thomas & Glenn, Attorneys J os. H. Gilby, Executor 27 On December 6, 1938, the Superior Court directed that 700 shares of Walgreen stock be sold to pay off all debts and expenses. Nearly two years later, the court issued the decree of :final discharge and Eva MillieMay Sills inherited a veritable fortune on October 18, 1940. No information could be found to explain how Fred W. Sills acquired his estate. Perhaps he worked for Walgreen, a Swedish American company and amassed his stocks and bonds through income and real estate investments. Research also failed to directly reveal how Eva spent the remaining years of her life. That is, until her niece, Juanita Ahlee, 905 4th Street, El Cajon, filed a Petition for Appointment of Guardian on December 6, 1955 (Superior Court, Probate #55204, Volume 6, page 11 a; #59608, page 11 b). She declared that Eva had suffered a stroke and was unable to take care of herself properly. The petition declared that Eva's brother, Frederick G. Washington, lived at 927 4th Street in El Cajon. They estimated the real property of Eva's estate to be valued at $100,000. Ahlee requested that she be appointed Eva's guardian and that the San Diego Trust & Savings Bank be appointed guardian of the estate. Alex S. Angele, M.D. submitted a letter attesting to Eva's condition on December 16, 1955. The Superior Court reevaluated the estate and concluded a more reasonable value would be $275,000 with an annual income of about $10,000. At that time, Eva was 78 years of age and required household nursing care at 5183 Hastings Road that amounted to $890 a month. This help included skilled nurses, domestic help, and various medical needs. A gardener was also employed for the grounds. Judge L.N. Turrentine appointed M.G. Richardson, Assistant Trust Officer, San Diego Trust & Savings Bank to manage the estate and disburse payments. Ahlee then received appointment as guardian of Eva's care and manager of the staff at the house. Judge Turrentine appointed Jack L. Oatman to appraise the estate on December 20, 1955. The inventory is as follows: General account $17,086.93 San Diego Savings & Trust account $10,354.23 Bank of America Savings account $ 621.23 Valley Commercial Bank account $ 5,000.00 Security Trust & Savings account $11,024.03 Stock 87 shares of AT&T $15,562.13 87 shares of Celanese Corp. Am. $ 1,772.63 160 shares General Foods Corp. $14,320.00 Home Federal Savings share account $10,614.22 144 shares Mathieson Chemical $ 8,100.00 100 shares of National Dairy Prod. $ 4,050.00 90 shares ofU.S. Steel Corp. $14,793.75 4253 shares Walgreen $135,532.50 Real Estate 5183 Hastings Road $14,000.00 furniture $ 500.00 28 Personal White metal Hamilton wrist watch $1 00 2 Canadian coins (nil) I yellow metal signet ring (nil) 1 yellow metal band ring (nil) man's pearl handle pocket knife $1.00 1952 Oldsmobile $950.00 Total Guardianship $264,377.45 The probate record revealed that Eva's sister-in-law, Mrs. Lillian Washington, had a nursing license and traveled out from Toronto to help with the care. She, Ahlee, nurse Welda Voss, nurse Jean Culpa, nurse Arnie Angel, and Mrs. H.S. Treese formed the care team. Drs. J.L. Curry, M.D., Alice Curry, M.D. provided chiropractic therapy. Ahlee obtained funds from San Diego Trust & Savings to purchase a 1956 automobile for erraods and medical transport. She also managed the gardener, Phil Carlino. A medical bill from John G. Plaote of Toronto seems to imply they took Eva to Toronto for a visit Apparently, she owned a furnished summer house at Head Lake, Ontario, maintained an account in the Toronto Dominion Bank, Lindsay, Ontario, aod had another 1952 Oldsmobile at the house. A mao named Frank L. McPhee maintained the auto aod the guardian arranged for him to sell it. In spite of all the care provided by Ahlee's team, Eva passed away at 5183 Hastings Road on November 1, 1957. She provided in her will that L.C. Anderson, 9485 Grossmont Avenue, La Mesa was to serve as co-executor with O.B. James, Vice President and Trust Officer, San Diego Trust and Savings. Apparently, Eva maintained a friendship with the very mao who built her house twenty-eight years earlier. Judge Bonsall Noon presided over Eva's probate case. Anderson filed the Petition for Probate of Will and Letters Testamentary. The will specified the following heirs to the estate: $1,000 to Violet Brewer, stranger, Lafayette, California (c/o Helen Lucas School) $250 to George Murray, nephew (son of Fred Washington, her brother), 1407 Elevation Road $250 to Fred G. Washington, brother, 927 4"', El Cajon $250 to Lillian N. Washington, sister-in-law, 927 4"' Avenue $1,000 to Alma Treese, sister, 215 Dayton Avenue, Hollyhill, Florida $1,000 each to Garfield Gostlin and Vina Gostlin, strangers, Norland, Ontario $2,000 to Hazel Murray Wright, stranger, 25-23'd Street, Long Branch, Ontario $5,000, rainbow blanket, dishes to Earl Sills, stranger (son of George Sills), Corbyville, Ontario $5,000 and all of the U.S. Steel stock to Eva Tapp, stranger, Ontario $2,000 to Edith Hood, stranger, Ontario $2,000 each, jewelry, clothing, personal effects to Ross and Verna Heron, strangers, Ontario $1,000, all National Dairy stock to Jean Gostlin Stewart, stranger, Ontario All AT&T stock to Larry McGahey, stranger, Ontario All Walgreen stock to Daisy Westington (deceased) Y, of all Canadian fund to Ontario Society for Crippled Children, Woodgreen Commuoity Center, Ontario, Asbury Methodist Church 2/12 to Children's Home Society of San Diego 1112 to San Diego Chapter of the Red Cross 1/12 to Shriner's Crippled Children of San Diego County 3/12 to Society for Crippled Children of San Diego, Couoty 29 The home at Norland, Head Lake, Ontario plus effects to be sold and the proceeds given to Woodgreen Community Center, plus the other half of the Candian fund. The estate was to pay inheritance taxes and the rest of the estate was to be divided 3/12 to Ross and Vema Heron, 2/12 to Asbury Methodist Church, and 2112 for missionary relief in Africa. Anderson sold the 1952 Oldsmobile to Lillian Washington for $475. He also sold the Kimball Grand Piano for $325, the hospital bed, side table and wheel chair for $75 and added these funds to the divided estate. Harry F. Bagby, realtor, sold 5183 Hastings Road on May 5, 1958. This complicated probate cases of Fred W. and Eva May Sills provides insight into the shrewd business acumen of Fred and philanthropy of Eva May during her 28-year tenure at 5183 Hastings Road. She clearly felt compelled to donate generously to the causes of charitable organizations and church groups and provided for them in her will. Although not a historically significant person as defined by Historic Resources Board Criterion "b," many people benefited from her generosity and kindness. Fred ensured that his wife survived the ill effects of the Great Depression in comfort. H OUSEHOLD ERS DTRF.CTORY {_1932) 4668 Willla.m ~; M i\L i\lr~; ( O) •167 1 Ande nson B H ~1rs. Eva Sills Dwyer Edw (o) J'ackson E G ( o ) 4691 Neuner L J (o) HASTINGS ROAD (Kensington Hei ghts)-North from• 5100 Services Set blk 2 e of Marlborough dr 5006 Alle n H e rman (o) f>OlO .'-'ewls C L (o ) ~022 Huo;ty C C (o) :;oJM Ho:os R N ( o ) Here Today 5026 Page E A (o ) :;o:!7 Junes R R M!'s: ~M •. sms, ?U.~ a-Jla· :-i04:t LE-ver .J '\1\r 5044 Hulmer J H (o) .r: 1e .ol Toronto, Ont.. .who: .hau 5047 navis H W UW4l ~ 4l• ~. ·~ Sftt,.. l_..c winson Cecil Hilld,.le rd i ntersects urday_ .in her home. •t Sli3 ;; 1n l.a Bt·e" c A ·Hast!Trgs Rd. · She ·was. a rnem. ;;r:,o 'l'anRI Economic Recovery in San Diego- Post 1930 Between 1932 when the Andersons sold 5183 Hastings to the Sills family and 1957, when the house passed to the next owners, a confluence of historic and economic events had saved the San Diego real estate industry during the Great Depression. The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 had brought hundreds of United States Navy officers to San Diego to work at the Naval Destroyer Squadron at 32nd Street, Naval Fuel Depot (Point Lorna), Naval Radio Station (Point Lorna and Chollas), and Patrol Base (Point Lorna). 30 Thousands of craftsmen flocked to San Diego to work on construction projects or to find jobs in the many concessions associated with the 1935-1936 exposition. Apartments, motels, and hotels were filled to capacity to handle the tourists and visitors who arrived by automobile, plane and train. The entire city energized by the hustle and bustle of the exciting event. Workers and executives lured for the expanding aeronautical industry at Ryan Industries and General Dynamics rushed to San Diego needing homes for their families. However, by 1936, Spanish style architecture had lost its popularity. Along with the Great Depression came renewed interest in America's future. Art and architectural designers captured the French Art Deco designs in advertising, automobile shapes, train, luxury liner shipping, and building design. Modernistic themes and optimistic futurism replaced older historical funtasies. Even the California Monterrey style house designs morphed into pseudo traditional New England and Cape Cod architectural designs. Architects renewed interest in Greek, Roman, and Colonial Revival themes. Houses reflected "streamline" Art Deco designs with flowing horizontal bands, maritime portholes, and bold geometric designs. Gone were the Spanish Southern California style made popular by Requa and others. As Americans emerged from the dark days of the Great Depression, they demanded symbols of American history or futuristic optimism. San Diego's wealthy elite swiftly adapted to the new styles of the late 1930s and sold older Spanish style homes to move into new Georgian style homes with English shutters, Colonial lantern, western ranch get away houses, and an emerging Modernist style of architecture that broke tradition with the past. Art Deco and Art Moderne dominated commercial architecture of movie theaters, businesses, and shopping centers (May 2002). Architects and builders adapted to the changing whims or faced bankruptcy. Out of economic necessity, simplistic and cheap housing styles arose that are now called "Minimalist Traditional" that only lightly reflect Art Moderne or Cape Cod design. Simple stucco FHA tract homes popped up like weeds to supply housing for aircraft and defense workers. Thousands of these common-looking tracts pushed the eastern county rural boundaries and annexations continued through World War II. President Roosevelt's New Deal led to formation of the National Recovery Act, Works Progress Administration, and Federal Housing Commission. They hired skilled architects, designers, and builders of all skills to create housing communities to accommodate the armies of craftsmen recruited to build public improvement projects. Federal housing subdivisions were developed to house defense factory workers. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, federal agencies accelerated government housing projects and San Diego flourished with construction jobs. Unfortunately, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and World War II roared in like a lion. Federal programs terminated private construction and diverted wood, metal, plaster, and paints as war materials to be rationed or simply not sold to private parties. No private construction occurred untill945. Real estate brokers like Forbes were limited to reselling older homes to new buyers. During this tumultuous period, Requa died of a heart attack and Forbes terminated the Spanish style architectural design standards for Kensington. The new housing styles were evolving to reflect the changing American attitudes in the late 1930s and wartime 1940s. 31 Francis E. & Viola N. Stromski The stewards of 5183 Hastings Road following the Sills' tenure were Francis E. and Viola N. Stromski. Anderson and Bagley filed the deed to the Stromsk:i family on June 25, 1958. Virtually nothing is known about the Stromski couple except that at the time they bought 5183 Hastings Road in 1958 they were living in Coronado. The 1959 directory shows they lived in the house in 1959, and the occupation listed for Francis was "clerk, grocery." In 1960 the house was vacant and they sold it that year. Since they owned the house outside the historical period (within 50 years ago), no in depth research was conducted. Marjorie Garrett and William H. Grist William H. Grist and Marjorie Garrett Grist Marjorie Garrett Grist purchased 5183 Hastings Road from the Stromski family on July 19, 1960 (Recorder's Office, Files 145502; 145503). She and her husband, William H. Grist, occupied the house for many years and it has been passed down through the Garrett family line to this day. Because present co-owner Pamela Garrett is the niece of Majorie Garrett Grist, a detailed description of the Grist family was deemed relevant to this report even though it is outside the historical period. The Garrett family has lived in San Diego for many generations, as is reflected in the family papers that are housed at 5183 Hastings Road under the care of Garrett and her husband, David May. These papers provide clues to the personality and philosophical orientation of Marjorie and William Grist during their tenure at the house. George A. Garrett came to San Diego in 1888 after an unusual life experience that profoundly affected his children in their lives. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he arrived in the United States at age 13 and traveled widely from the United States to Mexico and back again. In the process, he became a scholar and follower of Scholia, the study of Classical antiquity as it affects humanity. While in Wyoming, he became a newspaperman and learned how the printed word spread knowledge. While publishing a newspaper in a Utopian colony in Topolobambo, Mexico in 1886, he developed concerns for the needy and aged. Back in the United States, he first worked for U.S. Senator George Hearst in San Francisco, then his son, William Randolph Hearst in the newspaper publishing business. 32 With this incredible background, he arrived in San Diego in 1888 and began working for the printing firm of Frye & Cran. Almost immediately, Garrett drew supporters for creating the "Open Forum" in which Free Speech advocates could lecture or advocate socialist causes, Greek philosophy and mathematics, Scholia occult theory, and socialist causes. He acquired a house at 1533 Eighth Avenue in the Curruthers Addition, which is distinguished by the southwestern notch in Balboa Park that is now crossed by Interstate 5 and downtown San Diego. By holding the Open Forum in the Unitarian Church at 6th and Cedar Streets in 1919, free speech issues reached out to a wide audience. Lectures at the Open Forum were an important center for social activities in San Diego. During the early years of the 20th century, Garrett's Social Democrat and Scholia philosophy rubbed off on Marjorie, who was also a member of the Unitarian Church. Garrett and his wife, Jeanie Finlay Garrett, had two children in their Eighth Avenue home. Arthur 0. Garrett and Marjorie Garrett grew up learning Classical Greek philosophy, Utopian theory, and the mystical arts associated with Scholia and Social Democracy and the humanities. Born June 20, 1893, Marjorie Garrett applied her eclectic home schooling to studies at Logan Elementary, Roosevelt Junior High School, San Diego High School, and then studied at San Diego State College, the University of Wyoming at Laramie, University of California at Los Angeles, University of California at Berkeley, University of Southern California, and finally Claremont College. She obtained a teaching credential and applied her trade at her alma mater, Roosevelt Junior High School and Snyder Continuation School. She taught from 1915 to 1953 and then retired after 38-years. Through that career, she was a leader in the Campfire Girls and San Diego Fine Arts Gallery. Somewhere in this career, she met and married William H. Grist, a deputy collector for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury. They must have shared George Garrett's philosophical beliefs, as both were members of his Unitarian Church and active members in the Scottish Rite of Masoury. Mrujorie was a member of Chapter 264 of the women's Order of the Eastern Star and a leader in th.e San Diego Chaplain's Society. William H. Grist lived a more private life and left few clues as to his personality or social activities. His association with Marjorie and George A. Garrett suggests he shared the Garrett passion for scholarship, philosophical study, and social causes. His membership in Scottish Rite Lodge 296 certainly indicates a scholarly interest that may have extended to his father-in-law's interest in Classical philosophy. Their enormous library of books, papers, and documents is a legacy that is greatly valued by the family. He passed away in February 1974 at age 79 and was buried along with Marjorie at Greenwood Cemetery. The house at 5183 Hastings Road has passed through two additional generations of the Garrett family. 33 PARENTS/ CORNER \.9 _____By Richmond __ Barbour, Ph.D I've been trying to figm·e out enough, but I don't know what the ultimate worth to San Diego else to say, Will the parents of of a teacher- like Mrs. Marjorie San Diego join me .in expressing: 1Grist. I'm stumped. It is incal- the d~epest sort of gratitude toj culable. Mrs. Grist? j 0J) She is one of the devoted. ______i .. - ftard-working- CII:tsSroOni-·teaai: ~rs who do so much for children. You don't hear much ahouLsuch teachers. But the:V are there. I'm glad to acknowledge their ~ supremacy in education. '' I first knew Mrs. Grist when L9' she taught in the homemaking •' department at ll.oosevelt Junior Highthe early School. Thirties. .That was .back.·l···n She was the kind of a teacher ~ who attracted the kids with f. problems. They se_nsed her un. Oefstanding and acceptance. They knew she didn't con· demn them. 'l'hey -kneW she llked them in spite of their de 1linquencies. So they- flocked to ·-her. Kids without problems ' liked her too; and she succeeded with them. But her forte ·has always t been the unloved and unlovely. The trouble-making adolescent Mrs. Grist has helped hundreds I of "difficult" youngsters un J tangle their lives and ~~-t- !_qt,tar_eg -- away'!m:····a:-go-o-d 'adUlffiood. Sbme of them are among our leading citizens right now. See why 1 say her worth to San Diego is beyond calculation? 1She came by my office the_ other day and told me she is re· i- tiring. She has been with the city· schools for more thari 30 yeafs. _ She has given too freely of_ her time and energy, Now -.!orslie. health_· ·m.. ust.... i--e-aso:ns. le. ave .the c.la·s· •. roo.. m f_ --~~-:_~~~~{ yo~·:~ _i~_n?:: Memorabilia from the Garrett Family Collection showing Marjorie with her students, a newspaper commendation, William's Deputy Collector tag, and the Grists with MaJjorie's father, George Garrett. / 34 Namo in lull ')1/Jw, /tJ'f::- H, JJ.~d Date of birth: Woman will also give maiden name: /OLtJJ·Jyr.A.Jz c n· u Whereborn: Va,...~J..)~ H born out of San Diego Connty, give date of arrival here: ;-IJ+ Father', nam" ~ 0 J ~¥4-- Mother's maid"' nam" . tr~ ,'f-~ . Name of husband or wife's maiden name: ~ ~ t:J "' Give names of immediate family: ~-~~~. List residences in San Diego County: Biographical data sheet for Marjorie Garrett Grist. San Diego Historical Society Biographical Files. 35 Obituaries for Marjorie and William Grist UNt~~-'----~,~~~--~~~u~n~d~ay~,'~A~u3q=us~t~l~6,_1~9~73j .~o~jorie Grist, ,' fx~Tecicher, Dies· Se-rvtcea will.ln; at 11 a.m. to-I day in Featheri.ngill College center Chapel for Mrs ... Mar jorie G. Grist, 80, a native. San , Diegan who retired frlliJJ teach- · San Diego Obituaries ing in 19ii3 after 38 years with San Diego city schools. Burial . ,w.i)):~JJI,~1ll11011d MmvoriaJ. William H. Grist PaTk.. • · Masouic services will be at Mrs. Griat, who llved at 5183 II :30 a.m. today in . Feath Hastings Road, died SUI!day in 1 eringi!l College Center Chap, a hospital. A graduate of San , el for William Henry Grist, J)iego High Scilool, she also did 79, retired deputy collector graduate work at ·the Unfve.r- : sity of WyomJng, University of , for the Internal Revenue will~ IJe Southern California and 'uc , Service here. Burial. Berkeley. She had taught at , in Greenwood Memorial Roosevelt Junior High · School Park. and Snyder Continuation Grist, of 5183 Hastings School. Road, died Sunday in a hos She was a memberof the- San: pital. He was a native of IDleg\1 Women's Club and. till. Paris, Tex., and a county Browning Society of san Diego,. . r-esi~!I_tf San Diego Union February 2, 1974 36 Historical and Contemporary Views of House Comparison of the circa 1929 historical photograph of 5183 Hastings Road with the 2005 photograph shows the high degree of historical integrity of the Fred W. and Eva M. Sill s House. Details that show the craftsmanship in construction are the cut and shaped rafter tails, horizontal impost on the portal posts on the porch and porte cochere, and ornamental parapet on the low patio wall. Other details inside the house demonstrate a high level of craftsmanship for this Spanish Eclectic house . • (top) Circa 1929 Union Title Photo Collection #13404, San Diego Historical Society Photograph Collections. Note the balloon in the upper photograph. Another view of the comer house confirms the balloon was attached to the roof of the neighboring corner George T. Forbes-owned house. (bottom) Contemporary photo by Ronald V. May, February 2005. Note that the house looks very similar to its original historical appearance from this view. 37 Photo by Ronald V. May One of the striking architectural features of the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House is the mirror reverse gate and wall that links this house with 5191 Hastings Road. Close inspection shows slight differences in the wood and wall plaster, as would be expected. Close up view of the circa 1929 historical photograph shows the gate and wall in place. The next page shows another comparison of the two houses from the comer of Middlesex and Hastings Road. The historical photo of the neighboring house was taken around 1927, several years before Anderson built the 5183 Hastings house. 38 (bottom) San Diego Historical Society photo #2091-2 circa 1927 39 The front patio is currently vacant oflandscaping (bottom), but the lower photo from the 1980s shows it once supported flowers. The 1960s vintage awning has since been removed. This lower photo shows the tile and stucco that the current owners believe never changed during the Grist and Garrett tenure. (top) Contemporary photo by Ronald V. May; (bottom) The Garrett Collection 40 Photo by Ronald V. May One of the defining architectural elements of the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House is the porte cochere over the driveway. This design element carries on the low haunch, low thrust Mission style arch with ornamental column impost that is present on the entry porch. Significant to the street presentation of this feature is the Spanish fired red clay tile roof oriented to slant toward the entry. The ornamental parapet on the low front patio wall contributes to this presentation. The red-painted driveway and walk existed at the time the current owners inherited the house and were typical deck ornamentation of the 1940s and 1950s. The owners believe the red deck has existed for at least forty years. Photo by Ronald V. May Out of sight from Hastings Road, this modem pergola is not an original feature. The detached garage exhibits a relatively modem door that is also not original and looks to date from the 1960s, as it is aluminum. 41 When William J. English hired H.S. Perrigo to build a house on Lot 216 and filed a Notice of Completion on December 7, 1950 (Book 3890, page 117), Eva M. Sills suffered a loss of privacy and hir~d a contractor to install the opaque glass panel in the south portal of the Porte Cochere. This modification is now 55-years old. Photos by Ronald V. May Milk pass through. 42 Contemporary views of the front entryway from the front elevation (left) and looking out towards the west onto Hastings Road. Photos by Ronald V. May Photos by Ronald V. Mav (left) Cathedral-style front living room window. (right) French doors leading to the Porte Cochere. Photos by Ronald V. May 43 Photos bv Ronald V. Mav Fireplace hearth detail. Tiles may be by the Batcheldor Company or perhaps Malibu Potteries, but this has not been confirmed. 44 Photos by Ronald V. May (top) Niche above fireplace hearth (bottom left) Wall niche (right) Wall sconce 45 Photo bv Ronald V. Mav Interior detail showing sculpted door passages, tile foyer, and hardwood floors. The foyer has rusticated walls that resemble castle blocks, but his is hard to see in this photograph. 46 Residential Building Record The Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record confirms the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House as built in 1929. This was the first date of property tax assessment. That record described the house as single story, standard construction, concrete foundation, frame with stucco exterior, double hung windows with screens, flat and tile gable roof, internal heating, floor air conditioning, fireplace, three bedrooms, dining and living rooms, hardwood floors with a tile entry, linoleum kitchen, plaster walls and cove ceilings. The bathroom had tile floors, walls and shower. There is no record of building permits issued to change the house. The comments portion is blank, indicating the inspectors noted no changes to the house over the years. /tii$CELLIINEOV$ ST11!JCTURES . ···------. r.~--:---,;:;,·:--!.1 ---- Struolore · Co,... Exf. R IJrK I;>) fl )/ 'Y-li " JJ X I " F !9 ;( ~ f)l..s t-'8 t&r 19t.7 8 .r: ,_ !l-9!> 8'!!-n-@n·'- " r~~-~ ;_ Y--1. (, He ~---- - ! ~~ 47 Water Permit ) On July 11 , 1929, building contractor Lawrence C. Anderson took out the Order for Water Service meter at above Joo&tion _. ·-· _ ~· STOP-UP RECORD REfttARXB : - ~~- - r- -- ~·------r':"o'"-" '"-'" '----P-'-UB-'::L I:'-C _WO:-R•:'--s OE ..ART""f.NT • SEWER DIVI SION : ' -'--~------Hastings Road $18) Analysis of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards The following is an analysis of how the Sills House meets the Secretary ofthe Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Preservation Projects (39 C.F.R. 67) and ten rehabilitation standards: 1. Use of the property as originally intended. The house at 5183 Hastings Road has always been used as a single-family residence. 2. The character will be retained. The owners are committed to protecting the architectural and historical character of the building and see it as a contributing element to the greater Kensington Heights Unit 2 neighborhood of San Diego, which the City of San Diego considers to be a potential historic district (City of San Diego Planning Document, Kensington-Talmadge Existing Conditions, Historic and Cultural Resources, October 8, 2003). The owners have restored wood windows, removed a 1950-60s awning, and invested resources to repair the house. Moreover, the current owners have replaced inappropriate aluminum windows with wood windows and stripped paint off the attic vent tiles to restore the original appearance. 3. Preservation of the integrity of the structures and setting. The house is integral to the historic architectural landscape at the intersection of Hastings Road and Middlesex Drive and retains its original architectural integrity. 48 4. Architectural status in its own right. There have been no documented changes or additions to the house, based on the Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record and Garrett family information. The opaque glass wall installed in the south portal of the port cochere is 55- years of age, but has not achieved architectural merit in its own right. However, it is easily removable should some future homeowner wish to restore the south appearance. Removal of the opaque glass wall would not adversely affect the original architecture. This change is consistent with the Secretary ofthe Interior's Standards, as it is different, compatible, and easily removable. 5. Rhythm and height. The house matches the rhythm and height ofthe majority of height of the house at 5191 Hastings Road. In fuct, Anderson designed the north gable roofline to match the south gable roof line of5191 Hastings Road. As well, the gate and wall between 5191 and 5183 Hastings Road are mirror images designed to imply connection between the two houses. The presentation of the two houses in 1929 achieved the impression of one single large house or complex. 6. Repair rather than replacement of deteriorated features. There has been no replacement of deteriorated features. Although the Garrett family is not aware of any changes in the past 45 years, close inspection shows someone restuccoed the exterior and that it closely matches the underlying stucco. The fact the stucco extends to the garden and does not stop at a hydration shield suggests the restucco is more than fifty years of age, as modern building code requires a metal shield at least six inches above the earth on the foundation to prevent water absorption up the walls. 7. Integrity. The Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House retains a very high degree of architectural integrity. Although the landscaping is sparse, the original photograph shows the existing landscape is similar to the 1930 photograph. The only integrity issues are the security gates and screen, opaque glass wall in the port cochere, and porch lamps. The restucco is at least fifty years of age and closely matches portions of the older stucco exposed in the front patio courtyard. The estimated architectural integrity is 99%. 8. Archaeology. The known Kumeyaay Native American land use of the upland mesa landform in Kensington Heights' subdivision may provide archaeological remnants of the early use by the area's first inhabitants, although little has been officially recorded. The location overlooking the Royal Presidio de San Diego to the north of the Spanish Mission San Diego de Alcahi is significant by its proximity and historical references to the area as a movie set prior to the installation of the subdivision. Keeping this in mind, Ronald V. May, RPA (Registered Professional Archaeologist), walked around the yard to look for archaeology. This included casual observation of the garden dirt. No archaeology was observed around the front lawns and shrubbery. No physical change is proposed by this nomination that would affect the soil or disturb any buried features under the house or landscaping, should they exist. 9. New Additions. There are no new additions to the Fred W. and EvaM. Sills House. 10. Non-conforming additions. There are no non-conforming additions to the house. 49 In summary, The Sills House is significant for its Spanish Eclectic architecture and because it contributes to understanding the direct association between 5183 and 5191 Hastings Road, two houses directly associated with George T. Forbes, owner and creator of Kensington Heights subdivisions one, two, and three. The house reflects special elements of the architectural development of the Kensington Heights Unit 2 Subdivision, in that is was part of the orchestrated use of showcase homes and locations to advertise, market, and sell residences during Kensington Heights' boom period beginning in 1926 to the early years of the Great Depression. It also adds tangible evidence and historical facts that give a better understanding of the relationship between the builders, financiers, and subdividers of this community. The house is solidly linked to the community's unique historical, social, economic, and political history, that are part of its architectural development. The prominent comer location is highly visible coming east along Middlesex Road and in its early years had a spectacular view of the mountains. Evidence suggests that the lot was chosen especially for this reason. Builder Lawrence C. Anderson designed 5183 's front gabled Spanish fired red clay tile roof eave to match the west roofline eave of the George T. Forbes' owned comer home at 5191 Hastings road. The matching garden gates between the two houses enhance the cohesive appearance between the two houses. The resulting appearance was an image that looked like one large estate when approached from the west. Naming the House Houses are typically named for their first owners who commissioned the construction and/or lived in the house, especially if they are historically important people. Since Lawrence C. Anderson is not yet recognized as a master builder, his name is not recommended for inclusion. Based on this background, the recommended name is thus the Fred W. and Eva M. Sills House. 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Ferry, Qour..ty P. -~------0000------ TTIIS AGREEMF,NT Made in du:plioe~te 'thh <;ltll dl!y o:i' uay, l-0128, between UNION TRUS'I' COMPANY OF SAN DIEGO, a corporation, party of tbe !'1r~t psrt, herein dP.signnteC. the Seller, ani lJ.WR&NOB c. AIIDERSON ani l!IS'l'HER C. ANDKRSOW, Husbe.lld and Wife., as .Tllint Tene.nta, 1431 Monroe St, Sen 01e£tl, Calif, pe.rt:y- o t the aeoond p!IX't, here 1n dea1gneted th"' Bu.,-er, Wl.'l'lmSSETHt Tnet in oons1dl.!ret1on or the eo-mnanta !O!ld ag:re l:lereinerter colltained, the: Sellar Elgrii~B to a~lland. oonv11y unto said Buyer and said Buyer ag~"stobuy ell t\u.tt :Nlel property Bitua.hd in the County or Srm Diego, StBte or Celi:fo:rn1Bo hereinafter rfl':farred to and described as: Lot Two HUndred Seven teen (Ill 'f) or Kenaineton Re1gllte trnit tf<'l. 2, acoord -Jng to Ma:;~ thereof No. 11'!12, 1'1led 1n the o:ft'1oe of the Oounty fteoordu o!' aaid County, Me.J 24, l\'l-26. subj at lta ot'fioe 1n San Piego, Call.t'Drnia, at tha time and in the ~er follo.,ing: THIRTEEN HUNPniiD J.ND N0/100 Dollars ($1500.00) OtiSb, re 'I'HRE1'! JroNDnliD J.ND NO/l.OO Dolle~·s (.300,0C) with interest trom date uereot on th~ amounts of pl'lnoipcl remainiilg from t.iwe to dme un_,a.HI until ss:ld balenoa or the principal SWII is pllid, at tll.e rate o:r i!..VIIll Il!l::' tJent per a.nnum. J>rinoipel Wid interest Pt~YJ'I.bla on or be!'Q1"e August 8tb, l9llEI, l!lnd 1nte:rest shall thereupC.n oease upo:n the amount so ereditltd on t.aid pl'incips-'. sum. 'l'M Buyer a{P'$es, dor1ng 1ih:l t~rm of thta esree111.snt or any •G:o:tenaion the ;roo r, to pay to the Saller all e~8ossmeots and te.:z:;os Cl' every f::ind and nature now or hilree:tt;:;;o lavled Ql" asseaeed againa.t aaid prope-rty, il:~luding the hotb :LDatallments or Stete and Oaunty taxes of the t1s~W. year 19a6-89, l!lld 1n~lu mey be h Deed 1a. Deed Book 1501, page 128. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. '"'''"'"'""''' Dbtr1Cil lfo.- (1'1, •r U a pol'tibn of U111 Xet~tinston sner ·Diatr:Lot, or 1111 a , portl!)n or· IJlY. .ot_!ll;c;"JI.Qe.I\.-~ImprliYfllll~.n'\:, ..filan1tuy ,. street l.lSb"ins or oth.. r 41etriot whi ah •IUJ be berestter l!ll!tllb'U.ah•:4• ud a:j.ao 1ao:!,t,lf:Uile; 4U'eet enil. oUI.or hpl'at'Etlllfln18, llllllhiSIUtnta, nur rates, telephont ratea, etne'll l18ht1Df: oll;b:ri!ll"•• el.eo11:rie l1ah1iiaa omd gas ab.ll.rs.. , ~ 1t any, wbioh lliii.Y be teqd, oharcad, aaeeea..t, ln•1e4 w bapo.ed Upon ..14 p:.;epu·ty. Ol' !'" upQn !lily 1II!Jil'l;ll'lml,enta th 11111id p:roparty or any :portion thereof; !n 11b!oh event the Buyer hereby II£:Mit& on d8llland. to repay to t.be .S!\11161' the propor'Ucmata part of eugh &:w:pllll:l.le whioh sa1d Buyar•s lOt or leta bear to tl:lll to'lial nlll!lber of lo'lia 01red to~. Should the lhcy'er tail to pay auoh proport1iinatl! part of "'e.!d eXpense, then tb.e IIIIIIOUnt thereof toeether w11b lllte:ree~ at the rete of seven pe:r ~ant I~) per au.nWII :r:rom the lie.te of demaa.d until repaid abe.ll be 1noluded 1D thie J.g:reemo!l.t and pe.ymw1i therect Mall be aaoured hel'eb.l'• 'l'ilue ia ot "tbe eaaer:.oa ar tilts Ag:reement, it 11,.1ng tv.rthe:r ~.:greed the.t :run per~ f')rmllllltl! 'oY the Buyer of all obUgat1ou hereunder 111 allll sbel1 be e. oonditinll ~·oe.Wnt to flll7 right to " oonVt:l;ranee ot eaid J*'Opel:'tyl should default be .11:11:wle 1n the pe;yment ot eald 1nateU111ente ot pl"ino1pal. o:r intere11t or in sny o:r them when the eQie boon~~~& due, or in the rep&)'lllllll!.t on dellBnll of «IIY aum hers1u llgl'81ld to be repaid, or 1u the pertol'lllanoe of IU!Y otber obUs•t:Lon h81"etu!.d.er, then the whole unpllld balanoe or 11111cl pu.robaee prloo t1nd all ad'9'8lleemoota tb.eretoron medo:t, wli>b the htoraet t:b.ereon, OOal.l beotlme L'IJIIadlately due and peyabl& at the option or the Seller, •hioh Jill>!" ther&upon entoroe its rl.sh~a het"O~ under either b;r twm1n11t.1on ot all the BuYer's rlghta under thia Agreement and all interut 1n the 181ldS described bereln and t1u1 e.ppurtensncee es h«re 1nll:f''ter provided or by all aotlnll in equUy or et lalt till' apeolf1e pertortoallee With dllllrlllS•• or :ror the reGDftJ7 ot' tbe pu:r .lhe.~~:e pr108 with interest, at its o~otion. Notb!l!.e; bllrein oonte!ned sball be c:onatl'U&d 1!1.!1 d8'}1r1v1ng the Seller of' lll',y lepl or equitable rtght or reml!llf !t may have in the prelll1aea lind no oourt of law or equity ebel.l t-e1irra the l'ilu;yw upfln te.iluro tu oomplf e"trit~U;r end lit!\ll'llll.J with the tt!l'll!S or tbil:l .1.81'1lellllltDt, 1t be1ne; further expl'(!leal:y untleratoo4 and togreed tha~ llc:aaptG.no~ by the Seller of aty IUIIIII ot tiiDn&y til be hl!ll"lund.tr appl1ed 'for any }llll'poee wb.&.tO"'er after tne due da'te thereof or erte:r any 1-ree.oh or dotfault under thh Agreeruent hae been malie, eh11ll not opr.rate 1n any mm.ner wbateoeTer, llOl' b!\1 Donatrue4 nor <1800"l>l.ed to be waiver o:r the right 'to ill.!liet uPt»l pa,._nt of any SU1!18 of money nor ae a l\l:l.il'(ll' ot per:rorunne o1' eny ohliptiona on tlle plll't of the BUJttr promptly Whell dUll, not-. wt thstending the nlllllber o:r said pe.ym1111"ts mllde or 'for bow toug the al!llle ho:~ve been e.ocep1ie4 hy Seller, regal'dlltse of how loll(!; (lny br01eeb or defll.Ult lllllY c~ntinue end no1;withstand1us any course of dee.ll~~g oreated or that aay be purp.orted or alleged to lul.ve bean eatebllehed ther!\lbJI' iziOOMhhDt with tbe terms end llond1t1olll! hereot'. The Buyer egNes to pay o:~ll co!l'ts end expeM11s cr aey aot1o11 aoiDID.en.l:*d by the Seller to en:rarce tb1e Agreement, 1n~ Deed 1b.DeedBook 1501,page 129. Union TrustCompanyofSanDiego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. to Judsmen:t or no1l. 1~!lliU.no~f t ~ cteolare ::::·,;::;;•:=~~:~;:~:~!~:~~~~~~]:~;::~~~!~~~!~~~ aeia. wrate11 declat"at1PD au.oh n1tt.1111 hobrd1D.tl in tbt tinttl!i4. ·:.$'bilte-. $1i, polii.:Se piiji.a; •0:4re•tiet. to tho !'" BUf'lr at the poat otttce ddron tu.:d lifth tho Sel.lu or, J:t no·polllt o:ttioe t4dreea i" be so t1le4, theD. by depodtins flnoh wa-iU1111. de-lllaH:Uou 1D. tho Ul:l.1te4 Statu a&, ~ po11tesa prepaid, addl'e~Jaed to tha B\13'07 ·•t aan Die,io, aal.Uornlll.. Upon euoh deolaratioli of deta.ult and te:rmination or the ·lhl1e~'e rlghta being 111111de l:IJ the Seller eooording to .."' any or the J'llethoda above provided tbere1'ol', all rtshts and tnterea'lia herebJ oreat.d or :!""' then existing in tavor o t the 8u:yer or enJoU! olalmlna under aaii! Buya;r ehell tort.hwt th .. caeso ~~~ond termiDato ~md o.ll l'ight ot' poeaeea:1on, 1rlcl.ud1ng all equitabla and legal. .... ~ lntereeta in the p;r-em1eea be:r-e1n oontraoted tor, ttlth all iiU.p:toOTe!l.en•s IU!d appurtenl!lloea, ... ehaU. ipso raoto revert t~;o and beOQI!Ie :r'nstod 1n the Seller without •11¥ right in the .. Buyer, either llt law Ol:' in equi~J. :ror reolllld111on or :reooYery ot or oowpenae"l;ion for .. 0 IIIOttiiYi!l paid, llOl"Vico:!l performed or improveraente placed upcn said lend, '!'hereupon all ...~ money pdd Blld all il!lpro'ftllente l!ll'aoted shall be l'etained by said $eller as :rent tor tbs I ..... reasonable uat~ and ot;~oupet.1on or eaid p:r-elll.aea, ttbether e.otual or oonatruotive, a.a the ~ i so-le oonBiderati~>n i'or thb Aareement an1 not I!U• a penlll.t:y, W!d 1111DUtd1atel.y upon •n:r de- feult iu portQl'lll!lnoa on the part ot tbe Buyer, the Stiller Bholl have uae ris:ht to enter upon eaid p:roem.iaee and take 1UIIIIIIdiate pliaeeaaion tll.enot, •1th or •ithout proaeaa ot lo. As aoon aa the Buyer llball have Jm\de sa1d pafmfll\8, includi~ tuea and IUISIIB.I• :oenta, a a aforesaid, if made within the time and menner aforesaid., and upon au:rren4er of this ogreeJII(Int to said Seller, seid seller s!:alL, m:~d it does hereby esree to ounvay said p;N~millee to the eald Buyer by a Bl'll.nt need and to :rurn.LIIIIb a BWRAN'l'B.! or- 'rt'fL1' 1saued by unton 'l.'itls lnsur81loe QOIII.plloDJ' ab.ottins ita "ti"bl.e to a.1d l.an4s to be ves,ed 10 the S~;~Uer :t'roe of" 1noumbnnoe melle or sut'te:red b:r :l.t at the date ot said oocveye.noe, excet~t &e herein 111entioned. 'l'hts agreement 1a made by the Seller and exeouted by the BUJU' eubjeot t_, all te:rms., oond1t1ona, cOTen.ante, restrictions, :reaervatlollS e!ld easements no• of 1'11001'4 1 ineludiug tbe tel'IQS. co:ndit.1ona, coven11nta, reatr1ot1ona, reser-n.tiona Mil ee.ae11111nt~, •hich sr{! likewise eon"';aineil and set :fprth in tbe.t t~e:r-tain Declaration flit Re11trhtiou e::~~:O!outed by the Seller on AU4>U111l 18, l988, and re'oo:rded on AUgwJt 8'1, l'i12G 1.n :aook 1.8.$9, Ptlge ·U6 ot Deed.s, reoord!! of said San llittgo Cou~~oty; Said lloolerat1on ot Jkoatrio'tiou being in the WOl'da en!. fifi,Qllfla follott1ng, t~i tl "'t'H1S DEOI.tR!'r JON OF llBB!RICTIONS made 1:b.1s lath d&J of J.\liWit, 1'0100, by UNION 'l'fiUST COMPANY OF 3.AN Dllrul, a oorporatiD.._, owner in tea s1DI;ple ot all that real :p:-opert;, Situe.ted in tbe CoW'l.ty ot' sen Dieao, State 1>t CeJ.1fol'll1a, and more particull!ll"ly deaal'ibod Sill All lots eo"lte.ined 1n R'eDIJ1n&ton He18b.ta IJ!l.!t !!e. 2 ae des1gne.te4. uper.. and e.fl! .. oord.ing to the reoorded map thereof Jfo, 1912, filed in tlu;t oi'1'1oe ot the County RaoDl'il.er f of uid County, Kay 24. 1 1926, 'll:l.ieb property hae been aub41vitled into the atore11a:l.d lote t'cr tbll puryosoe oJ: q.le and oonveysnoe tnereot; NOll, 'l'HERI!:FOfiE, "bill l,leolarati® Df' R.est.l'ioti~nl.l Wl'l'HESSJ:!i'H: 'l'ha"t; t'IJt tbe purpose ot U...osignet1rte' Mil o:reotillf!,: ~H~rtain conditions and ros trictione upon ell o1' 1.11114 lots tor the banet1t ot ell ot: "the other lots o:t' eaid Ken sington lleigh.t11 untt No. 2, the a1111e to be 1ncorp1.11'0tet1 by N~t'erenoe in every deed exeoated by suid l.INION 'I'llVST COMP.AlfY OF SAN DI!GO, 'll!te follottins I>OV"mllnta, conditione e.nd rea trietioue 01llsll eppl:y to ~~aid land s01 well bd'ore the e:ll'sllUtion &lui delivery to;o any buyar Deed 1c. Deed Book 1501, page 130. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. < < 00 end allY convey&llue 1ihereo1' lll)lleptlill by U.!"·F"hq:er 01' gi.q.tee., ·ahllll be and 1s »l'el>Y expre&rll.y ·Hlll.d& au\l'j81:1't to· tlr.e te:rm., oon41tiolu, eovaQU'ta, roe·b·ic"t1o~~:~, reaervo.t1Qllzt Slld eueJilQ.n• 1'ollOW1llg 0 'llhioh ahllll apply to ani be biiidi.ni: UJion the pa:rties to sueh eon~ veyanoe, U!.tir hill 1m, dev1af!OB 0 loe;a1ie11e, eucutora, adm1n1atratora, li"UCCtiSQ.Ol'a IIII4 BBSil!iiW o~ro~$1 qlliUI.·Ii!Uea. 4, 'l'be.t ell lots IJt e:e.id XeuR1ngton Reie;b.tB Urr.it lfo, 2, sl:all be used !'or redden.-.e pu;rposcs only, !lie herei'Ae.fter set 1'orth. 'l'he.t no htot.l, apartmltnt. bo1.1ee, :rl.et, lodging house, buDSalow oC>urt, ilcnille hr!UGe, duplex holl&ll, live:ey flteble, otf1ee, ahop, store, !Jitl.l"ket, hospital, publio 811l'll€& 1 oil et8'1o1on nor any atr.l:C\u%8 or bu1l..t1ng 'lihatever, other thar.: e>ne singla, 'first-<>~llsu. p:l:'ivate ;:ocoi pennit1>ed upon any lot ot ~:~aid Kens1ngton &t18hta Utl.it Ro. 2, PROVIDID, BOQ,..JI, that not moro;o than two single, :r'1:rst;..olasB prive~e nslde®ea, to be uaed tor r&IJ1delloe purposes only, may be ereotll4 and Q1ntalo..d Ullr;JII. Lot 92 ot' said .IC.f>.."'"b:lgbn Heights Uh.it llo. 2. That any lllll.l all re111denoeo ereoted or placed on ae.1d :Lot 92, and IUlJI' residen~~~e ereoted or pleoed on the ebon-deov.ibed pl"'pel''Y, o:r U.JI')n li!I.:Y par\ thereo:r, shall Q(lat end be fairly wt>rth not 1~tsia tbD l6,ooo.ao. 'lllat all :nts14enou and porohea Dd piau.u tbn'eot' (but not including tJ:ont atapa thereof) .rectto:il. or to be er11oted or pl&oeo. upoo any or th11 t'olJ.ow 1ng deBiguuted lote, a hall not bo looated or pleee4 neen:r to the fron' 1.1.11.0 !:I nid proper\y, 810.11Ul'fl4 troa the nearest point, nor nc;ue:r to tbe o::treflt,roed or art- upon which the &IPI'Ill t'ronta, than the di.Btanoes 1nd1~ted at'ter itaoh auoh lot, reapeot1Tely, to-ll'it: Lots l to 9, inclusive, 30 teet t'rtm. CauterbUJ71l:-1Te; Lot;• 10 to 15, 1nclu~:~1ve, 25 feet from Bedford Dr1Te; .Lots 16 to l.a, inclusive, 30 :reet f:roa ..,rlboroueli Driv&; :tote ~9 end 20, &5 feet f'l'PJD. :Marlbo:rougb JlrlTe; :Lots .:nand 2B, 85 .teet .tl'om Bedtorl" Drive; Lota 23 to .1!6 1 1.n.c1ua1ve, 25 teet :rrom Cn Marlbo:~o.-ough Driye; Lots 211 to $ 1 incluatva, W .teet f'l'olll lfarlburoUSb. ~1vei :tot M, 20 taet from Middlesex fu'ive; Lots 35 to 44, inoln,.he, 20 teet :from XdgeWal'tl Boad; 'Lot• 45 to 50, 1nclulfl.w, 00 :re;.t trma Bl!ldtortt Drln; Lota 51. and 52, 85 :rto111'- t'rom Me.rl.bo.rough Dr:!.ve; Lo'ts 53 'l;o &!i, LD.clua1w. 25 feet; trom Bel\to:rd. Dl'1n; Lo~ 1}0. 1;0 ea, 1nclus1Ye, a5 feet :rrom M1dl1l.eBOX Dr1Ye; Lo11a 615 to 9G 1nolus1.,:e, 15 feet rr!JIIl ll:iddleaex nr1ve; J..Qta 100 to 10$-, llib1ua1.-e, 15 te.. ~ tl'Qlll llil.ld.Ble Boad; lot& 1.04 'I;D 12.5, :tncl.us-ive, 111 Deed I d. Deed Book 1501, page 131. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. ,,.,-:,,,.,_.~,·-··--···· 1.32 feet t:roml'!:re.eburtl ~Dedi Lot11 126 an.4 127, ·tnolusivo, i5 teet rrom !Ul1dale aoe4; Lot. llile, 15 teet 1'l'Om E1lldalo lload; Lets 189 to 136, inolullive, .11!5 feet trpm H11ldala R~~; Lot11 :w"l tg l4l, 1nolu.ll1vo, 80 toot tl'om Bl'1atol :Road; Lots l.4l to l4l, illoludn, 5 ~ rut :tl'Qm &u;;tings llollld; Lot$ 145 tfl 10$-inaluah'e, 2fl teet r:rcm Hutl.ngs Road.; I.ut& 16~ r to l.a3, inolueive, 25 teet t'l'om H1lldel.e :!'load; Lots 184 to laB, J.l1alua1ve, .eo t'eet :tro~ !" iiaat1ngs Ro!ld; Lote lag tel 202, lnolus:l.ve, 25 teet f!'t:llll t.liddlos•z D:rive; Lota 203 to .eoa, tnoluatVe, ao :reet t;t-om ll:ril:ltc:o:l O!Qod; t.ote ao11 to ua, ~nclmoive, 20 :reri :rrom Rasttpg" ~ Road; Lota 21\i to 8IJO inoluB1.,., .80 teet t:rom B:r1Btol !load; L!lb dl to Ma, 1nolu811'e, .. 20 :f'eet from l!o¥t>u:cy Road; and Lotlll 24.3 t.., 84.'1, BO feet t!'t:lm Billdale llood. .z"' '.l'he.t no resi~.tnoe shell be e:ruted, plaoed or pel11l1ttad upon any lot, the front .. line o:f' vrbioh 1a not perel~al to the :f'Nnt Jlhpel'tl' line qf' saU pmmiua, PROVIDE, ..... lloweve:r ttlet whe:t'e the tront Q:f' any lot is cu:t'vel\,ab.y :relll1denoe ·a:r'eote4 on any suob lot .. ~hall, whel'ever !U"&Iltio!1bla, be pleoed pa.rell~ to a. liliO j:;o1n1ng the :l':t'gnt col:'llere o-r. - sueh let. .."' That no :residence lllbeU be erected, pleeed o:r pel'!llltted 1111 thin t'~\U' 14) feet "..;:. of the d1Tiding lino between any lot in aa1d 'l'l"llot and the edjo1U11ll!: lett. .. ~ 'l'ho.t ell reeidenuall ereoted on any of t.ll! following lette shell, :t'espeoUvely, faoe on t.he sueet~ :road w d:t'i'f'a indieated after eae~h o:f sdd lote, as t'bllowe: l,Qt 3~, Middlesex DI'lV8; U..t 44., Xdgnere ROad; Lots 40 end ao, Bedftll'd Drive; Lot 100, Hilldale Road; Lot 120, Brs.eburn lload; Lot~ 1~6 ,md liJS, Hilldsle Road; Lot. l84 afld 188, lir;lstings Road; Lots 003 and 208, B:r1Ptol Road; Lot aJ.B, Haatings Road; Lat.a 2J,;j s.nd ua, Restines noa4; l.Qte 2lll, 224, 28Cl, ll:W, :IIJ;"ia\al Road; I.ote 231, 2311, ~'1 • .e-w:, RO:(Du;cy ~oad; end Lot 24~, Hillllelll Road I That l;tefoH tbe OOIJIJnencement o:f' eonstl'UOt!.Dn upon any res1denqe 1 structure ol' bulldins wbioh Dta:f be c:reoted upon said pro:per,y, or upen eny :po:rt10ll thereof', 'IIi '\hiD :f'ive (5) ;reora t'rom tile date herii!Qf, thel'l# ~;~bell be :rurn111he!l t.o ell1 epp:ro'niO. lly 11u1 Seller, or the seller' 11 duly author1:z.ed agent, wrnplete plene l!lnd epeo1t'1oat1one :tor any ouch building, emil suo:b plene. and e.pvo1:tiod1ons &hall include the looat1Qn, ii1r.,ctian en.a fecins t said p:remiees without suoh epproYel in 11':r1tl.n~ o:f' the sell~r, or t]J, selle:r'e dul, e~:~thc>ri2:ed esent, t'ir»t bad encl obtained, That s.ny private garage ereoted 01' ,pleued upo;, any o:f' the following dea1gnete4 lote ill said Kensiugton Hdghta Unit No. 2 1 {exo!lpt gnly ..U~e $W'Ih e;10rage is built intco end actually made an 1nteqal part of the reaidanoe, in wll1ob oe"'e no part ot the ~ shall be located nearer to the :front l1na "t1' said prellliaes than the eat beck 11lw utablbbed :f'or the :reaidflnoe located on lilllioi lot) aha:!. not be ereoted, pleoed or per mitted nearer to the front line at the lot on whl!lh the Sll.llllll may be lflcetod then the distiUI!,lllll 1llll10eted e:rter each o:f' said lotli, :respectivelY, to-wit: Lots 53 to 125, inclusive, 35 teet; Ll)te 126 end J.2'1, 15 teet; Lr>t 128, 35 feet; and Leta l43 t<> H~. 140lueive, 20 teet; That, er.o~>:pt. aa hereinabove o'!:oherw:&e eXJireealy provided, ng printt. garag• o:r other out-b,ildiug shell be ereotoJ., plaot~d o:r pemi'\ted within fitty-i'i'YEI (56) :f'eet ot tbo front line ot u,., lot on whiob tho 11001e is sltU!!!ted, unleaa such garage ia built into Md ectuel!y made en integral part af the res1denoe, as bEIL"einshove "1'Pressly author-ized "''d pBl"lllitted. 'l'het ell ]O:rivate gar11gefl, el·eot .. J. c .. ' to be ple.eed upon any o:f' the toll.owiug dee- 1a;nated corner lot:~ sh-6>11 not bl!! loo&ted Ill;' placed r.eel'er to tho! dde ot:r.,et, :ooad Ol' drive upon "'l!ieh any m!Oh lot e.bute, than the dtstonoe indicated e:f'ter eaoh lot, reepeet1vely, to-wit: Deed 1e. Deed Book 1501, page 132. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. J.c:lt 10,.·50 t'8i:lf tr0lil:1'iib;l!~:l'bU:ey P_i'·l:n;' LOtri·._J.e, 'llr:l.ve; Ll'lt• 29, ~. :S9, 51J ~ Gl:_, ·30;tee.t '~•m',,i B1lldale Reed; Lot 136, eo teet h'c111 :Sr~atoJ Jto•d; :tot 153, ~:i teet ti'cm Hut1nao Jlo84i ~-! Lot 184, 30 teet han HU1dt.le !!oM: LOt 100, aa tef.lt traa Ulddle•on ~l'i'Q; Lo-t 403, eo !"" t'eet from H1llde.le I!Ql!.d; Lot 2()9, 20 teet f'rom ~atlqe Road; Lots 112 and 113, a-a ftet !" t:rom IUlldale ~oad; Lot1 #18 anq 219, 2() 1"el'"t trom 111M1eau Dl''lve; Lota 284- and 825, ao ~· teet trom Hilldale Road; Lot• eao end 2:!11, .110 feet !'l'Olll. 11_1ddl.EI&ox Dr1..-e; Lot 836, ao :feet .. !'ram BUldale Ro•d; I.o11 211'1, M foe1i from H1lldale 1\Qad; Lo'I;S 842 aid 24~, 30 teet tl'!llil .. r.fiddlsu:x D:r-1fl; !llltl Lot 2*'1 0 t!IO teet t"l'DIII Hilld:e.lo- liOIIdo !""' 'l'he.t w dwelling houae or l'asidenoe Ol' other buildius built or coru~truoted upon Ul1 ..... othe:t- e1te ahe.l.l be m.owt W t~r pleoe\1 up1:1n tbo elloveoodasor:l.bed pr1:1perty, or upon eD,Y .. ~ pi:>l'tion thereof', ... 5, That. thare may be el'eotad, ftlld lllo.ill't.B.inad by eny Eleetrio or Te1ephone Clompeny, .. or by any IIUD1o1pelitJ or pubUe service OompGy, dons the l:flar line ot' said pl'allliaea •.. poles e.nl. '111l'ea for the pll'pi:ll~ ot oonnyiJlg eleotr:l.e:l.tJ and tlll.epbou aerV:I.oee, pl'G1':1de4 i and IIJ'e no ttve (II) .. that sajd p<.>le11 wires looe.ted at pllter diat.noe 'the teet trom tt. ~ roal' line at flllid pN~~~.isr-•; and the Grantor hereb;y ~aervos tor itae!,.t" tbe exelUB1''"' ri,gbt to grant the rteoeallll'Y ee~emen1is to s110.1J. ut111t11aa tor the II'U:>.intantllloe Clt euob aerv:l.ee, e. That no tempol'!U'Y dwelltns~:~ ot any deaor:l.ptlon Wblltosoev"'r, 1no1ud1ng suagee t.r any eout-buildirlge used 1'or reaidentiel purpoaea, !!ball ever be ooustl'IIDW.d or oooup1114 as suoh dwell1nae U:?Oll eoid prf1QI1sea, 'l'tmt n1:1 ouhi4e le.vatorie11 m" toilets $llllll be pemitWd upon Bllili Pl't!ll!isea t~r upon any portion the:-eeot, but th!!.t 11.11 l&vator:l.ee <.>r to1lfl1lo ~:~hell be bu1l.t in the interior ot' tl!e buildings erected thereon, e<~d; be ocmneoted w tth a etes,.-pOol, aeptiD drain or eewer .-in. '1, 'l'ltat no :t-ub'bieh O:t' d mltteli to accumulate upon any po:rt1on ot :said p~::~:laes, tiD "'" to :r8llder said premiaes unsenitaey or Unaish:Uy, or 1:1ttena1ve o:t' detritlllllltll.l to ony otbor li:lt or lots lu sa1d Kensington He'\.sht!l, Uni1i No, 2, or to the oooup!Jli;U 1:1t any ot the eeiJIIll. IT IS UliDEI!S'lOOD Am AGREED '!h11.t the 1\l l!ltgOlllli: oollle1l!lut•, oond1'Uou •lid rutriotiODII IU'e m.a.de. lllld ol'&a.ted :ror -r.h& ooi._'eftt or .. u 'late ocr !1&.1.il Klm.a.i.n,ston Relabt.. Unit lfc-, 2, e.4o deeigne.'te-4 on t~ :reGorde4 JUP thel'llof' u Uap N1:1, 1912; Wld the.t the (:tnmtor ~~gre11a t1.0 create Gnd due11 hereby oree:t.e the oondlticna imd reatrietiom~ hereinabove &et forth Dll each lot of 1111id troot, res:pe.otiftlJ, tor th$ ben•r1t o:r aU o:r tbe otb$r l1:1ts of add Kensine;tan Heights lJuit No. 2; the.t 11dd oondit1t~ns 11.nd ree1il'1o'l;il>ns emll ope.l"ate as ol:lre!liiiits running with the la.nd .and us neated as mutual equitable su-v1tudea in t"avor o:r each tlnd every lOt a.n.t port1ttn Qt said lanl., respectively, as epinlt e11oh and every othe:r lot end JIOl:"t inn the:-so:r, PROVIDED, 'l'hnt e11.oh and every on~ at" tbs restrictions and eonditions herein noilt<~ined, as shov~ set :rortb, shall b~ per-p!!tual a.nd ·binding to._.,YIIl" UJlDD the parties hereto, their aud e~u::h of l;heir hail's, e:xooutora, a.dm1n1stretol'G, suooeseore ._D:i asatens, e100pt only Condition 4, •hiob. shall in all reapeot11 te,.lllin&.ta and aud a.nd be or M :turtb.er et:reet eithec l.egal or equitable Hs~otively, llh&ll he.ve the right of r~-entcy 1nuned1ately Up.'ID 11a:.a premiees 1n the event d" any sw:h breach; md as to owner of en:r other lot in aa1d. Tract, 1noludins bonA. tlde oont:rnot pu:rohasere ct' nther l1:1"lal 1n said 'J'raot, the torego1IIf!; restrictions a.nl. oond1t1one shall operate ae. O<>Venants running with the lal!.d, and a b:rea.eh or lillY euoh covenante: or Deed If. Deed Book 1501, page 133. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C, Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. oont.~"~\eo.noa o:r e.ut ·suoh ·bre~dbr;~iaey·_ b•,:~jo111•4• abated -or:re.lll!3d_1e'4··'bj' .. ap~p:fiat. prooaedine:s by ·•111·111 Oral1t~~ ... -;'tnroud~l!i~Jo.~ ..-or-Ua-igne 1·. Ol' .. liY·-.eii.Y·.aucb. c-wnere, the,:lJt hei:t-11, devisees, exeou11a:t-JO;:- aob:l.n,latl"lirta~, -s.ucc:ulioi!JIO:'I!I ol' aG11'an11r b11t by JQ Qtnfjl" pere!lns. !1 AND PliOVIDJD Ftlll'l'Rm, '!hat no 11!1.1Ver o:t' MY bl'eaob ot any ot the toregoing aon.i. !" d1t1ona or l'I:IGtrit~tioi).G al.lllll bo cwatl'ued to be or sbAU operate as a waiver of IEUlY !"' eu!loeed1ng bl'el!loh of tho a- or of o;ny othe:t' o:r udd aondit1ans or relltl'iotifml!l, :E PROV'ID!D, AI.BD, Tbat a broaab. or tb.e :rorep1JJg conditions am restr1ot1un11 or a ' "' re-entry by rea.aon of any I!IUOb bl'ee.oh, shall not il.etant Ol' :tendv inYBl:l.d the lien. o:r llnY .."' }< piU"'IO 'lllereof; I)Ut such cond1t1lllls an4 restriotio.nt ahi.U be b :Lnding upon and etreoti"fe m ~(!illina'ti any o.-ne.l;' ct oe~.id prvm.ifeD trl:I<>Do t11;lt~ tb.ore'() 1e apqu1ret by torePloaure. ..."'a trustee Is 11-ale or otheniaa. - lH 'll'l'l'Nl!BS 1fHiml!OF, &aid UNION TRUST CC'IIoll'J.N'Y OJ-BJ.N.DIJ!D-0, OW!Ier ot ·tt~ otcresaid - m J;l'O)perty, haa .bereuntc eu'!:s•u•ibeo. 1ta oe~r;po»>e~.'tie n~me 4nd ef':t'i;o;aol ita oo:rponta eeal "'.. 0 upon the date 1n this Deolerat1oll first hereinbe~l."e W!.'it.ten...... WION 'l'RUST COMPANY OF SAN J:!BGO ..~ Corporate Seal) By O!J!S, ll. J'CIIWABD V1oe~:?JoiJgidont i B:f J. L, BOLLING AISiBtiiDt Saoreti:tl'Y~ ' It 1s u.nderetcod ~Q. agreed that the l!lbo-u~deeor1bed Jrop&l"tY he.a been inspected by the Buyer Ot" by the liUY"l''ll duly autbor1.-.ed e.g11nt1 that tbe same is and bas bew o~;>ntr-eot('d :for 'by t.b& 11aid BeyDl' aGl0lJ sa tne re~ll.U o:t' aUOh inape-ot1on end arter en independ.ent inveatigaUon and not upon ur by rseaun of any I."&preiJentaUon l!llla.e b)' ae.id Seller or by any ~:~ell1ns e.pnt; ee.1d BuY81' he:t"eby expX"eselJ' wa1vu l!lllY IIJld all ola1ms ror damages by reaoon o:t any t&l'lll1tUlt1tln ct th~ Buyer's :t1r:hts under this oontre.ot u1e~ ins 1n 8llY' manl\&1' whataoeTIII' e.nd said Sellei." shall not be responeiblR or liiJble :fer ,.ny indu.,-.ment, J?l'l>!ahe, l'Oprga.. ntatioa, .. sreement, oowt1t1oa o.- :.t1),l\llC1.•1ou ll<)l> :oc-11 tol'th be.J.•ein, publio serTioe OCll!PIJnUs tol' the eJ:teDI!Iiou ot eleotrlo light 11no11 thrclughou.t said tre.Qt, and to cause gas IIIB.lna to be inatal.l.l.d and laid in !;he etr'l'ata b.teX'IIeotins seid Traot, B'.' as to Dmke sse aervlo• availabJ.• :l'l;l:t' eaoh lot ot ee.td 'I'ract. It iG underatoo4 that tb.a Selle:r has 1nittated pl'oeeedlngo under the County Road Diatrie~t Ililp:royement Aot o:t l\l09 tor the lnetalla"Uo.n tbJ'Ou.gbout ee1d TrMt ot the :tol• luwing imprOTelllllnta: :tour~tc>ot oemen'll atr$0t aldenlk~. OllD!ent ourbe, a rour-1noh ocnorete street :paving, wat(ll' lll!lina, aewul' lllllina ar.d an onamant~tl etreet l.18ht1ng system, and the l:luyer cov;,nomts end agree4 to pay as aet :fol'tb above, ell aaflllll611ll:lnts and ahsrge• which may hereattcl' be levied ox- asasa111Sd against said proper-ty on aooount :..t a~~¥ of !laid impro'fflll.llnts. The Bu.y&X' S.i!;rees nnt to trtm11:t'o:r cr aalllgn thiA Ag:NI8lllllnt or '-'II¥ interest herein ?itbcut the written oonaent 'at thu Sel.lel' :t'irat ~v1ns been a .. curlld to sue!! propWJell IJasig.nlllllnt lii!d llgrees to pli,Y to the aell.el' the u.eual tee cr Two DollA:rlil aM. J"itty Gent• [t2.50) for elil.oh llUignment, tosethel' with all 1-nte:reot end p~ta due tc date thfll'"eof", as 11 ooM.1t11lll preoedbtl.t to th-.: Vllll1!!1t:y ~:.nd ef:l;'eot o:r such IJaaismnent. The tenn ~Buyer" wbel-eVe:t• use4 in t.his .i&J"eellllnt s!W.l include the plural ae 11ell lllil the s1naular lHillll:IBX' lind the llllt.IIOUline and ft~m1n1ne as Viall as tt>e neuter gendel'. IN WlTNESS WHiU!EOF till! putiea hereto hllve hert~~llllto nubeor!bed their reapeativu ~-· e.llll tho Sellol'" he.:~ CllUBDd 1-t.. duly atte8"""'6 co~tporo.te .eeal to be hex-eto e.trixvd on t)le doto in this Agl"&ement first hsrelnbet'ore W:t'itten, Deed 1g. Deed Book 1501, page 134. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. UNION TRUS'l' OQMPJINY OJ!' SAN D-1-EGQ-, By S. G. DlGL! Aas't. Seo:r-eta:ey. SELLBR !1 !"" !" STATE 00' CALIFORNIA, l., COtiNTY Oll' SAN Dll!CO, _..... on thia 161: dl\f o:r :funl!l, l'i129, l;l~tt'ore 111e, MUBL D.l!'liKIJI, e Notary Puhlit~ in and t'ol' "' said County e.nd state, personally app~o4 LAifm:NOE c. AND!li!SON and BSTHBR c. AND:tnlSON, .. known to l!lll to be th= peraom'lllloeo JUUIUIIIJ are subscribed to the t'oregoing inatrllll&nt, and ... aoknowledged to me the t they exeou tad the S&ll!ll, ....." W:tTNESS IllY hand and o ffio ial aalll the day and year 1n t.Ula oe:rUtioe. te r 1rst ebove .. written. .. MlBBL B. J'RE.lR .. ..~ Notary :Pnblio in and for ..... said Ccmnty e.nd State. ... My COIIlllliPion BlrP!ras Mar. 26/1930 STATE Olr CAI,.Il'ORNIA, COUN'l'I" OF SAN DIEGO, Cn this lltb. day of J"une, in the year One 'rWl.UUilld Ntne Hundred e.M t'l'enty-eight, bet' ore lllllo LUBJ..l.A. MacKINTOSH a Notary Publi<:1 i1.1 11nd for ISII:hl county end steto, .)i&r.!IOM.lly .,_ppeered :r. B. TRYMPSO:Ir known to me to ~ the Vioe-P1'8s1!Uint, end 5. (), DlGLE known to me to be the Al!llb tan t Sear,.tal'y or the Corporation that exeGU ted the 'IIi thin 1natl'Ulllen t, kw'llfl to mete> bo the jErsons wllo e:re therein n=ed, and aclmollle~od to me that suob \li>l'pOJ:at1on exr.cut\!14 11M ""-""'• WitJO_eas my lw.nd 11nd o trioil!ll se~:~l the de.y a'ld yoo.r in this oertl:tio&to t'irat !lbove wri tteJ:l. !.UELLA MaoKIN'l'OSH 1"1lrlll!lrl.y LiiELI..A. DUI."FT Notary Publio in and t'or aai!l ~DuJ!ty "-Dd Steto, neoorded at Request of Ullion 'Utle lnauriiUlDe Cp. Jun 28 .W::!S 11t \! P'olook A. M. Jo!m a. Forry, County Reoorder VI'Ml'MU ~----·--·----000------ 2004.04-lmW We, .A,liDRE'J .ANDERSON and ANNAS • .A.NDEMON, h.usblllld and -wife. lor snd in oon.a1deret1on or t~ BUill or TEN ltlo.oo) Do Herel)y Grfl.l'l.t to MAllY J, in tU~ City ot' san Diego, County or san Dhgo, ;Jtato o-r CalU"ornia, boUllded and desoribed &Ill :f'ol.lows: Lots !"<>Ur (4) 8tld Tint {5) in Bkok 'l'bree (S) ot' Ironton, &O<:>Drd1ng to map thoreof No. 689, t'ill!d in the ol':f'ioe o:r til~ Gounty ReooNer ot' said se.n Diego Ccunty, Ootobe"<' l!:Gth, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the 1.1bove gre.nted and du-oribed premi.aes unto the llRid Grsntflfl her- heirs w!d as111gns :ru:rever, Deed 1h. Deed Book 1501, page 135. Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantees) as Joint Tenants, for Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit 2. Made May 9, 1928 and Recorded June 28, 1928. ot a..id a. 11, S1:1'a1ll. 4 oe~ •. ;: toYioe-a>eeld11111l in tb.e 111111i1'114l!1tt. ot u.id to s~·~·~·~ioll.' ~~~:~~;~~:~i!~~~~~:f:~~~=~~~~~ Ilf l'l'l'lf!Sa WB!IIBOJ', ' 1 he:reu.nto eet DIY JW,d 111111 11ttibd 1111 ottillil(l.l 1!111111 iat"mi" of Sllll lru.Oii!IOO, Ste.1:e ot Oal.1tOZ'II.111., 1:bo 4ay el1d year in ...... lk!lllly Notary l'Ublio in and :tor tbe CUT a.w:coun'IIT ot Ball :rrenoteoo, Siate ot O«litol'l11a. Jl:V ooa!lllbe1oa ez~ ptrea Au.suet lHI , U.llPc, llogere ltlll 27 li28 11t 31 Wia, PUt 1 o'olol:lll: p, V• .l'oba H. Jony, Oou.nt:r Roeol'llU' I 'l'IIIS .I.GREltlllm'l' Dlllcle thil!l 71:1! d!IJ" ot J'Qu, l9a6, bY alld betuen UJIRBNC:I c. Ali~Dlmao.N' and ltS'l'HER O, ANDlUISON, b.u.ubancl and wl.too part:l.ee ot the t1re11 part, end !':ll.lml: '8. 'l'IIIJMpSON and VW'~t J., 'l'BOMPSON, hu8ba~ and wire, part;iea ~;~t tbe ao~:~~:~nd part; WrmESS!'l'Rl WliEBlW5, UIRJINCJI: 0· .A.WDERSON and BS'l'fllll a. J.NDERSO!t, part1111 ot the t1l'at part, are puruhadag under oontrao.t the :tollow1DS ~eaar:tbed Pl'opertr. to"'l'1t; Lot 1'wo Bundnld Bennteen llll7) or Jtaa.tngton lfll1&htl, trntt Uo. a, tn the Obu.ntYOt'"BG' D1 111£0• Eltllte ot Clll,1t'orn1a, aooor.Uq to •P tbe:nor IIIII• 1912,.t1l1111n tiM ot'fioe ot'the Count:v Rl!luo:rder ot San nt.eso count,., Jlq 84, lis&; and WHElUU.So tb.o P'lrtie~ or the 1eoond part iiAP pu.rohllaod, or are ~rCihe.eiug tho tollow1ng doacl"ibed p:rgperty, to~wit: Lot Two Bllndred ltll>fiteen Oll8) or Ken ..1qton He1ellta, Un1t II'!.'- a, 1n the countT ot Sil.:l. Diego, St111te or Clll1t=u1e., acoord1DS to -.p thereof No, 1912, tiled in tbe ott1oa ot t:be County Reo order or San Diego C01m'y, 11ey 24 ,1"26 1 and Deed 2a. Deed Book 1494, page 146. Agreement Document between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson, owners of Lot 217, and Frank B. Thompson and Vinnie Thompson, purchasers or owners of Lot 218, that they understand that residence built on Lot 218 is only 16.8 feet from easterly line of Hastings Road, in violation of conditions, and that this is satisfactory and acceptable. Dr WITH"BSS lllm!!Bol' th• Pll1'111••· ~to lillft!- hil·fttl!ito •Ubi!ir1be4 their baRd• tb• diY and Jelllli' t'ili'•t here.l.n.b~ 111'1U••· La~li.OII 0• Andii:!'ICIIl KJitbU' C. 4ft~IO)I, P.u-Uu ot tlll nrat Part hank B. ThOIII'ao" V1.aa1e A • ..,IIOll. Plqofli•• o:t th• .S.aollll Pa:J:o'C • Deed 2b. Deed Book I 494, page 147. Agreement Document between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson, owners of Lot 217, and Frank B. Thompson and Vinnie Thompson, purchasers or owners of Lot 218, that tbey understand tbat residence built on Lot 218 is only 16.8 feet from easterly line of Hastings Road, in violation of conditions, and tbat this is satisfactory and acceptable. .! IJNION fl!IJS'l' coliP.ANY or I.Wf DUCO, a c~non;uon, r;~r tlll,·o·~--ot--.:~ :·D19. _c_~~ ot . ' . - -•.<.· San Dlesc, stata ot Ca_U.to:na1a, Pur and in conlide~tlcm. ot the aum o' TiiH' ,Uip-:RP{lO~f tio\_j;._,..-~ ;;,~ ~ DOES lmRDT GlWf1.' 'l'O !l'lilLLU C, .nil tm.ba al!,!l-•U'a;; Gil~ -~ ~- ~\,~_ ,, ._,..-, ...... _.' ,, .Ul Tba:t Real Property auuatad. ta.tho county· or Sail. Dilstlo Bt.:t;e oz al11'PJ"Jtil!lo b_~~rd a1:1d dea0l'1bad ae tol.l.onz Lot nnet ..n {111'), in BlQoJI: 'l'h1My ...1gb.·t e.ooor41~ to Me.» Bo. 111:58 0 :t'Ued 111 tba oJ':rtoo ot "thl !JOuntlr' .a. County, Nov, 10, 11126, SUDJooc:to; !;!tate P.nd oou.nt;r tau• 1'or tho t1.•Gal ,e -liUlS-&8, at_at• and Count;r; tor the neoal Y6CU' 1927 .. 26, the ott.aot ot rel:litlll.a oont ned :ln tba otn~era DODIIID.t ml tho llap No. 19~8 ot Xantwood in tbe .Pine a Unit Ro. 2., oo Uot~a, :r-eatrioUolla ot :noor4, IUI.4 J THIS_ CONIIXYJ.NCl: iJ iUpl'llldY Md.O lllld hu. IIGIIIIJIC•d aubJe01; to 11.114 II,POA auch O't thll !'t~llowiag n;pri!IB.!I DOlldiUon.a, proviaio~a, res 1oUOIIa, reH:l'YiltiO.Illllo e&Bhlll~h and oov!lllan1la lherllilllltter referred to as "oondUio~e") m:r ~:r their te:r~~a be applioable thft'tlto. betnS d.oa1~4 'f'i1uo~dea· in ta~r ot eaob and eney lot 111111 portion o.t ae.1d l.a.nd llB ae;llin,c~t each a.n4 llf (a) That no lot in aa1d t ,ot ahall eTer he 11Md to:r .n,y JIU"'IQIIO or in IUIT awwr II detrutenta.l to the publio hB thor o:tte.Dai"Je to tbe publio: ~t said preat.ea aball et lll.l aamtuy oond1t1o~ by the s:re~tee: that no nwae:• Mall eYer be oo~JUpent o:r aaid premises to now troa. any lot on said tro.ot upo~ any edjoin:t.ns lot or 1 e nor t~:~ NN1n em &Af or 11111.1!1. lou exoept ill a oeoaapool In' alt)t1o (b) 'l'bat no snutaotiU'lng plan~, elau.shter b.ouao, atook yarde or otbel' ot:tllnlli1'o eatabliahment o bwdneaa ahall Et'J81' be 11noted, ooutrqotod or p&l'lll.itted upo~ ~d pJ:Oemleoll (o} 'l' t a r1Sbt~o:t~way1n, upon, aJ.ong, beneath, onl' and aban uU prslllla•s 1a hen unto 1.1dd srantor, tt• auaooa•ors an4<,.•~161u !ol' all purpo.. a p0l'ta1nl118 to the ls.)'1ng 11. d ma.lntonanae o:r watllr plpea •~4 tor tho ereoUon ead llllli~teaano• ot polu :tor the siou o:t olootrioi'l;v- tor l1gbUil8o tolapb.oiUt and publ1o ut11J.01 -;u;~ t0811ther 'B1 th the ~"o" ar:v attachlllltlllia in o11nnoot101l thenw1th• (d) 'l!he.t Lota INIIIIIOl"ll 1 to 11:1 1nolua11'e 1n Block 'IB a~d 1n the allt1:re Bl:ook 7S, al' '18 inelueive 1~ .lllook 19 I'U'8 hereby deGll.l.rtd to oa.rry 110 reatJ•iot1on~~. Nothing horei~ oon~ t«1n<~d, bomrnr, $ball btl lntlerpl'Stlld to pH'Rint tb,e buildtng ot a :rersidenoe on the baok p&rt or any budru~llo lot. Deed 2c. Deed Book 1494, page 148. Agreement Document between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson, owners of Lot 217, and Frank B. Thompson and Vinnie Thompson, purchasers or owners of Lot 218, that they understand that residence built on Lot 218. i.s only 16.8 feet .fr?m easterly line of Hastings Road, in violation of conditiOns, and that this 1s satisfactory and acceptable. State of Cal1foru1a, Oou.nly of On this l,2th Cay bet(l:t'e JAG, l'U.blio in ''~-yl.1•11y at~lle;nre·d-.. Oh~>rlu lit. ~j.l!i~-/~ o.oilt•·•oJ, known tu me to be thtt per~~ i.e bubscribild to the with:U1 aol!nowledBfi!d j;h~t IW l!'roet E. Stoo Jta~er, !~.ilrtlu.bl1'o 1l1~,.!!M Coun1ilf....,t\nd St111le,; .No t"'l'J' l'Ublie in til'ld tor the eount,v otl Los .A.ni;ieles, Staoe· o-r ~al1tornia. ''"'"''dt•o/'•t R$<;~_ueet; of J, O. l'oun;.::, Oct lo:!, 1929, 11.t 5_ Min :[>ll.l>t 10 <>'Clo~:k to.M. Johll ~l. l!'el'l'J'• 0'-'\Ulty aeounl.~.:~r, -----~oo-- a- For ....,...ve.JU«' oJ lli!hln Tru"' o-1. s..bGGIJJ./1.~~~ i'H!a ll:i:lill t.'F TlltltiT • mail(~ th1lil lOth d11.y o'f Oot C>h er, A.ll. ;1.929, .ay and Betw~on Lawrenoe a. Anderao~ arl :i)gtl.te~ c. And.arstm. H~¥~hand and Wife, tile party oi' the ntt~t );art, ltnd Unil;lU 'l'l'UBt t:Ol'll.[lBllY of Son D1e,;o, a ao:vp.oration, of' the Gft;r of' san Die60• Count,v o£ S~;~,J~, D1eg..,, St~<.te of CalJ.:Col'tUa, the pa'rty of' tbil secOnd 1 part, and fill: 1?1VDE1iTlAL IN:iURA.liCi COlU'ANt OF Al4Elli(IA. a OOl'pO-l'l>tigl! Ol'gtllliZIId. 1 ~nd 11 !~ i,.·H:~& ~mdol· t.hil :tawa o:C the .State o1' li'itW Jersey-. l:Lvine; 1te :pl!'1J:IQi.PBi o:tfich a.t I liaWIU'k, NeiV Jersey, the p~;~rt31· of the ~hilU ps.:rt, 'lil'XIiESSE'l'lf• party of n.pon one follDWU Deed 3a. Deed Book 1674, page 490. Deed of Trust made October 10, 1929 between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (party of first part) and Union Trust Company of San Diego (party of second part) and Prudential Insurance Co. of America (party of third part), Recorded October 15, 1929. l::t 4e:DI.u11 .. 1$e;,·ma4,• ill. ~be·pa:~lllUI.t o.f any i®t"all~t oi' :r>rino1p&l or int~:t1'8S' lttl:ndn..; the!A a.l,l o:f: Gilicl, ,!ll'inO~l?!ll.an4 intern' Q.laUo.at tilt opt:L~. Thu·.note e.nd._tlle'.l.n,ter~~t ·ai'~.eeeU1'11!d by Tru.ot O.ead IJ:l' eve!llle.te l!.erenith l l'riviletoll :I.e J,iY(Il). t'D J~~~>.ke ild tKJte in a \IDS oi" $100. or any multiple tbill'eof On al!,y 1tlhru,t ~tll.l'it1 date: p•ov:Lol.ed, tJnd; it suoh alldi~ii'IQII,l, ~avmcnt :La lli'O.().t :pr.l,~;~r tu tbe expil'atJ,on Of J!'1ve fUX'a !'l'om oetobolo lOo 19a9, J: a&l'e'll• to Vl\Y oM ..hG.l:t t>f one pe1' aent· ~:rl ;vea.r o;1 the a1n11unt ao l)&id :tur the balanoo of the five-,y~ar tel"mo 1101 oonoill.e;a..tion i:Ol' the Jill'1V1l.l.f61 of!" w.:;r. ing :;>a;Y~Mnt on aoeollll.i. o.t prJ.ne1pli.l. in 91\V&l:!De o:t the ll&.te ot lllll.tl;l.l'ity. LlLWrenae 0. A.liderli.on h~her·c • .Lllll.erl;on :!101'1 THUl lllllSlii~O'Iili Wl!CJQ.'SSJill!HI ':hat the :~a:l.d ,Party ot tbe n :rst purt, for t~e p~oee of eeouring the L'l':o'l!lent of: $he ea.::,O. promiP.s~;~ry note, and· &.lr.a o:t•. e.ll o'liher mone;ye. hel'Bil'l!lfter a(>~8d ol' p~vi4ad tu be pe.id by ilaid party o:r till f1l'St l,'ti.l'to dolilll "03 t)Wsa P"'li!lil":ll~ o!:r~t =to th11 ua.l,.d; ~ar%' <>:t the se~"ond pe.r~ 1ll. tl"ll.st aU tMt ~;~eX't.Un pieolt paroal, tll'a,ct, ani loi of .la)ll, uitll.Q.te, J.::l.ng aM b&ill6 in the __ o:£' ColllltY of sa~:~l>iego «l'lll. atat e u.t cautorw.a.• E~.nd partie~_lal'ly b_ound11d lll!d d11eo:ribed as i:~llr;~we, 11~1 Lot Two Rwulred sav~nteen (21'1) of Xenaltlatol'l Ue1$:b.te unit llo. 2 aooordiq; to map tl!.fl:li'liO:f' No, 1912 filed in tlla cf:fioe o1 tij• Cou.nty RaoQX'der of !IS.iO. San l>ie,go County Ma,r 24,19111~, mo H.'-Vli; J..HD :1'0 now 11he aam~~ unto the ea:Ltl pllrty cf tha uool'ld pr.rt, ita 8\lVUIISS(Ira allll. ass1.e;nao Up~>n tb..e trll.Bta he;rein ~:~<;>l"ellloied • .AJB 'tlilS :ttmmfTI1Rl!I'FU.rlh01" VI:L~neali&-tb.: fhl>'t 111111 aa.id p..rty ot tbl fimt par"l; ~;~grees to pay at m••tlll':!:ty all· hX'P 'ud a&llltlfl\llleDta $.od all other Olw.:L'Se& awl. 1nwm• branceo w)JWh I'IOll o:- flhall -~•i(.t·~er.be or e.~11ear t~ be.a l:l.&n 11.pcn the aai or~· p:~.rt 1:herEI!1f: ana. ttwt ih. d(l.t.-.lll1VIoharaoll!. Sll·ill. 1JIII.l't¥·or the tbirll. part r.l83• ' wit.Mu.t a.ema.n4 Gr noUc~h p~ the s1.·ill taxea, ao~e.a11mentso ehal"a:&s or 1Zltlwob:tanees, ~<1111 pey web. Bllllll ot ti!Cn&y ~>II 1t mag de$111 t.u be n'lOIIIIIIO:U::r t:b.al"~Ol't anll. ahall be the ~>ole Jll.da~ of' tbl:l l81$li.Ut;Y or Vt>lldi.tf·'th~:re(!':f atd-o:t. the amount mnJe.Pia!U'",r ;Jr.> be .Paid in th~ Deed 3b. Deed Book 1674, page 491. Deed of Trust made October 10, 1929 between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (party of first part) and Union Trust Company of San Diego (party of second part) and Prudential Insurance Co. of America (party of third part), Recorded October 15, 1929. AND ALSO, ·th<;>:t: it,'''-"""''' '"' i#oifOA"i '6#) o;r :ool'l4.1Jl,s any aotio ll attntil18 o:<' !l.!loGX'"ted, saill. p~~rty o:r thli IJOO-ofi~-•iflH '''-"''-"' :~:~-\~;:::~~~!~~&~5.:1:. flaid acHon ~~nil. ;r•tam eQWJ.fiOl ~b.Grllirt ~~ th~'-'a;.n "-" theJ o;r it ooy be ·adviud. anol. ••••''"'" oi ;;,,,.,,,, •.,_, adverse claima; ~mil. in th~t behal;f~ ~adl :tolo en:r.fit 'tile :r>enil. eu.ch eUIIIu of moner ~~ tlul~ ol' it /lifq o.iliona;'to be hi!o4u•~ll;a:v. AND the said party ot: the' first ~l't ~');her astee_a 'that -be vl'.i.ll. P11 3'" to the saill. Jlllrty o>:f tho "eoond plio~ u.nd' aaid p&;rty of th~ thi_;rd plli't_ ;rliapeot:l.'l'oilqo on the amountu o:l: all S\IJIIEI of lllO!lQY irhioh t~y 11h~>ll X'lilapeo~iTII~_Iilll" ox-. exJ,Ond JIIU'S\llll'lt to tt1e p:rovis ions, or any of them, htreinbe.tor6 <:-(lntainCil., toi;ethel:' w:l.t.h int.erwt upo:.n ~.:._oh ot: 11 .._id arnollllta, ·.mtil paiil, £:<'om the 'tillle ot the payment- tbereo'f1 at t-he :ro-te of one l)er eent. Jl"l:' month, anll. uu11h payment~ are seo\l,l'eli ~1-ebJ• AND in eaae tlw aaid party of ~ tlrst po>l't ab.e.:U vteU a)'ld t_r1113'" pay or oaU(,I~ to be pain, a~ oat"llrity, tt:c e"-14 JI"'O"'i""<>l'l'" note, and <~.U n:t~ne;rs her&:111 118r•4. to bo paid by hilll and interest thereon, and also t.b,e l:'.;asoxur.ble e:>l"l''!!llHlB of this tl'Uat, :\a hereinafter apaoified. then tho party of the aeo-o:nll. :part amU reoon.Yq aU. the eBtate 1 in t)).e prphea a:f'oroeaid Wlto the ))arty o:f' the tirst p!U't, llie h!oir~ or uaigns, at hill! l'fll!llr.St ant~. eoat-. , ' :ilil'l! 1t d.e:tault be !!lade in the P"-YIII!Iilt o:t tile said pio~t~ii!-Boey_ 1111te, or tha D~'1n;" eipal or in1,Hiil'I!St or arQI ;pa"'t "tlulreo:r, l'llwn dua; aoooxiiiJI!l to !Ae tel:'ms thereo:t._ o:~ i.n t~ yrtl t (l:f &.IJY of the ether 1"oneys bll'ein agrofl4. to he pa.id, or o:e a.ey inter•at tllermn,j :en ~lie said pll;l''tir o:t the oeeolld pa:rt, Ul'On denuuld Of the p&.rty of tl:to third PLrio Dh!:llf mak1> eal.e ot: the p;rellli.fles in ace ;c:-b.noe with the )l'OV1s1orul of tb.e lllWB (If thll .St"a"ie nf: j Califot'nla, am auah sale 1.1bl.ll be 111ad.e in the eou.nty in Which the 11aid ;propj!rlif Ill" BOlliG~ 0 po:rtion thel:'eo:f is ~ituatad. (Thll sa,id part,y of tlle t11.1l'd Jli:i.l:'t, or.. the ho~er oli' ho;l.dera~ of said pt"olil1ssory note, their agent o;l.' Oi.SS:I(;n•• nB.¥ bid an,;,. Pll.1'0h!>.Zie' o.t a1;1.0h ~'~"- 1 "•) j~; mal.~in,g liUOh sale the party. of the seeoml IJLl:'t m&.y act either in pers·on or tb:roiJ.Bh. the egano;r of .-.n 11\!.lltioneel'o AND the pal"ty of tM eeoond part, i t•' IIMIIIIS&Ol's or at~SigiJ.B• -IU':•r 1111ilk1Il6 !il;llll-~ aela, and llJ)un reeaipb of tb.e plll'oh\!.se pl'io.,, shall makt, ex.!la~ll ~np, dll1V_er to tne P'f''" chaser or :pUre h asera • ••,,.... or tb.ei' h!!1ra ol:' a.sdsnll'o a dead o:r 4eeil.!!l 111' the l?1"-em1selil ll:o)_ sold, and ah>O-U aP,Pl.;J th~> :pl'tloeeda of w"'-~e there ot • ill, paiiJllent- :uratJ.y,. _ of the . e~petlll&!l. oi' su.ch sale. together With the x-eaaonable u:penses 11:f thiCl ~ru.,.'t, ino~udj,JlS there:j.n oo~a~l :l'ee~. in an a.tllollllt equal to five pel> aant. o:t' t~e e.•ncu.nt. !IIS~Ill'ed hereb,:r aut_ l' \Uip!l.;.d, wh:l.cll shall. beet)me pa:rt 1.n any o:f' tlw pa~ntl! a:fnre.saiA; ...... --" lll!lo suc,.·.s':""'"',.- .,..;" 1f._~<~•,. ....- ae :.e.i(ipb.!L'ty ot the Deed 3c. Deed Book 1674, page 492. Deed of Trust made October 10, 1929 between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (party of first part) and Union Trust Company of San Diego (party of second part) and Prudential lnsurance Co. of America (party ofthird part), Recorded October 15, 1929_ IT IS exp~eaal,y .o0nv8D$t~t·a. ~i!- ,..,.,,, t!al,f!!!',:oa>;'f .,,,,,.. me,y, from -time to time, appo:in~ .tuto't.~~r t~t~~ euolit·e the:·tl"U11t hereby 1 oreated; ~~tllll u.pitn tha :N0o::i:d@ion. ~t' t~uall.' ·a_ppo'int~nt -iri.·t.he'~~fuiJ•·-If.ii ··the. count;y R& aord<~l:' of tb.e Oounty where 11&:1.4. atiil..-.propert..Y 111 .~>i't'ua.iil4·i_-tiat lii.W tN·Sr,el(o·r trilB·tees ehall be veSt~ witli. all the title,_ .tn.tersat~- PoWe'~a·;. -dU~leB ·anil.- 'tru.ata i.rt.' the- premiaes, ! hereb,V veeiieil in the party ut tll.B 1100onil. partio !l!bie Deri ot !J!rw;t 't~hi:.ll:'·oe So ooiltl'lled--thl\t W~:t'..-81'-_llp:plie&bie witl:l re !'el'Oiilee to any o~ tlie p:~rtiea hereto, -the WJe--o;: the e~r nuinb'er·sb.dl-inolull.e the plll.t'al nlllllber,ths .1111s o:t tbe-.lplu.ral number ebl.ll indl.\de. thll e:l.~ar tl.'WIIber, the w:re o:f t)le raaouU.ne .~tender tilbaU .;..wlude tM t~unininll g_endcii-; amt ·ab&.U ·-u~Wiee be sO ounstr1.1.ell sa e.ppli(labll to ana 1noludill6 a 4or,,orat1on or oo:rpo·ra-t4.1rna that ~~~>JOe a put'ty or parties llartlt(l. IN WI!J!.NESS WKLllEOF, the uiil. p:;.rty of the tiNt put baa execU.hd tllesE' pre·~ ee1:1ts. the day !llld .Year :Cir11t above !ll'ltten. {Sel!l) s~nell , Sea leil. and Delivered in the (~eal) Pres~noe oi' ••.. , , • 'llle !oregCling trru;t ;l.a hereby aacep'let UNION TRJS.~ GOJ.WANr fJi SAI-l DUOO. 'J:W A. a. lill:~r. AsehtM. f~u::~t O:tticer, St~>te 1,1f Cal~:fClrnia, J !IS. I Clnmty o! 86-n Diegllo ) on thill lOth d&¥ or Oer, in tlH! ye_al" ()na !l!hoUB~>n_d 1\lil'Ul llu.nd:red _and f'i:ltenV nine before Jlle• n-:caoe -,.~. Claytor, a lfobcy l'ubll~, :l.n anli .t"o_~---tne -coan:~y o;f -Sa;n Di~;;go, Sbte o1" calttom:il>-, resUins •.nerein, hl,y e-om..""d,aei,o,n~d az.d. awor.n,- ~rno9.ally appear ed LB.Wl'Oil-O!J c. Amerson aml Esther C. 4ndOrt~e:n,_"ki10wli ~-~(~ ~o be th& .. Jl6l'IHIQI? des!Jl'ibed. in, 'llhoee nallleS .:re o\lbliLOl'ibild to ar.d who_ exe"li\lli:d'- t)ie.'-WiLtbin and· lllltle:t.~ .1hetra.m!'Plt and they aoknowl.eA&sd to ~:~e thst they exeaa.~_ea -t.'ltl- aaint:to Deed 3d. Deed Book 1674, page 493. Deed of Trust made October 10, 1929 between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (party of first part) and Union Trust Company of San Diego (party of second part) and Prudential Insurance Co. of America (party of third part), Recorded October 15, 1929. Deed 4a. Deed Book 1541, page 192, Grant Deed made September 20, 1928 between Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantee) for Lot 217. Recorded October 23, 1928. itne wi th1n i~~t~mebt_ 1 --l:~-O~_)l~-~- ~~·_b-e~·-;~~~- -per_.IO.~~ ~ho- ~:~~lc.it.~ ._t~~ !f:L~~b.·· ;~t_rlll1191l t on 8ll n. z •. Na:tUok Notacy Pllblio in Q~ to'l.' sdd Oonu:l:ya.M, State. • J"Mn u.-Fe:i;Ty, aount:r Reca.ruer «~~.~~>~onrn Blf t, ll• Woodard, I~Wputy ~y~ .... ,."""'""'"- oo~o~6'io-o-o-o -o,.oo 0 ••• ;lroul' H~ed .&1gQ.tywt1tQ {4:61H u:r • c. Sead!l.li'll Subdiv1•10n:ot' the :&ap-t' Hil.l:t"ot .Pi.ulblo Lot 1,- aooO;rdt~· -fl.i! 'llllltl. of'. said RI;IJi11;1li:diddi® ·NQ. 15'32, t11e!i in "the ot't!oe ot the aountv. eooxodgl" 11t·aOU Se.n Ilieg.;-ac:ilui,t;r, ·FUb·ru.-.'l:y 14 1 'lil.3. i>AMitt :n on o:f t;~ .;F:a-st BIIJ.i"·ct .Ptt'!l-~'!:0 ,l.Qt ~1111~--:Ru,il~d -'l'treilli_:y.,.tlro 11:1.2~) .ot B ot San D~ego, aOoot'di~ to· 1\l&l'-thti'lf~i_i. .JII Deed 4b. Deed Book 1541, page 193, Grant Deed made September 20, 1928 between Union Trust Company of San Diego (grantor) and Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantee) for Lot 217. Recorded October 23, 1928. ., ...... - ...... - ...... _ •.ooooooooooooo- ...... _., __ _ ~ !- tlSOJ. D :., ""• Lllw:t"eao• o • .&aderton aa4 .,tMr c. J.Dd.riiOlh bi:Uiblb4 aa4 wu.. u JObt t.u.att. )> ,~1 .lloD.rol Btu kn DHp, Cal.trOIIIS..o ·;o;; m rrm aa4 .lD. ooaltiWatiOll ot In Dollar• •at ot!a•r 'tlllubl• eouU:en:Uoa, ?' Do berllbJ p.,a1i 1:0 hWdl W, 81111 aQQ :In Mo B.f.llao lt.Ubu.dl &lld Wltlo II jOiat MU.Dtlo c i Oa t!ale 11th 4ay or April, •tuetHn llwl4•a4 e.Qot !'h:ll't,. het01"e -· *'bel Jt. P.Her, • lotary Publ1o 111. aAd tor •14 CoWI.tJ a,aa Bte.te, :rea.f.41D.& theniao dal.J' OC.Uta.f.oaed aJJ4 IIWDZ'D per~n&llJ appeared :tawnuoe c • .t.zutwaOA end Z.tber c. AlldVIO.D.o kllowa to .. to bot '" per. 10111 deeoribed ill aD.d whOee IM!Iea th,Q' 111'ot01'1be4 to the w:r.tb:lD. J.a•tl'ultel!.t1 end •otllow• l..t&ad 'to IIIIJ U111't 'theJ eaoute« tbl ..... lR' Wl'rJQSS WBIRJOll'o I haw here1111.W nt lQ'_ hlll4 alld •tt1a4 rq ottiolal Mel at tq orr1ae .f.D. a.ta GOUII.tJ ot Set! Dteso. 8tete or C.l1tonta. tbe 4aJ m Jear 1D t h.f.a oartit1.. oate tire\ abo•• 'W1'1Uell. .,_· . , f' , llaHl B, J'I>Mr, a.bal B~ Botan !'ublio :ua •1111 ror tb.e lhlWitJ or ':':" k lid D.f.ep. 81:eta ot C.Utora.te. 111 00111l11ae10%l .lqlbel Jllulobh 11, liJH. Baoorded at Btqullt ot SOubm !'ttl• &:. ~uet co. J,pr. leo 1080 •t Sl o'oloo" "'~ M. J'o.bD. B. hrrJ', Douty li:Mi~Z'der BJ L. B. W004ud, Dtput:r ,.,.,,.,,.""· ------oooooocoooooooo...... ______ Deed 5. Deed Book 1760, page 321, Grant Deed made April 7, 1930 between Lawrence C. Anderson and Esther C. Anderson (grantor) and Fred W. Sills and Eva M. Sills (grantee) for Lot 217, 5183 Hastings Road. Recorded April 1 R. 1910. .' HI:RN:I!Y AND MGMAtiON ATTDIIIN~ AT U.W lvrn \JAI lA" DU ·--...... W..Ii3.1J OJfiOIAi. lliCOIDI • ••.• 5 i: Attorueyt for--''~xu•u•u•u•t~nr"""'----- c.:-trDIIMIJIIoo.~ $ :0~5ii\~~·wo.::~~--~~ 7 .. _____ ";"" __ J~\.." ______o..,... .. a· IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OP THE STATE Of CALJPOHNIA, 9 i' IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 10 11 :::'.Ti\Tf. IJF' ~:VA MAY SII.!.S, No. 5!i60b :. :~ o.cea!lecl. ORDER COHPU.MINQ SAJ.J!: OF RB.AL I.ND I'ERSOIIAL PROPiRTY Ali A UNIT The return and pe\1t.1.on or L, c, ANDP".RSON nnd t..n" ..>Alii Dlt.:G(. _;_,. L'RWT & SAVINGS BANK, a corporat.1on, as Executore ol' t.n~ Will ,-.;- 1 ·.• t:VA MAY .SILI..S, Dcceaaed 1 ror oont1rmetion of sAle or thl' roal ar..; :.1 McMAHON nppearins al!l attorneya for said pntit1on~re, com In•· . ·~ "'" r"gularlY ~o bt>: heard this 16th day of' May, 19~8. the (;oL•t·r., arv~~ ·-~ ~"xamininc;. th•· return and petition and hca1'1ng the ev!t:leuc~. i'.l'icl:• ·· :hat. duP notice or tho:t hearing of such return and petition hl.lf· ;":, lwen given atl required by llllll that all the alleg~t1onr. or sa1.! pf't.itton ~tre true; that said t:Sale was lese.llY made and fa11'ly ~on-- ~ucted; t.hat notice of the time. place and t.-r•ms of ••al~ waR ~tvcn ·-·' ae rreucdPed by le.YI) th.at said property waa apprair~ed withJn Cln~ Y' ELl' pT'i tho apprn1setl value or aaid p&N:Ional property • and the All{.. H' 'I valu>~ of tlllid r'';'&l propi.3I"tY, appre.i~> cJ acparatel), end ill no.:: •Js.-,roporttonate to the v11lws or the property oold; that a su~n -1- Deed 6a. Superior Court Document 59608. Book 7137, page 314. Order Confirming Sale of Real and Personal Property as a Unit, Estate of Eva M. Sills. L. C. Anderson and San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, Executors. June 25, 1958. 1 I ·~ ...w Mt as - 10,..- • ..,. tun tw,-.oo ' 211 111.4 u4' p .. OtD\ Oft UIO- ot- ~14 ill t:UOU Ot .10,0()0.00 oil uolulw ot I:M..,..... eta ... Nl•.., ....., be obtained. 'l'bllt 1 4 ' u.id S~"uroba••~" we JIPiMIIII'M ... ,procluo,H b)- JWUlY P. BAABr, a 5 lloenatd real e1tate brOker, tlbo. PUI"IURt to tlbe Probate Code, 6 aho~ld be •nt~tled to • ~aeoa&bl• OO.-lla~on ' On tbe purah&ae 7 prioe ot laid real and per1onal. propert:r •• a unit in the amount 9 of 4937.50. 9 IT IS TKBR..UOJUt ORDBRBD by th• CC>urt that. the sale so made 10 of the real property and the paoaonal property aa a unit heJ•ein• atter del(l.ribed, to VIOLA. N. 8~JU)' tor th'e eum or t18,750.00, be and the 1ame 11 berGb7 oonti~med, and, upon reoeipt of the pureha&~ price afor•eaid, eaid L. c. AND&RIOH and the SAN DIEGO TRUST & SAVI.NOS BAD., Exeoutora of th• Will of KVA MAY ~li...Lo:), Oeoeaaed, arc d1reot<:~d to e:xeaute to said purchaser a (:l,~ed o:' conveyano~ thereof. The real p~operty ao aold is deaoribed aa followo: Lot 217 1 l.enaina:;ton He1&hte Unit No. 2, in the City of San Diego, Count¥ ot Ban Diego, State or Cal!fovnia. aooord1ng to Map ~ereot, No; 1912, tiled in the office ot the County Recorder ot aaid San D1ego County May 2~. 1926. (Commonly known aa 5183 Haatinga Road, san Diego, Callfornla.) Thl personal property ao sold ia described as follow~: All fufn1ture an~ rurnishlnge located in residence at 5183 Haating.a Road, San Diego. California, <··xcluding the following named itema1 Kimball Orand piano ami u.mcr. boa pi tal b•d wlleel cba1r hospital bed aide table IT IS li'UWl'B.BR OR.DlUI&D, AJ)JtJl)(UU> AMD DECRWID that the ::.l I::xeoutore of said estate shall rurn1ah a policy or title ln~>urlln(,.:(.: and pay uaual title expenaes, and that taxea and inauranc~ lH pro 'l rated 88 or the date or delivery of the deed. IT IS PtJRTHEFi ORDSlUID, iWJtJOOKD AND .DECREED that the -2- Deed 6b. Superior Court Document 59608. Book 7137, page 315. Order Confirming Sale of Real and Personal Property as a Unit, Estate of Eva M. Sills. L. C. Anderson and San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, Executors. June 25, 1958. ...,; :lfiiJifJ*tl«IUH llroiMI', "' et .,. 2 ...... ot .... -..; t I I 11t11•tllli tl 5 I*' MD' et tp H'al 3 ule lll'la Ol' .- 11111 or •9!f .50. 41 Dated tbLa l6tb dar ot M&J, 1958. IIONMLL NOOll JUII ai W iiliiPiOJI U&v£ e 9 . I 1\ true and ·~NfeCI COP'ol 01 10 ThE foregoing in•trumen.t Ll ll. ~ ' . : tke orl!inal on 1\\e in thll of• n:a. . ., . : 1 •Al16 1958.. .. Attest . ··· ... ·d··c~···k 0 I the Supen(•t 12 fL B. JAMES, CouniYof Celifomill. Clerk anto "" ,,,..,... _ .. , Deed 6c. Superior Court Document 59608. Book 7137, page 316. Order Confirming Sale of Real and Personal Property as a Unit, Estate of Eva M. Sills. L. C. Anderson and San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, Executors. June 25, 1958. Bl!l!l'l'BIIII TlfOIJSANl> SliVIIII HUNDRED • FIFTY ~LARS (•18.150.00), r•o81pt ot which ia hereby acknowledged, we, L. Co ANDERSON and t~e SAN' DIBOO 'l'RUCJT II SAVINGS BANK, a oar .. poration, as Executors of the Will of EVA MAY SILLS, d~ceased, hereby GRANT to VIOLA N. STROMOSKI all the right, title and lntereBt of said deaedent at the time of her death, and all the right, tltle and interest of said decedent that her estate may hav·e subsequently ac quired by operation of law, or otherwise, 1n and to the real property situated in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, described as follows: Lot 217, Kensington·Heights Unit No. 2, in the C1ty or .San Diego, County 0!' San Diego, State of California, according to Map thereo~, No. 1912, filed in the office of the County Recorder of aald San Diego County May 24, 1926. 'Phis Deed is made pursuant to an order confirming sal!· or sa1<"l l,Pal rroperty and directing conveyance thet•enr to be ·~xocut<.'d, ltlllch order was given and made by the !iuperior t;ourt o(' the :.>t.at.e ot' t;nlll'oronla lt1 and t'ur the County of San D1ego, on May 16, lty-,b, ln tllnL ce1•tain proceeding pendlng ln aahl Jaur.t: ent.lt.lcd "E::;'l'A'l'E OJI gvfl ~lAY SILlS, Deceased", and numbere•l :>960U on the files of said CoUPt., anct a cet•t1f1ed copy or which order or confirmation ill r·e r.rwderl eontcmporaneoualy herew1th 1n t.he Offjce or \.he County Jtr•col'dCI" ·J!' r !p .. t~nunt.~· or ~ian Die eo, ~tate of \!nl1L'orn1a. L. tL Andet•son PQ(.1J)OOfT ,o.J~.U.l:.l:Z;J_ __ _ ·~llDKD AT UQDJ:II1' Of !~AN IHi::GO 'l'HW?l' ft. ::i\VING.: H,\tW., ,.e._. .9iA:; ~ ~ ~ eot·p~n·aLlon, JUN 2:io 19!ia soo:?i!Jf:G!317 .... O,fiCtALIIlCOiba·· C....,ty <>1 ~•• 06...,_ C.Ut..1o ·, i ,•. ' · • • r · ~ t ~ • • Assistant 'l'rust Oi'flo.!t:!J_? ,_ *······-~---·•· PoJiao ' . ·~,., R06ER N. HOW£, C~~--~ : EXECUTORS OF 'rHE LAS'r WILL lll>' ..... ~-·- .. ·-···~·-·--·-~---·· ·-----0....·' EVA MAY SIJ,U:, Dll:C!~A!;t-:D, Deed 6d. Superior Court Document 59608. Book 7137, page 317. Order Confirming Sale of Real and Personal Property as a Unit, Estate of Eva M. Sills. L. C. Anderson and San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, Executors. June 25, 1958. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO On May .to , 1958, before me, the underaignedJ a Notary PublicJ person~ appeared L. E. HOSKINS, known to me to be the Assistant Trust O£f1cer of the SAN DIEGO TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, a corporation, one of the Executo~s of the Last Will of EVA MAY SILLS, Deceased, and known to me to be the person who executed the same on behalf.of the said Executor and acknowledged to -me that such corporation executed the within instrument pursuant to 1ts By Laws or a Resolution of its Board of Directors as .,such Ext:~cutor. • .. , 'l, ';' /.' . ' L-- r.--;;(, .-,, .-· (. /·t't., "\~ ~ Notary Pu611c In and .rot· :".aid· -:fr County and State. ~1'ATE OF CALIFORNIA COUN'rY OB' ~AN, DIEGO l ss On May f: · · , 1958, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Puhltc, personi!'IY appeared K. W. CLAGUE, known to me to be tile Vice President and Trust Office:P.--ofl- the SAN DIEGO 'fRUS'f & SAVING~ UANK, a corporation, one of the Executors of the Last. '.Vlll of EVA MAY ~ILLS, Deceased, and known to me to be the person who vxecuted the same on behalf of the said Executor and aclmowh·dr;vU u' mt.:.· that such corporation executed the within instrument purRuant. t;o ita By Laws or a .Resolution of' ita Board ol' Dtrectora as suCh Executor. " '-/ t...<. l.'t./ '( ..... ' .. j ,, Notary PUblic in and ror said County and State. -2- Deed 6e. Superior Court Document 59608. Book 7137, page 318. Order Confirming Sale of Real and Personal Property as a Unit, Estate of Eva M. Sills. L. C. Anderson and San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, Executors. June 25, 1958. W' iJ' heret;yGRANTS to FRANCIS EDWARD STROI«lSKI-:and. ·VIOLA; N. STROHlSJti, hueban4 •ZJd vita, u joint tenants The following described !Qat Property In tht State of C.llfomla, County of San Diego, City of Lot 217, KENSINGTON HEIGfrl'S UNIT NO. 2, in the City ot San Diego County of San i.liego, State of California, acoordiog to Hap there of, No. 1912, filed in the office of the County Reoorder of San Dieso County May 24, 1926. Viola ~1. Stromosk1 ~PACE BELOW !-01~ 1\tCORDfRS USf; ONLY .10H'76 KEC• JltOJW AT aEQUml' OJ' .,,.. / '~-,,;. .~-- ~-':-. JuN ~5 I~:JJ -_81101OrPICr,.:t·a-iCORDS ~ffl;:;319 ______ Ar Hfl R£CORDING MAll TO Co~otr ~~ li&D 0:!-vo, C.WOm&. ~~and :•\ro. t):angia Stromnakt '"' ..... :.~.·---· r..u~~~~ .. )...... f'f,Q "\" Avo., Coronado ROGER N. WO'WE, Cou11tr A..:ord.r ...... \L ...... _ • Deed 7a. Official Records Book 7137, page 319. Grant made June 19, 1958 between Viola N. Stromski (grantor) to Francis Edward Stromski and Viola N. Stromski (grantee) as Joint Tenants, Lot 217. Recorded June 25, 1958. ,/' Affix ·IRS $ N GIJ'.:.:. FRANCIS EDWARD S'l'ROI«iSKI AND VIOLA N. S'1'ROHJSJti, hu•band and \oli£1 hereby GRANTS to DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA The following desc:ribed Rul Property In the St1te ot Califoml1, County of Son Diego, Ci!y of San Lliego Lot 217, KENSINGTON HEIGHTS UNIT NO, 2, in the City of Sun Diego, county of San Diego, State of Ce.lifornia., according to Map thereof No. 1912, filed in thfl office of the County Recorder of San Diego County May 24, 1926. STATE OF CALIFORNIA Viola N, Stromoski COUNTY OF S'1n Ldq;o o June 19 .1958 befo·~m~. SPACE BELOW fOR R.ECORO(RS US£ ONLY ~~~ sao• --· -· .. 0 ,;iCi1B~ Ai. "iiiCOitD" ~=320 i ...... MTFR RECORDING MAIL TO C.UtJ et a. .. Dl•qo. CIIUt..nua Land ~itle Insurance Co, ;ron vay r- , ____ )._,_\._) foll.oo ...... RO&'R H. Uq•'· COIIIIlY llw"* ..,_. ___ ...~~--··········---~ -~------·') Deed 7b. Official Records Book 7137, page 320. Grant made June 19, 1958 between Francis Edward Stromski and Viola N. Stromski (grantor) and the Department ofVeterans Affairs of the State of California, Lot 217. Recorded June 25, 1958. . .'l:<_j ___ • ---- • .,.,~za:i.-~..,;il,m.-- • •----- hereinafter called the Purchaser. t."' WlTNESSZTHo Tb~• obo·D1p111•1U doe_,-ll.roloy -11111 10 ull"' uld p.,~bue.r ..,d odd Puocbueo-dot~o ho,.hy •a•u 10 plll'c~••• '"• lii•·DipiU,t!OIIt •• th prLco ud •po• II•• ,.,.. ~~~-~"."Q·:~~:aP~'~r.:•h•~~:::." .~"d '!': ,~r:·~·:t:".&r~:•:;:~o:·-&~f.. c~:!.~~·· ""'" •••••hk ...... dIa to Thho Agreement co.,.rs that certain deaerlbed·rul prop11rty known os Slll laltlqa IHd, ... Dleco 16 iyin'l and being In the County af llu:r. Dleao State of California, porlicvlarly deacrlbed 01 follows: LQt 217 1 r..a.dqtoA Bel&bt. llrllt llo. 21 CltJ' ot lao. Dl•ao1 Ccuan:t,- ot 8a.o Dbco1 State ot Cal1to:rnta1 accol'dlq to Map tbveot Jo.. 19121 rum 1.o. ttw ottlc• or tbe Cout1 a.oOI'dR ot N14 s.aa. Dte,o CollDtl', ...,. 21+, 1.926. DEPARTMENT OF VETER~·;" F. FAIRS of d,r ST ATE.-OF CAU A J, NAilVfN RUSSELL, '' . ·"'':NY~~~ J.Q.lT7.li •. HlU;(JIIf>ID AT RIOUIIIT Of .L.•:._,./ .~r.t.t.. ,!4-.,. .. ,._.., ~ ,JLIN !;!G 1%11 Putchu~r _::..~~-·---"-'"-~-'-'-' at AM STATE OF CAUFORNIA } 7f: CX>UNlY OF SACRAME!ITO IDOl. . ~7.r<~J?.1. JUN I 7 !9SS orr1ClAL Rt:conoe 0., '!9 c-....,- P1 :Jou Dk W... {• ""'"' Deed 7c. Official Records Book 7137, page 321. Grant made June 19, 1958 between Francis Edward Stromski and Viola N. Stromski (grantor) and the Department of Veterans Affairs of the State of California, Lot 217. Recorded June 25, 1958. I I ' I - Deed 7d. Official Records Book 7137, page 322. Grant made June 19, 1958 between Francis Edward Stromski and Viola N. Stromski (grantor) and the Department ofVeterans Affairs of the State of California, Lot 217. Recorded June 25, 1958. WHEH RECORDED MAIL TO J¢e t 'me< F.,£ 5f4cms.K." 14a ''A -1 ..,.&.ee-= r FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is here~ ctckn~wledged,:· the:O.p~t-of Veterans Affairs of the State of California, succnsor to the V~ns ·-WfUore -Board ·Of ·the :State. of. California, does hereby grant to ------FRANCIS E. STROMOSKI and VIOLA N. STROMDSKI- - - - Husband and Wife, as joint tenants, the real property sit~ate in the County of San Diego , State of Califomio, described as follows: Lot 217, Kensington Heights Unit No. 2, City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to l.-fap thereof No. 1912, filed in the office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County, May 24, 1926. Subject to all taxes, conditions, reservations, assessments, restrictions, liens, rights of way, and easements of record. Dated: July 12, 1960 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO liS. OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA On July 12 . 19 .2Q.. b.lor• ..... tt.. n.ulgn.d, o N_,. PvltiJo:, ..,..-u .. ~p-rH H • J Johnson / Deed 8a. Official Records Book File No. 145502, page 216. Grant made June 12, 1960 between the Department of Veterans Affairs of the State of California (grantor) and Francis E. Stromski and Viola N. Stromski (grantee), Lot 217. Recorded July 19, 1960. 217 '\ ~· 1_115503 RECORD!Nf' RllQU~ED flY FU.tiP~GE HO. __ _ ~~CPftDEO REQUEST OF 11~\0.H !11lt \MSUii!CI CO: -~UL 19 9:00AM 'II WHEN REC.OfiOI:O M,O,ll- TO ... Mar.j.or.Le..... G.ar.r..e .. t.t_ ..Gr..Ls.G .... 5£RIES 1 BOO!( J"J611 .. 153.3 ... .E..ighth.Av.anue .... OFFICIAl RE_c_:O~ROS, ~,~{1) SAN DIEGO COUMTY · r ... S.an .... Di.e.g.o.+ .... C.a.li!. .o.rni.a ...... ROGER N. H9WE., R . /\ GRDER ~D .. _!!ESC!!!OO!!;W_!H~O ~·-"... E".c:, .. ;J.~ ..0~9!!.6;,.2:1B!o· "'. ··c.t·P~a"'g"."·===' L--- SPACE ABOVE THI. LINE POR RECORDER'• USE- AffiX $... .. 2,3 .... 10...... Ut STAMPS IN 'fillS SPACf GRANT DEED lhls ltun lurnis~d I Unltn Till• lnu.rMtt Com 11 FRANCIS 8. STROMOSKI and VIOLA N. STROMOSKI, husband and wife FOR I VALUABLE CONS\OERITION, do hereby GRANT to MARJORIE GARR8TT GRIST, a married woman the real property in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, described as: La~ 217 of Kensington Heights Unit No, 2, according to Map thereof No. 1912, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County, May 24, 1926. State of California Co11nly of Sa.n Diego }"· o~ J).l,P..~ 2!3. . . !1 6.9~ k"cwn to 111e to bathe ~;iwo$.- ..-lrm n1me .s ar.El suburibed h !he wilhin l•slr~m•nl •nd .l Deed 8b. Official Records Book File No. 145502, page 217. Grant made June 12, 1960 Francis E. Stromski and Viola N. Stromski (grantor), and Marjorie Garrett Grist (grantee), Lot 217. Recorded July 19, 1960.