The Ada Black/Mann (7v Shepherd House 7781 Hillside Drive
La Jolla7 California
Historical Report By: Vonn Marie May Cultural Resource Planning C"' Research July2oos State of California-The Resources Agency Primary #______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______NRHP Status Code__ other Listings.______Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 Resource Name or#: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
P1. Other Identifier: Ada Black House
P2. Location: [] Not for Publication Iii Unrestricted a. County San Diego b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Point Lorna Date: 1975 c. Address: na1 Hillside Drive City: San Diego (La Jolla) Zip: 92037 d. UTM: N/A Zone: N/A Other Locatlonal Data: That portion of Pueblo Lot 1285 of the Pueblo lands of the City of San Diego, according to Map thereof made by James Pascoe in 1870, described as follows: Commencing at a 3"x3" post marking the most westerly corner of La Jolla Hills, according to Map of said La Jolla Hills, No 1479, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County, 10 October 1912. APN# 350-162-07-00. P3a. Description: The Ada Black House is a quintessential two-story stuccoSpanishl Eclectic La Jolla house. Designed in 1926 by the H. J. Mann Company, which Included the emerging architect Thomas.L. Shepard, it was one of two in an architectural duet connected by an open courtyard and stucco wall. The 'street' elevation exhibits two gable ends with adjoining shed roofs with modest eave overhang, typical to the style. An original one car garage is subtly articulated, both dwelling sections display modest window openings. The 'ocean' side, intended as the primary elevation, consists of an oversized arched entry and door. The second level has two mirrored French doors with abbreviated ornamental iron balconies. A basement level emerges in the rear portion of the house capturing the drop in grade and looks out over an expansive urban canyon with dramatic views of the coastline. The courtyard elevation presents a ramble of side gable roofs with a prominent set of French doors at one end and a recessed arched entry and original wood door. The terraced courtyard consists of the original stucco garden wall with an inset vertical fountain, and a prominent large patio tile medallion. The house is in excellent condition and intact from its original period of significance with no changes to its footprint, roofline or elevations.
P3b. Resource Attributes: (See significance discussion) P4. Resources Present: Residence, original attached garage, and open courtyard.
P5a. Photo or Drawing P5b. Description of Photo Front 'Street' Elevation
P6. DateConstructed: 1927 Sources: Water Permit #24103 -17 Feb1927
P7. Owner and Address: Kerri Klein & Mark Wiesner 7781 Hillside Drive La Jolla, CA 92037
PS. Recorded by: Venn Marie May 1941 Fairlee Drive Encinitas, CA 92024
~9. Date Recorded: July 2005 State ofCalifornia- The Resources Agency Primary#--~------DEPARTMENT OFPARK$ AND RECREATi()N . H~l#;... ..--'------BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 Resource Name or #: #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
B1. Historic Name: Ada Black House
B2. Common Name: N/A
B3. Original Use: Single Family Residence
B4. Present Use: Single Family Residence
B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Revival Eclectic
B6. Construction History: The house was completed in 1927 along with its 'sister' house and adjoining courtyard. The County Residential Building Record reflects no major modifications to the 7781 Hillside Drive house with the exception of a 'finished' basement in 1963, and yard improvements. Interior improvements were made over time but none had any affect on the exterior presence. Because of new development adjacent to the house on the 'ocean' side, which blocked a once dramatic view of the coastline, a previous owner vacated the original entry for the more secluded courtyard entry, although no changes were made to the original.
B7. Moved? No Date: N/A Original Location: In situ
BB. Related Features: N/A
B9. Architect: Herbert James Mann & Thomas L. Shepherd b. Builder: H.J. Mann Co.
B10.Significance: Theme: Resdiential Area: La Jolla Period of Significance: Property Type: Single Family Residential Applicable Criteria: A & C & D
Criterion A Cultural Landscape Resources are those sites exemplifying or reflecting special elements of the City's, community's or a neighborhood's historical, archaeological, cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, landscaping, or architectural development.
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B11. Additional Resource Attributes: N/A
B12. References: {See Bibliography)
B13. Remarks:
B14. Evaluator: Vonn Marie May Date: July 2005
(This space reserved for official comments.) State. of California -The Resources Agency Primary#______~------DEPARTI'it1EfilT OF PARKS AND i=IECREA'TION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 3 Resource Name or #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Criterion A - Cultural Landscape continued
La Jolla Park and La Jolla Hills Subdivisions The first defined subdivision of La Jolla was recorded as Pueblo Lot #t 284 and portions of PLs #1283 and #1282, some 400 acres and was named 'La Jolla Park'. The U.S. Government deeded Pueblo Lots to the City of San Diego in March of 1851, a year after California statehood. Much of the land was purchased by California based real estate speculators. La Jolla Park, the subdivision, was filed in March of 1887 by Frank T. Botsford and George W. Heald under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Land Bureau. The boundaries were; the shoreline north from approximately Marine Street to State Street (now Torrey Pines Road), east to Girard Avenue, and all land north of the present day La Jolla Country Club and Golf Course.
The Botsford Heald plan was the first to configure lots, streets, and parks from raw land. Build out was slow at first, but constant. La Jolla Park became an architectural collection of Victoriana transitioning into various expressions of the Arts and Crafts movement. Today the area known as the 'village' retains a high degree of integrity from the original La Jolla Park plan layout, with a period of significance ranging from 1887 to 1920.
La Jolla Hills subdivision was a later filing, in 1912 and again in1940, and was appended onto La Jolla Park completing the curvilinear Hillside Drive. The diminutive s·ubdivision encompassed the small hilly area off of Torrey Pines Road around Soledad Avenue and the extended portion of Hillside Drive. ·
Hillside Drive Much history is associated with the neighborhood of Hillside Drive. Curving up from Torrey Pines Road on the northwest face of Mt. Soledad the street served as an early spine for development north of La Jolla village. Known for its 'European' style roadbed defaulting to the topography of steep grades and finger canyons, some parcels were accessed by small wooden bridges. A simple concrete arched bridge at Castellana defines the character of this exceptional roadway. Seventy parcels were first plotted in.1912 coming off Torrey Pines Rd, all though most remained unbuilt for several years. Many of the first homes were built at the higher levels.
Marguerite R. Ames, widow of Walter Ames, co-founder of law firm, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, remembers bare terrain above her 1927 home she claims as being the first on the hillside. She also remembers, 'The street was made of cobblestones, and as a little girl, I could hear the milk wagon go clopping by in the morning."
On this 'hub' of a remote neighborhood the 'lower end', around Lookout Drive and Soledad Avenue, was known to hold eccentric and socially elite residents. The Black (Ada Black) and Towle spinsters were known as reclusives. The gruff World War I British Army veteran, Major Van Schaick, was a local character who dressed in uniform and strolled the beaches on his own military exercises. During WWII bunkers were sprinkled throughout the area for maximum coastal reconnaissance viewing. After the war when most coastal defenses were dismantled although at least one house utilized the abandoned government construction as a foundation for their home. State of California-The Resources Agency Primary#------'----- DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 4 Resource Name or#: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
In a 1986 La Jolla Light article reporter Ernest E. Pund Ill wrote of, " ....the idiosyncratic neighborhood of Hillside that sits like a giant curio cabinet on the northwest face of Mt. Soledad." He notes that long before the 1920's boom development on the hill, off the deep waters of La Jolla Shores, illegal Chinese immigrants climbed up the hill and hid in the basement of a craftsman bungalow awaiting their transport. That bungalow was built in 1910 on Lookout Drive by Julia Larned, later inherited by author Julia Moss Sloane. In Sloane's book, 'Smiling Hilltop' she writes of the redwood bungalow and documents the presence of a 'Chinese' suspension bridge across the canyon to Hillside Drive.
During the 1920's La Jolla boom Hillside Drive took on another historical layer. One which is known today as truly La Jolla, that of a free interpretation of the Spanish Revival Eclectic style.
Ada C. Black Ada C. Black and Helen M. Towle, originally from Ohio, purchased both properties from Kittle Stone Grant in late 1926. Both residences were designed and built by the H.J. Mann Co., H.J. Mann and Thomas Shepherd were the architects and builders. Ada Black resided in 7781 Hillside Drive and Helen Towle in 7771. In 1952 7771 was changed to 7811 Hillside Drive. In mid 1934 Helen Towle granted her property back to Ada C. Black and moved to Oak Park, Illinois. She died just two months later, bequeathing $40,000 to the Fine Arts Society of San Diego. Ada Black died in 1943.
Criterion C Architecture Resources are those that embody distinctive characteristics of style, type period, or method of construction or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship.
Spanish Revival Eclectic Architecture From as early as the 1890's Southern California embraced Spanish and Mexican design precedents in architecture which manifested in variations of Spanish Colonial and Mission Revival styles. The Santa Fe Railroad, a dominant force in settling and developing the southwestern part of the country, promulgated the Mission Revival style to further romanticize and 'sell' the West to potential residents and investors. The Spanish Revival Eclectic style, however, came into vogue much later as a further hybrid of those same precedents exhibiting more freedom of expression and interpretation.
As the United States prepared to officially celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal in 1915 in a lavish San Francisco Exposition, San Diego was in a position to host a coincident event meant to celebrate the linking of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. San Diego, the upstart city, staged its own '1915-16 Panama California Exposition' without sanction by the federal government, and created one of the most character-defining complexes of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the Southwest if not the U.S. In 1950, author T.E. Sanford, in his book Architecture of the Southwest. wrote, ''The marriage of what was seen as historical and logical appropriateness and unfamiliarity was a fruitful one'.... 'and Balboa Park became the birthplace of that Spanish Colonial revival which by 1925 had become a nationwide craze.'
C.M. Price in the March 1915 issue of Architectural Record 37 praised master architect and creator of the Exposition architecture, Bertram Goodhue, lor advancing his design narrative... $tate ot California-The Resources Agency Primary#------,------~ DEI>ARTNIENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Coritlnuatioii Sheet 1-!Rl# Page 5 Resource Name or#: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
"'Atmosphere'--in 1915--the word when used metaphorically was still put between quotation marks -was to be that of 'a Spanish City of flower-grown surfaces, reflecting the sunlight and the history and romance of Southern California."
In San Diego: A Pictorial History. author, Dr. Raymond Starr notes the 'look' of San Diego and the remarkable impact the 1915 Panama-California Exposition had on San Diego's built environment, essentially imprinting the region thereafter with all variations of the style. He writes: "From the arrival of Horton until this time (1915), San Diego had architecturally been a Victorian town, with a few classical buildings thrown in. From this point on, the Hispanic origins of San Diego would be firmly established... "
After the exposition the flood of Spanish Revival variations coalesced into an eclectic free-style of interpretation. Spanish Revival Eclectic architecture became the character defining style in San Diego from 1915-1940, manifesting into the built environment by 1920 (McAlester). It eclipsed latter day Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles and ran its course until the onset of WWII. The style borrows from all Spanish Colonial and Mission period historical precedents and is present in several older communities in San Diego.
The Spanish Revival Eclectic style is identifiable by recurring elements such as; asymmetry in fa911de and fenestration, low pitch tiled roofs with modest, if any, eave overhang, stucco wall surfaces, focal windows, elaborated chimney tops, balconies, ornamental iron, and interior courtyards and fountains.
Criterion D Master Builder Resource is representative of the notable work of a master builder, designer, architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, artist or craftsman:
Herbert James Mann, Architect (Recognized by the City of San Diego as a master architect) Herbert Mann was born in Chicago in 1883 and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1902-1906. He returned to Chicago and served as a construction superintendent for the Mueller Company. He moved west and started his own firm, the Mann Building Company in Phoenix and Los Angeles. According to the University of San Diego's Directory of Architects, 1991, Herbert Mann had a successful career as a design/builder as well as in construction oversight.
Mann branched out to San Diego in 1925 and set up an office in La Jolla as the H. J. Mann Company, staffed by J.E. Wilson. Wilson, of Los Angeles, grew up in Mexico and made special studies of Spanish design with modern applications. By the late 1920's Mann had come into his own and flourished professionally. He was commissioned frequently by innovative developer, Harold Muir (The Muirlands), and noted land subdivider and speculator W. F. Ludington (Ludington Heights). His most known works are centered within the La Jolla community, ie; the Spanish Tower addition to the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, the La Jolla Country Club, the La Jolla Stables, the First National Trust and Savings Bank La Jolla Branch, and several notable residences.
Mann formed a brief architectural partnership, 1927-1932, with a younger architect and new arrival to La Jolla, Thomas L. Shepherd. Shepherd, later, would rise to greater prominence into the 1930's. State o1Califorhla-. The Re$oUtces Agency Primary*~------DEPARTMENT OF PARKS ANO RECREATION ColitihUation Sheet , 1-!Fil# Page 6 Resource Name or#: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Mann often provided design and technical support for several of Shepherd's projects as they seemingly switched roles. Both Mann and Shepherd's designs reflected the Spanish Eclectic styles of the day with a level of simplicity and sophistication, and always with Mann's significant construction and structural integrity. Mann served as the president of the San Diego Association of California Architects in the early 1930's. He left San Diego for opportunities in Los Angeles around the period of World War II and remained there until his death.
Thomas L. Shepherd, Architect (Recognized by the City of San Diego as a master architect) Thomas Shepherd born in 1897 was originally from Wisconsin. He studied architecture at Columbia University in New York, but was influenced chiefly by his travels in Europe and the Mediterranean and subsequently developed his approach to architectural design from those influences. He came west and worked under the noted southern California architect, George Washington Smith in Santa Barbara, and worked briefly in Pasadena.
Shepherd came to La Jolla in 1926 and began designing homes within prestigious subdivisions such as the, Barber Tract, La Jolla Hermosa, the Muirlands as well as other notable sites, mostly in La Jolla. He was especially known for customizing his designs to suit the lifestyles of his clientele. Other buildings attributed to him are; the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. the Marine Room, the addition to the La Valencia Hotel, a Scripps residence and several other commercial and residential projects, mostly in La Jolla. State of CalifOrnia-The Resources Ageocy Primary#______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AN.D RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 7 Resource Name or#: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Chain of Title • 7781 Hillside Drive
Grantor Grantee Date
R.E. & Marguerite B. Rose La Jolla Land Company 9 June 1915
La Jolla Land Co. Mary Clarke Lowry 9 July 1915
M.C. Lowry Pliny H.& Agnes M. Hayes 26 May 1924
Pliny H.& Agnes M. Hayes Kittle Stone Grant 29 April 1926
Kittle Stone Grant Ada C. Black/Helen M. Towle 6 December 1926
Helen M. Towle Ada C. Black 6 July 1934
Ada C. Black Helen M. Towle 10 July 1934
H.M. Towle (Deceased) Ralph W. Queal 17 October 1940
Ralph W. Queal HerbertC.&Marguerite Towle Euris 7 July 1941
Lucy M. Queal HerbertC.&Marguerite Towle Euris 29 July 1941
Herbert C. Towle Ada C. Black 14 October 1942
Ada C. Black Dorothy I. Stewart 30 January 1943
Dorothy I. Stewart Howard C. & Helen H. Taylor 18 August 1943
Howard C. & Helen H. Taylor RobertF.& VirginiaBurnhamHickey 6 December 1944
Virginia B. Hickey Quitclaim 17 December 1987
Virginia B. Hickey Kerri Klein & Mark Wiesner 2005 · $tl:ltt3 of California-The Resourc~s Agency Primary#__ ~------DEPAFITMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 8 Resource Name or#: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Directory Search* 7781 Hillside Drive
City Directory
1928-1942 Black, Ada C. (o) (once listed as Mrs.)
1943 Taylor, H. F.
1944-45 No Listing
1947-48 Macinnis, Hector
1950 Henry, T. P., Jr.
1952 Harris, M. D., Mrs.
1953-54 No Return
1955 Hickey, Robert (o)
*Sources are the San Diego City Directory, and Frye & Smith City Directory
Directory searches for occupants at specific addresses became available in 1926. Searches prior to that were by names of residents only. Directory searches are corroborative at best. It was not uncommon to see gaps in directory listings. Often a directory listing will be off a year or two and may not reflect primary ownership or exact occupancy. A 'vacant' or 'no return' listing may reflect a 'non-response' to the phone company's solicitation. State of California-The Resources Agency Primary#______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 9 Resource Name or #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Courtyard elevation and Entry to house
Recessed Entry Door Ornamental Iron Detail @ Window State of California-The Resources Agency Primary#______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 10 Resource Name or #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Both 7781 Hillside Drive (Ada Black House-Front Elevation) and 7771 (Helen Towle House -now 7811)
Courtyard at Street Entry State of California-The Resources Agency Primary # ______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 11 Resource Name or #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
'Ocean' Elevation 'Canyon' Elevation
Staircase to Canyon View from 'Canyon' side State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Continuation Sheet HRI# Page 12 Resource Name or #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Original Arched entry and Door Original Wall Fountain in Courtyard
Original Patio Tile Medallion .State of Clllifornia-Til~ Resource$ Agency Primary#------'---~ DEPARTMENT OF PAI'!KS AND RECREATION Continllatlon Sheet HRI# Page 13 Resource Name or #: Ada Black, Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House
Bibliography
Brandes PhD., Dr. Raymond S., San Diego Architects 1868-1939, Herbert J. Mann and Thomas L. Shepherd, University of San Diego, San Diego, Spring 1991
Daly-Lipe, Patricia, La Jolla: A Celebration of Its Past, Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA, 2002
Fleming, John/Honour, Hugh/Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dictionary of Architecture, Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1986
La Jolla Historical Society, Real Property Records. Patricia Schaelchlin, compiler, La Jolla, Sept. 1998
La Jolla Historical Society Archives and Research Center
La Jolla Journal, 1 July 1926, Mann Building Co. Places Office Here; 12 May 1927, Architect for New Clubhouse is Selected
La Jolla Light, Pund Ill, Ernest E., 27 March 1986, "Land Of Hillside: In search of Munchkins and other eccentrics"
McAlester, VIrginia & Lee, A Field Guide to American Houses, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000
Randolph, HowardS. F., La Jolla Yearby Year, The Library Association of La Jolla, La Jolla, CA 1955
Sanborn Fire Maps, Originals and Microfiche, California Room, City of San Diego Main Library
San Diego City Water/Sewer Department Permit Records
San Diego County Assessor's Map & Residential Building Records, Office of the County Recorder
San Diego Historical Society Archives
San Diego Tribune; 1979-0bituary: Local Architect TL.Shepherd dies at 82
San Diego Union: 27 December 1934, $40,000 is Left to San Diego's Fine Arts Group: Bequest to Society is Made By Helen Towle in Trust Agreement in Illinois
Schaelchlin, Patricia A., La Jolla: The Story of a Community 1887-1987, The Friends of the La Jolla Library, La Jolla, 1988 Primary#______state of cailfornla:...... tht Ri!sourc., Agency ·I)EPARtMENt OF PAI'II
Supplemental Documents 11o: Information
1. Deed to Ada C. Black - November 1926
2. City of San Diego Water Permit #241 03, 17 February 1927
3. Sanborn Fire Map -ca. 1940
4. Architectural Construction Documents, with Site Plan (shows both houses)
5. Architectural Title Block- H.J.Mann and T.L.Shepherd
6. Historic Photos- 7781 Hillside Drive (and 7771 Hillside Dr. Helen Towle House)
7. La Jolla Journal, 24 January 1929, "House Beautiful" Uses L.J. Design
8. Photo Aerial- Hillside Drive, ca. 1945
9. La Jolla l,ight article, Land of Hillside, 27 March 1986
1o. Herbert James Mann, from USD SO Architects
11. Mann Project Examples; W Country Club, W Riding Academy, 1st Nat'l. Trust & Savings
12. Thomas L. Shepherd, from USD SO Architects
13. Thomas L. Shepherd, Obituary; San Diego Tribune, 11 December 1979, Local architect T. L. Shepherd dies at 82
14. County Recorder Residential Building Record
15. County Recorder Parcel Map •
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" Munchkins and ~o·-- ·.:~.. other eccentric:s :,_~ By ERNEST E. PUND ill ' ...',]:. _ Light Staff Writer ~ .· '·. '\j ONFIDENT THAT ~1 darkness would hide the C crime, an accomplice ...... ~ , ·' released a signal f~om the turret - -. ~ of a house at the lower end of Hillside Drive. ' <,t;iili the deep ' __ .. ,-;::~ _·-~:~' ·A-·:shlp waiting in },,-' waters off La Jolla Shorb 6~L:Jot.-4-inch man had no trouble abcr;-e her home in 1927 just after Pos~ib!y most interesting of ail redlusive Blar.;.;_ and Tov.'1e systematically transported its moving about the house, making moving ln. Her home, she said, is the small hub Of somewhat ec· spiilsters who shared a garder~ cargo of illegal· Chinese im one wonder if people Con't was the oldest on the hillside and centric and socially elite residents anq similar home designs. Across migrants to the beach. The shrink on entering. She did sug-· \vas the location· from whicH an that oc<;upied the lower end- of thi canyon on Lookout _Drive "coolies," as they .were called, gest that since the homes were early owner reportedly signaled Hillside Drive, Lookout Drive waS the Smiling Hilltop, built in were destined for work on the builL during the Depre~slon, a the "coolie" ships off La Jolla and Soledad Avenue." 1910, also known as Suma Paz Union Pacific RailrOad. They strong emphasis was. placed on Shores. Aft-er living in the Three months after the Ames (peT-feet peace}. til climbed the hill and hid in base saving _materials, so doors were craftsman-style home for 30 moved into their boone, Major Julia Larned, the original , ment cells of the craftsman-style trimmed and roofs were made years, ·she and her husband decid- Wynne and Imogene VanSchaick owner, kept a companion in a •. J~ home until they could be taken shallow with little attic space. ed to rebuild. built_ an elegant home dire1;:tly converted barn across the smal_l av,:ay. Not far away to the weSt are "Itwasoneofthosewonderful below them. According to La canyon on Hillside Drive, Con~ t.;J;; This is just one of an endless the troll bridges on AI Babr Drive old La Jolla beach cottages, Jolla -A Historical Inventory, nected by a Chinese suspension: - -~~.' stream .o:f anecdotes and rumors and Castellana Road. The tightly board and batten with stone a work supervisect by local bridge. The bridge no longer eX that abound in the idiosyncratic banked, concrete byways loop f'll-eplaces," said Nancy Ames historian Pat Schaelchlin, this ists; but both homes do, as well ~- neighborhood of Hillside that sits_ over themselves, an-d on Petersen, who, was 2\-S. when her home, designed by Thorrias as the Van Schaick home. '1··.,_,. like a giant curio cabinet on the Castellana, the. simple arched familY moved into the house. Shepherd, represents a transfer· Larned died soon after' northwest face of Mount bridge~ is being .- . mation of La finishing the house. It was in~_ Soledad. omrun by a • 'Tho. street was made of cobblestones, and Jolla from the herited by Julia Moss Sloane whO .i ·~=··\'t': High on the· mountain are wrote a book, ~ ·:_.- ·i: th1~k mop of .: . Ji . ·I I . k typ1cal style of Smiling Hmtop, i several World War II gun ivy. Dicectlv ad- aS a ttle gil , COUld he('rthe mil wagon sleecy beach about her adventures in the red--, J ' ' ,,,#~ bullkefs, -a fascinating window to · j ace n t ·are go clopping by in the morning.' cottages to one tiled bungalow. She died in 1919, -1 a time when, after the attack on several terraced of eiegance and and th(' book was published soon f'Wl!\::"~ Pearl Harbor, San Diego was cer homes sup- -Nancy Ames Petersen social pride. after. tain it Was the next target of the ·ported· 'by stilts Major Van Also on Lookout Drive is one \1~~1 Japanese. At least one bunki:r is in the -overgrown canyon and "Along the back of the yard, Schaick had received the Purple of La Jolla's oldest buildings, the .j now the foundation for a home. made accessible from ·the s:reet there were 13 large r:ucalyptus Heart for his service in the British Chase & Company Store. Now a "'J Also set in ti:e crown of the La by wooden bridges. trees that the owl:. and quails liv- Army during World .War I. Ac- residence, the structure WaS built Jolla community are the renown~ . It is difficult to say when the ed in. The street was made of cording to the Ames, he wore his in 1894 and transported to its cur-. ed ''Munchkin'' houses, what streets were bnilt. A subdivision cobblestones, and as a little girl, I uniform during World War II ;l '"'~ rent location from 1169 Coasr seem to be tiny residences perch~ map for over 70 parcels in the could hear the milk wagon go and often carried a riding crop Blvd. ed on sharp inclines adjacent to area was filed on Oct. 10, 1912, clopping by in the morning." under his arm. Also, they said, he And one of the most visibie ~ cranky, European-styled streets. but many of the first hdmes on Walter Ames killed rat- would stroll the local beaches in and intriguing homes in the 1:2 Sprays of blossoms adorn green the higher l~vels are- estim-ated-to: tlesnaJ.;.es ,_coming out of ''Rat- hopes of attracting attention. His Hillsi~e area is the ''House of ;::: wood shutters and white picket have been built in the following tlesnake Canyon" behind the rough demeanor occasionally em Dreams_." also.. known as fences hug miniature front yards. decades. horne, "with a terrif!·: eye and a barrassed his wife, a Virginia ''Tl:anakara,'' lucared or. Most fantastic of all are the Marguerite R. Ames, widow of classic shotgun,'' said Marguerite aristrocrat who spoke with Soledad Avenue. Though neither short, receded ·doorways that Walter Arnes, co-founder of San Ames, and when soldiers "storm- perfect control and never ap· authentic Chinese nor Japanese· could easily be situated in the Diego's largest legal firm, Gray, ed the hill" on military exercises, peared in public without gloves style, states the Histor:_i-c Inven- :· trunk of any giant oak. Cary, Ames & Frye, says she can she would stand on. the front and a hat. ~\l One occupant swears that a remember seeing bare terrain lawn and offer them coffee. Across the street lived the Please see HILLSIDE. B7 . E mulcher arrived and she began ' HILLSID· ·'saving gatbage of every kind .. A .. .-.,!\; ·'· .·. ·- __ ., -.:. .·i{p_,:;·:,:r;;r,: ;·.,:-l1 :-W,~ek~~;.;p!lfs~4J\_ap,d the _grea"r' ~,~u~~ed fro!U IH~_,.. :r-:/._,·~-~-·--\ :~r)JrlacHI"B-¢ .. ~·:was·: -ready to _b~ -:· tP~- t~e ~chite.~!W:t~~-~;~*~lf.!~~: ·:·~hri~~§h~i:~-~-:- ... ~, ,._:. (::·: ..:.,:.. ".. ·'~:-~~ unnus~bbly Onen~ilt '\VJtli<~<:n\1~~ ...·.>.-:'.i_br.·>Jrun·es.· .F~· Chalnicrs, wHh : Cd·' tlf('h::rs-~"' Herbert James Mann Herbert J. Mann had a successful career as builder, construction architect, radio commentator, and corporation president. But in San Diego, he is best remembered for his designs of the Spanish Tower addition to the Valencia Hotel in La Jolla and the remodeling of the Grand Rapids Furniture Company downtown. · Born in Chicago in 1883, Mann attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1902-1906. In the subsequent three years, Mann served as superin tendent for Paul F. P. Mueller Company in Chicago and then established his own building corporation, Mann Building Company, in Phoenix and Los Angeles. In 1925, Mann came to San Diego and set up an office in La Jolla, where he constructed a number of buildings before he formed partnership with the successful La Jollan architect T. L. Shepard. Unlike many architects, Mann did not concentrate on one style: his designs and structures are very diverse, from the Spanish Revival of the Spanish Tower to "Art Modeme," used in the Grand Rapids Furniture Company building. In his partnership with Shepard, Mann· was predominantly concerned with the construction of Shepard's designs. Mann spent eight years in San Diego and in 1931 served as president of the San Diego branch of the Association of California Architects. In 1932 the Mann-Shepard partnership concluded, and Mann returned to Los Angeles, where he joined KFI as a radio commentator on home building. In 1948 he founded and acted president of a new corporation, the Member Association of Advancement Home Building. California Architect License No. 1623 Buildings: Spanish Tower, La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla (1920) 1022 Silverado, La Jolla (1927) Grand Rapids Furniture Company, 1145 4th Avenue (1929) La Jolla Riding Stables, La Jolla Canyon Road (1932) La Jolla Country Club First National Trust and Savings Bank, La Jolla Branch, 7807 Girard Avenue (1932) ]V/]F ~ I i I I I! i c.i .6 :J () C:- c -:J 0 () $ 0-, j ARCHITECT'S drawing of the L1.. bank building about to be ·erected at Girard and Silverado for the J;.A JOLLA BRANCH of the FIRST NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK of San Diego Top, exte:riar, and right, an interesting detail In the decQration of the new bui]l/jng. 160 Thomas L. Shepard Thomas L. Shepard arrived in La Jolla in 1926, after spending a brief period in Pasadena. His architectural influence on La Jolla is substantial, as he designed buildings and homes in the city for almost fifty years. While Shepard attended the University of Wisconsin, it was at Columbia University where he studied architecture. Influenced by his European travels, Shepard's designs developed a Mediterranean style. Shepard's architectural office was first located at 1050 9th Avenue, San Diego (per the 1927 San Diego City Directory). He later moved to 1117 Wall Street, La Jolla. There are Shepard designed homes throughout La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, Orange County, Coronado, and Mount Helix. Addition, La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla Shepard consistently and thoughtfully customized his designs to his clients' varied lifestyles. His career. touched upon the tail end of the 1921-1925 post-World War I building boom and stretched through the pre-World War IT (1938"1941) building boom. ,. Addition to the La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla Little Hotel by the Sea, La Jolla Marine Room, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla (see below) Phillips Residence, La Jolla John Scripps Residence, La Jolla Shepard Building, La Jolla Spanish-style arcade shops, La Jolla LY/SB Marine Room, Spendthrift Avenue, La jolla Beach and Tennis Club · the; . . . liecause tliey d(Jrt'rknow how really · diill;i\ was." · " ,. ' ' .,,·,·, ..· ,.,'' ·; . Local architect.: ~-··· T.l. Shepherd ¥,' dJesatB2 ; ,u-chiteefThon:ias L. ·Shepherd, 82;. whos&o\vork for a half-century inflU\ enced La Jolla·style; died Sunday 1!(; his La· Jolla· home.- No services. are plann~ct·:, .·...... ~ ~ A native of Wisconsin, Mr. Shep~ · herd. cam~ to La Jolla in 1926, when, the community. was what he caller.!. "a casual art colony."He desigped · severalcoinmercial buildings, n1ore than '100' homes in· the commuility and. many others in Mount Hefu;, Coronado,. Rancho Santa Fe and il1 Qrange. county. .. . · . ·. .: (His work rejected architectural lads 11nd stereotypes, and in La Jolla he designed homes to reflect the style ofthe people who lived therec He viewed the community's domi nant image as "conservative · and classic quality." . ·:' ... M( Shepherd a.ttended the Uni versity of Wisconsin, the Columbia· University School of Arc]litecture and was a.Navy veteran of World Waiii. · .·. · " He is survived by his wife, Ruth .• The family suggested donations tq the. northwestr branch of. the. YMCA,,' -. , ~. (Continued lrom.F-1) , · l,_ctesigne.d by Shepherd. [.. shows the impact the archi ''tect has: .fiad. on La .. Jolla's · ;landscapEJ'¥£Homes ,incfude . ithose'desrgne the .first part o! the house that you /lee .. Too often,,,the g11rage door has elabonite . Cl!!;'i~gs or designs op. it While• :t)le human entrance to (he house is obscure(l by thegarage!s dominance, be· .. said; ;';T!Jis says_ something about. the role that the auto-. .riioliile serves in our soci '€ty/r~~',:t·:; · ·Shepherd and his wife reqrJire:mentts,. he coritinues. quite proper if Ruth live. quietly in a house result is architec- on Via ,Del Norte that he tllr.:.. th-cd ).,..,., ,.,~ ... - ... "'-~--- >- designed in 1940. The house Cl .r l a:. ;;;:J;;: .l£~ .... ~ N", ,,..L bv,L..Dihu REvvr?D rARCEL ..._, ..50 ;:;;. ,'0 _, -" 5AN''01~6 CO.i;ALtrORNJA ... .uro-r.;_ / OF / ...... _... AOORES!l Z7 ??....L. .8///s..tcle. oN-ve. _..:___ SHEET - ll HPTION OF BUILDING CLASl lOOM ANO FINISH ?..s-"\:7 ILioM ; · I I (,fo () Jj,vd ::r:."'"'--1 _ L L ~L ~-~L I 46.£ · /fst> I I d. TOTAL J.f'i'J/• ::? o"h d,. i i. c:;(.,\/( --- NORMAL % GOOD crt. 5I> lfi 1/1/ D~l Nn ff /.>/ 5'.-'1.. I /$'"33._3 I.iSs? gt'.i I. 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