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Every Structure Tells a Story Every Structure Tells A Story How to Research the History of a Property in Santa Cruz County Cover Photo: View of Santa Cruz County Hall of Records, showing official County documents as they were once kept. Built in 1882, it is now the Octagon Museum, one of the properties administered by the Santa Cruz County Historical Trust. Clerk in photo not identified. Photo courtesy Special Collections, McHenry Library, UCSC Santa Cruz County Historical Trust Publications Committee Joyce P. Miller Alverda Orlando Jill Perry Stanley D. Stevens Chair Board of Directors 1990-1991 Lenne Bennett President Erik Johnson Vice President Ted Durkee Treasurer Cynthia Mathews Secretary Shirley Gleason Daryl Allen Gwen Graham Sarah Ray Sara Holmes Boutelle Everett Jones Lillian Rouse Bill Burkhart Pat Kieffer Roy Rydell Cherri Rupert Canfield Juleen Lisher Marsha Shanie Bob Crawford Joyce Miller Stanley D. Stevens Tom Davis Debra Morstein Doni Tunheim Harriet Deck Ruth Ogilvie Ron Tyler Ceedola Parrish Duff Jill Perry George Vrana John Fry Linda Pope Karen Watson Staff 1990-1991 Peggy Coats Executive Director Carolyn Franks Museum Assistant Jo Montgomery Administrative Assistant Micki Ryan Collections Manager Support for this pi.blication provided by the FRED D. McPHERSON JR. PUBLICATION FUND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HISTORICAL TRUST Santa Cruz County Historical Trust Occasional Research Papers : No. 1 Every Structure Tells A Story How to Research the History of, a Property in Santa Cruz County with research techniques, sources of information, locations of research material, and a bibliography compiled by members of the Santa Cruz County Historical Trust Publications Committee with articles illustrating the results of research Willowcroft: The Land, The House, The People by Sara A Bunnett Early History of the Carmelita Cottages by Rick Hyman From Brewery to Farmhouse by Tina Slosberg Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz County Historical Trust 1990 Address all correspondence regarding this publication to: Publications Committee Santa Cruz County Historical Trust P.O. Box 246 Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0246 Published in Santa Cruz, California, United States of America by Santa Cruz County Historical Trust, Inc. Cover Design: Heth Design, Santa Cruz, California Printing & Binding Production: A-R Editions, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin Typography & Computer Production: Stanley D. Stevens © 1990 by Santa Cruz County Historical Trust All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Every structure tells a story: how to research the history of a property in Santa Cruz County: with research techniques; sources of information, locations of research material, and a bibliography I compiled by members of the Santa Cruz County Historical Trust, Publications Committee. p. cm. -- (Occasional research papers ; no. 1) 'With articles illustrating the results ofresearch, Willowcroft: the land, the house, the people by Sara A. Bunnett: Early history of the Carmelita cottages by Rick Hyman; From brewery to farmhouse by Tina Slosberg." Includes bibliographical refe·rences. ISBN 0-940283-03-4 1. Historic buildings--Research--California--Santa Cruz County--Handbooks, manu­ als, etc. 2. Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--History, Local--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--Archival resources--Directories. 4. Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--Library resources--Directories. I. Bunnett, Sara. II. Santa Cruz County Historical Trust. Publications Committee. III. Series. F868.S3E84 1990 . 979.4'71'0072--dc20 90-37348 rev Santa Cruz County Historical Trust Occasional Research Papers : No. 1 Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements . 7 SECTION ONE Techniques and Sources of Information How to Research the History of a Property 11 Directory of Institutions and Organizations 21 City Directories with Entries for Santa Cruz County 25 Newspapers of Santa Cruz County 35 Land Ownership Maps 47 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 57 Bibliography 59 Biographical and Name Indexes 59 Birth and Death Records 60 Census Records 61 General Works 62 Guides to Historic Buildings 63 Newspaper Indexes . 64 Telephone Books 65 Voter Registrations 66 Other Sources 67 Articles and Books 67 City Directories 68 Newspapers . 70 ~w~~~In~us n Parish Registers and Church Histories 72 SECTION TWO Examples of Research Willowcroft - The Land, The House, The People 74 The Early History of the Carmelita Cottages 80 From Brewery to Farmhouse. 104 Every Structure Tells A Story Q') ... trj ~ ~ 00 a....(:! ~ ::=~ Ill > ....00 0 ~ The Frederick A Hihn Mansion which stood in the block between Church and Locust Streets, Santa Cruz. Built in 1872, it was demolished in 1937. It was at the site of the present City Hall. Photo courtesy of Louis E. Hihn Introduction 7 INTRODUCTION and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Publications Committee of the Santa Cruz County Historical Trust had intended to publish an annual publication entitled The Santa Cruz County Historical Review. In 1989 after working on it for more than a year, we recognized that we had unrealistic dreams - as volunteers we couldn't devote the collective time required to produce the Historical Review on a schedule. However, an examination of the material received for publication led to the recognition that it fit together into several themes. It was decided, therefore, to initiate a series of special publications, the focus of each to be one specific topic. Each number in the series would be issued when the time was ripe as Occasional Research Papers. A popular theme in Santa Cruz County, the history of a house or property and its owners or residents, is the first of this series. This first Paper is partially based on a leaflet entitled How to Research the History ofa House in Santa Cruz County, issued by the City of Santa Cruz Historic Preservation Commission in 1988. It was felt that the focus of that leaflet was quite useful for Santa Cruz City residents. Because the Santa Cruz County Historical Trust has an obligation to all residents of Santa Cruz County, it is expanding the scope of this How To book to be of use to all its residents. The editors of this work appreciate the pioneering efforts of the City of Santa Cruz Historic Preservation Commission in this regard. When you have completed the research on your house or property and have written the history of its ownership based on your findings, please share your results. Your research may help others. You are encouraged to offer a copy of the written history to at least one library or one historical society within the geographical area in which the property is located. Out-of-County locations have been added to the bibliographic citations. It is hoped that their holdings will assist the user when access to local collections is unavailable or when a local source is unknown. The emphasis in the citations, nevertheless, is to local sources. How to Research the History of a Property in Santa Cruz County 8 Acknowledgements As General Editor, I take this opportunity to acknowledge the assistance of the following persons for their vital contributions to the compilation of this work: Joyce Miller, Alverda Orlando, and Jill Perry have faithfully served as members of the Publications Committee ofthe Santa Cruz County Historical Trust: it is their advice, encouragement, research contributions, and editorial support that made this possible. Sara Bunnett, Rick Hyman and Tina Slosberg have contributed the results of their research. We hope their example will inspire others to learn more about the history of Santa Cruz County land ownership and house history. Also, it was Rick Hyman who supplied his list ofpre-1900 city directories that contain Santa Cruz entries which provided the inspiration and nucleus of the City Directory Inventory; he also provided general editorial advice. Each of them read this entire work in its preliminary form and made suggestions that make it more accurate, readable, and useful. Jean Adams Wells graciously supplied her compilation of the city directories held by the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County. Donna Swedberg, Reference Librarian, Santa Cruz Public Library-Central branch, supplied a list of that Branch's uncataloged telephone directories. Bob Crawford of the Boulder Creek Historical Society verified some of the holdings at its museum. Alzora Snyder, Archivist, provided citations to the holdings of the Archives of the Pajaro Valley Historical Association. Vivian Hurley, City Librarian, permitted access to the holdings ofthe Watsonville Public Library. Doni Tunheim, artist and member of the Board of Directors of the Historical Trust, shared her ideas on graphic design and recommended Jenny Heth, who, as Heth Designs, provided imagi­ native concepts and sound advice. Cynthia Mathews, member of the Board of Directors of the Historical Trust, provided the title of this work, the picture ofWillowcroft, and constant enthusiastic support. Ken Slosberg and Rick Hyman took pictures of their respective sites. Chuck Moore, Moore's Graphic Arts, improved the presentation of this work by providing expert advice on illustrations, printing, and binding. Rita Bottoms, Carol Champion, Irene Crawley Berry, and Paul Stubbs, UCSC's McHenry Library Special Collections, provided materials and citations to the collections that they so ably maintain. Don Harris and his staff at the UCSC Photo Lab provided photographic
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