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EAGLE ROCK FLIES WITH SAH/SCC TOUR, BENEFIT BENEFIT DINNER: FEBRUARY 13TH; EAGLE ROCK TOUR: FEBRUARY 1 5TH Ki( hard Vcijir.i v l agle Rock Playground Clubhouse is one stop on the self-guided tour. "Historic Eagle Rock: LA's Home Town." (Photo: lulius Shulman) The Califomia Sate Historical Resources and directions will be available on the date of the morning reception hosted by the Los Angeles Commission Meeting will be held in Eagle Rock, tour at a cost of $15 per person, with proceeds Conservancy, and a luncheon hosted by TERA, and SAH/SCC has arranged events to enhance the funding continued monument designation Eagle Rock Historical Society and Eagle Rock meeting experience. The meeting kicks-off with a research for the area. Chamber of Commerce at the Women's Christian benefit dinner on Thursday, February 13th, that "Eagle Rock is Los Angeles County's second Temperance Union Home for Women. "Historic will honor David C. Cameron, chairman of the largest historic area, next to Highland Park," says Eagle Rock: LA's Home Town" self-guided tour is California State Historical Resources Commission, jeff Samudio, tour organizer. Eagle Rock resident, available on Saturday, from 9AM to 4PM. and a champion of historic resources throughout partner of Design Aid Architects, and past- For information on the benefit dinner and self- the state (see Member Profile, page 7). president of SAH/SCC. The tour is co-organized guided tour, call 800.9SAHSCC; for information Honoring David Cameron begins at 6:30PM with Kathleen Aberman of The Eagle Rock on the California Sate Historical Resource with a reception with entertainment by the Eagle Association (TERA) and Lucy Spurgen of Eagle Commission Meeting, contact commission Rock High School lazz Band and the Occidental Rock Chamber of Commerce. secretary Marci Brisacher at 916.653.6624. College Student Quartet. The dinner program will From Thursday, February 13th, through include a talk by Mr. Cameron, who will receive Saturday, February 15th, the California State BENEFIT DINNER Honoring David Cameron the SAH/SCC Lifetime Achievement Award. Historical Resources Commission Quarterly February 13th, 6:30-9:30PM Meeting will be held at Occidental College Honorary chair of the event is local TV personality Call 800.9SAHSCC and preservation activist Huell Howser. Silent and Campus. The meeting is free and open to the live auctions and book sales will round out the public, and is a unique time when state and local TOURS Historic Eagle Rock: LA's Home Town event The cost is $30 per person, with proceeds presen/ationists, architectural historians and other February 15th, 9AM-4PM advocates get together to review nominations for supporting SAH/SCC, and the architectural Call 800.9SAHSCC or 213.259.TERA assessment of the Eagle Rock Women's 20th state and national registers. Thursday's meetings Century Clubhouse, where the dinner will take conclude with a 2PM walking tour of the Historic Occidental College Campus February 13th, 2-3 PM place. Occidental College Campus with Bob Winter. Call 916.653.6624 Historic Eagle Rock: LA's Home Town, will Designed by Myron Hunt, the campus is eligible take place Saturday, February 15th, from 9AM to for the National Register. From 3 PM to 5 PM, a Driving Tour of Eagle Rock 4PM. SAH/SCC has arranged a self-guided tour, driving tour of Eagle Rock will include a reception February 13th, 3-5 PM Call 916.653.6624 which will include Occidental College by Myron at a private home, and a stop at the Eagle Rock Hunt, Eagle Rock City Hall, Eagle Rock Women's City Hall. "Honoring David Cameron," to benefit MEETING 20th Century Club, Carnegie Library, Richard SAH/SCC and the Women's 20th Century Club, is California State Historical Resources Commission Quarterly Meeting Neutra's Eagle Rock Playground Clubhouse, and from 6:30PM to 9:30PM. February 13th-15th several private residences. Information booklets Friday's agenda includes a pre-meeting Call 916.653.6624 VF NLJSTAS VE NiJS TAS M HA S V ENUSTA5 .'. M. UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTIUTAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS Meeeaqe from the President: UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS On behalf of the Executive Board of the Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California SAH/SCC NEWS is published bi-monthly by Chapter, I would like to wish the entire membership our very best for a healthy and successful the Society of Architectural Historians/ new year! Southern California Chapter. Subscription As an organization that endeavors to explore the incredibly rich and varied architectural is a benefit of membership. heritage of this region, and areas beyond, I hope that, at the very least, we can serve to inspire and enhance your appreciation for living in Southern California. Your dedicated support, Editor: Julie D. Taylor through your membership contributions every year, enables us to provide a variety of events Newsletter Committee: throughout the year that we hope will improve your mind and stimulate your curiosity. Barbara Lamprecht; Rebecca Kahn I also want to thank you for your loyalty and participation dunng the past year (this especially Executive Assistant: Grace Samudio goes out to our many dedicated volunteers), and invite everyone to send us your thoughts on our current schedule of events, or even on activities that you would like to see occur in and Information and ads for the newsletter should around the Southland. be sent three weeks before the issue date. Very special thanks must go to our out-going president, Jeff Samudio, for his calm, stable and Issue Deadline intelligent stewardship, especially during these past critical months. On behalf of the Board, I March/April 1997 February 10th want to extend my gratitude and appreciation for your efforts, Jeff, and the hope that you will May/June 1997 April 10th continue to be an inspiration to us all who endeavor to discover and explore this diverse architectural landscape. (In fact, Jeff is the chair of the new Advisory Board. See page 8.) Please send all ad materials, notices of events, So, with all this in mind, let us ring in the new year! It is my hope that we can all come to exhibitions and news—plus photographs—^to experience it with a great sense of wonderment, anticipation and joy! the attention of the editor: —John derley 1/1 in tfi w Julie D. Taylor, Editor SAH/SCC News P.O. Box 92224 Pasadena, CA91109-2224 telephone: 310.247.1099 fax: 310.247.8147 [email protected] SAH/SCC Executive Board President: John Berley Vice President: Nancy Smith Recording Secretary: Jennifer Minasian /hp Wa/ker House by I rank I Inyd Wright /s one of the highlights nn the Monterey weekend lour Membership Secretary: Merry Ovnick Volunteer Coordinator: Rebecca Kahn Development Coordinator: Sion Winship DON'T MISS MONTEREY Preservation Officer: Grant Taylor SAH/SCC TOUR: JANUARY 24TH-26TH Internet Editor: Barbara Lamprecht 818.794.5878; [email protected] There's still time to book your tour to the Monterey Peninsula, a unique microcosm of the evolution Publicist: Alison Cotter of western European architectural traditions from the 18th century to the present. Tour the peninsula Member at Large: Rochelle Dynes Mills with Richard N. Janick and Kent Seavey, instructors at Monterey Peninsula College, during the Member at Large: Ted Wells weekend of January 24th to 26th. Advisory Board Choir: Jeffrey B. Samudio Both public and private buildings will be featured, highlighting the work of architects, such as http: //www. ccsf. ca Itech. ed u/~ m oc/sa h/i ndex. htm Charles Moore, Julia Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright and William Wurster. Great examples of the Spanish-influenced "Monterey Style" architecture will be explored. Famed sites of Cannery Row and Life Members: Carmel Mission Ranch (owned and restored by Clint Eastwood) will not be missed. Grant Barnes David C Mincy Kathleen Bixler Le Roy Misuraca Accommodations are at the Hotel Pacific, an award-winning property in the heart of Monterey. Mory Dutton Boehm Susan W. Montelth Bill Bowling Doug Moreland Total package cost is $350 per person, double occupancy; $200 per person for tour only (non- Ruth Bowman Sara. G. Muller Chemoff members add $35). For more information and registration, call Sundance Meetings & Incentives at Lynn Marie Bryant Betsy Murchison Bonnie Burton Peter A Nimmer 800.424.3434 or 714.752.5456, ext.