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President's Message
In February 2023, San Diego City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera asked the Independent Budget Analyst (IBA) to analyze “historical resource review policies and processes related to construction permitting.” His memo also requested streamlining...Read more
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The Mills Act, the Missing Middle and Affordable Housing
Despite the considerable rhetoric about making housing more affordable, the Mills Act remains San Diego’s sole effective incentive that makes houses more affordable.
Named after the late San Diegan James Mills, our former State Senator and a great friend of preservation, the Mills Act offers a compelling incentive to owners of designated...Read more
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SOHO's 2023 Most Endangered List
Now in its 36th year, SOHO's Most Endangered List continues to serve as a rallying cry to raise awareness and focus attention on sites threatened by deterioration, lack of maintenance, insufficient funds, or inappropriate development, and to bolster local advocacy efforts and build...Read more
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Mission Hills’s Beloved Wheeler-Designed
Little Red Bungalow Demolished
Despite a heroic effort by Mission Hills residents, the Craftsman bungalow, on the corner of Goldfinch Street and Fort Stockton Drive and affectionately known as the “Little Red Bungalow,” fell under the wrecking ball on October 5, 2023. The demolition brought to a sad end the community's concerted effort, backed by Mission Hills Heritage and SOHO, to save the bungalow on site and to...Read more
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William Wheeler & Other Master Architects of the Border Region
San Diego and Tijuana have been selected jointly as the 2024 World Design Capital by UNESCO, becoming the first binational World Design Capital in history. As part of this celebration, both cities’ governments should be preserving their common heritage...Read more
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Good News About Kensington’s
Historic Streetlights
The neighborhood group fighting to save Kensington’s historic streetlights recently reported an important breakthrough with the City of San Diego.
The city engineer in charge of replacing Kensington’s streetlights has directed his staff to start processing a change order that will allow Streetlight Restoration Specialists, Inc. to take control of the historic streetlights, instead of sending them to the dump...Read more
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Citizen Activism at Its Best!
In 2015, SOHO lauded Gregory May with a People In Preservation In the Trenches award as a preservation watchdog. He seems to be on guard 24/7, detecting threats to our precious historic resources.
Gregory, a longtime SOHO member, is the epitome of the citizen activist. He regulary alerts SOHO and...Read more
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Join the Heart of San Diego's
Historic Preservation Community
with your SOHO Membership
Passion, dedication, and a shared commitment to preserving the historic and cultural treasures that define us. That’s SOHO’s mission and this is your invitation to join our cause. ..Read more
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How San Diego Speaks to Me: A Historic Preservation Writing Contest
Save Our Heritage Organisation invites amateur and professional writers to help us tell real-world stories of historic preservation in San Diego. This contest encourages writers to share...Read more
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Fourth LGBTQ Site Designated Historic in San Diego
The City of San Diego gained its fourth historic landmark associated with the LGBTQ civil rights movement when the Historical Resources Board designated the Benjamin F. Dillingham III House (“F” is for Franklin) on September 28, 2023. Dillingham (1945-2017) was Mayor Maureen O'Connor's openly gay chief of staff and served on the boards of LGBTQ community and AIDS support groups, among others. He is credited with urging then-California State Senators...Read more
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San Diego City and County
Historic Designations
At the September 2023 meeting of the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board, members designated four houses. The rest of the meeting was taken up with discussion about Mission Hills’s beloved “Red Bungalow,” designed by Master Architect William Wheeler in 1912. Despite the strong evidence and advocacy to designate the building delivered by...Read more
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Warner-Carrillo Ranch House Gets Plastered
Crews have finished the latest exterior and interior adobe repairs to the Warner-Carrillo Ranch House Museum and the results are beautiful.
Fifty-two inches of rain, snow, and hail last year (2022) really took a toll on the 1857 adobe structure. For the recent repairs, we used steel lathe over the original adobe walls and applied the new plaster to the lathe, a method that should last much longer, and still be historically...Read more
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Shop on Museum Store Sunday!
Join us Sunday, November 26, 2023, as we celebrate Museum Store Sunday, presented by the Museum Store Association, an annual shopping campaign that directly supports arts and cultural institutions across the...Read more
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The Marstons: A California Family - Part 9
Little Slogan
George W. Marston stood alongside his father-in-law, Lewis C. Gunn, in the small, wood-frame Presbyterian Church on Eighth Street in San Diego. They were...Read more
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KidSketch AIA San Diego
is for Kids of All Ages
In the spirit of SOHO co-founder and architectural pen-and-ink artist Robert Miles Parker, we encourage you to explore KidSketch—a series of free, online lessons for sketching iconic buildings,...Read more
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Watch “Tracing Your Home’s Roots” Webinar Online
In celebration of American Archives Month, SOHO hosted a highly successful webinar on October 12, 2023, titled “Tracing Your Home’s Roots: Utilizing Local Archival Resources.” Attendees were treated to a wealth of insights on historical research through archival resources, shared by experts...Read more
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AIA San Diego Turns 95
The San Diego chapter of the American Institute of Architects began life as the Architects’ Association with Irving J. Gill, Richard Requa, William Wheeler, and others as members. They were creating outstanding, still-admired architecture in a city with a population of less than 150,000. Ninety-five years...Read more
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Quick! Fall into Historic Home Tours
Two historic home tours in San Diego on November 4 and 11, 2023 will entice you to get out and enjoy fine architecture and history in lovely, old neighbor...Read more
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The Gift of Knowledge:
A Great Resource to Share!
Anyone restoring a historic house, one room in the house, or just dreaming about it will enjoy and possibly rejoice over the Historic Archived Catalogs & Brochures, collected for years by The Old House Guy. You can track down everything from period house plans, door knobs, and wallpaper to the...Read more
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New from NPS: Using Substitute Materials in Rehabilitation
Just in time for fall, the Marston House Museum Shop has new lines and products perfect for anyone on your birthday, anniversary, or holiday gift list.
We are big on graphics and design at SOHO, so when we found these new arrivals—striking puzzles and eye-catching artists’ note cards—we were excited. We research...Read more
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The Sensuous Environment: Sim Bruce Richards, Architect - Book Premiere and Author Presentation (note, SOHO is selling the limited edition book of the same title now in the museum shop at the Marston)
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L.A. Conservancy Names New President and CEO. Congratulations to Adrian Scott Fine as he embarks on his new role as president and CEO at the start of the new year. We wish the Conservancy continued success under Adrian's leadership.
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