Save Our Heritage Organisation
Reflections Quarterly Newsletter
Tecate Depot Mystery Solved
In October of 2003 SOHO posted a reward of $250.00 for anyone who could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt who the architect was on the Tecate Depot and the year of construction.
Two architects were suspects; Eugene Hoffman who has a vast body of work involving John D. Spreckels, the Hotel Del Coronado, etc.; and John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright who also commanded a great body of work predominately residential. Historians on both sides of the border were stymied on this one. SOHO received many theories but none that could be proven.
San Diego Archeologist Susan Walters was working on an unrelated project when she came upon a San Diego Union article about the Tecate Depot and its architect William H. Wheeler!! Thanks to Susan's sharp eye a major mystery is solved.
More from this issue
- Coronado Railroad Appeal of Designation, Lawsuit Goes Forward
- President's Message: Old Enough
By David Marshall- Message from the Executive Director
By Bruce Coons- Historic Preservation and Transportation Agencies Find Common Ground to Safeguard America's Heritage
- Coastal Commission Rejects Extension of Border Triple Fence
By William Doyle- Heritage Architecture & Planning
- Milford Wayne Donaldson Appointed as State Historic Preservation Officer
- Tecate Depot Mystery Solved
- Did you know?
Donate to Soho with PayPal!- Whaley House Period Clothing Program
By David Swarens- Grants & Donations to the Whaley House
- Volunteer Today at the Whaley House
- Gifts of Real Estate to SOHO
By Barry Hager- Spanish Revival Addition Enlivens Annual Craftsman Weekend
- Hillcrest Medical Center
By Keith York- INCENTIVES! Cliffs Notes for Tax Credits
- Join Us for the James Hubbell Homes Tour! Saturday, June 19th
- ModCom Update
By Bill Lawrence- Seven Key Benefits That Historic Preservation Offers
- Letter to the Editor
- The Joys of Being a Docent at SOHO Home Tours
By Linda Canada- Mission Hills Walking Tour
By Allen Hazard- Free "Arch in the Park" Family Event
- Historic Landscape Concern
- Congratulations to the Winners of "History Day in California" Students!!
By Sandé Lollis- A Search for San Diego Courtyards
- The Mission Hills Garden Club
- Old House Fair 2004
- The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows
By John H. Myers- Lost San Diego ~ The Florence Hotel
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