Save Our Heritage Organisation
Reflections Quarterly Newsletter
Chandler House to be Saved from "The Big Sleep"
Working with the developers and the City of San Diego, SOHO has been able to preserve the Raymond Chandler Home and Study. The house was bought for investment purposes and was to be remodeled and receive several additions.
One of the most significant portions of the house is the study where Chandler wrote "The Long Goodbye" among other works. Along with the study, all of the home's character defining features will be retained including decorative rafter tails, six over six windows, doors and moldings, and stucco matching the original. A plaque will be installed at street level telling the story of Chandler's residence there. Chandler's books and film scripts defined Southern California during the 1940's and created a whole genre of film and literary noir. San Diego Union's Peter Rowe first wrote about the situation and brought it to everyone's attention. Steve Chappell did another great article for the LA times. Chandler's writing virtually defined the image of Southern California during the 1940's.
More from this issue
- Old Police Headquarters Saved!
- Historic Electric Laundry Company Building
- Chandler House to be Saved from "The Big Sleep"
- New President's Message
By Beth Montes- Kunzel House Receives State Historic Designation
- SOHO Recognized at the 2004 Alonzo Awards
- San Diego City Council Illegally Overturns Historic Designation, SOHO Files Suit
By Bruce Coons- City Council Voting Record
- Requa & Jackson House in Peril
By James Schibanoff- Mission Hills' First Historic District Report
By Janet O'Dea- Proposal for Extension of Regents Road over Rose Canyon
- SOHO Receives Stewardship of Adobe Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Old Town
- Mrs. Whaley's Garden News
By Jessica McGee- "Some Like it Preserved" the 2005 Craftsman-Spanish Revival Weekend
By Allen Hazard- Harwood-Tichner House must be Moved
- SOHO Receives Donation from American Specialty Health
- Events & Education
By Alana Coons- Halloween Follow Up
By Lynn Hamilton- An Invitation to the 2004 SOHO Holiday Party
- Enjoy the Holidays with SOHO
- Meet Your 2004 Board of Directors
- 2005 Calendar: Modernist Houses by Homer Delawie, FAIA
- Lost San Diego
Copyright ©2008, Save Our Heritage Organisation. Copyright Warning