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Marston House Reopens to Big Crowds
September/October 2017
By Bobbie Bagel
The stately Marston House Museum was shrouded in scaffolding and hidden behind construction fencing for four long months while the roof and rain gutter system were being replaced. After workers collapsed the scaffolding, hauled away the fencing, and cleaned up the grounds, it was finally celebration time!
On August 6, the museum and its acres of formal and canyon gardens and rolling lawn came alive again. Almost 300 guests participated in tours of the house, formal garden, and Seventh Avenue. The Geranium George plant table, staffed by expert volunteer horticulturists Linda and Jim Zemcik, sold out. Gift and book sales in the carriage house were brisk. The refreshment table was crowded, too. Volunteer Chester Yamaga served an assortment of cookies and a very popular iced green tea flavored with Moroccan mint.
The event received excellent media coverage, including interviews by local television stations and a big article in the Union-Tribune. So the word is out! San Diegans know by now that the Marston House is again open for visiting by residents and tourists, students, and families.
SOHO wasted no time during the necessary closure. Staff members and volunteer docents formed an energetic planning committee to handle special projects at the Marston House. Meeting monthly, the first task was organizing the August re-opening. With that celebration a big success, the committee has moved on to its main role: Preparing a new permanent exhibit on the Marston family's impact on San Diego for nearly 150 years. Read more HERE
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