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Cardiff Demo Stirs Support for Landmarking, Mills Act
November/December 2022
 The August 2022 demolition of this 1910 cottage in Cardiff spurred residents to debate the meaning of historic preservation on social media. Courtesy Google Street View |
Startled Cardiff residents were upset when a 1910 bungalow behind a former church was razed in August 2022. Local lore said the vacant cottage had been the pastor’s home and was built from a kit. But the bungalow and its history were never documented.
In the wake of this loss, public support for historic preservation is growing in coastal Cardiff, which is part of the City of Encinitas. Encinitas registered its first historic landmark and Mills Act contract to a 1926 Tudor Revival residence and Cotswold Cottage in 2005, but its preservation program lacks the gusto and staffing found in other cities. Owners of historic buildings there must provide their own resources and dedication in pursuit of local historic status.
“Unbeknownst to many, Cardiff is home to a plethora of potentially historic buildings that range from 50 to 100 years old. After the Kumeyaay native population and later Spanish colonization, the first known modern settlement of Cardiff was in 1875 by the MacKinnon family…,” Samantha Cox reported in the North Coast Current on September 30, 2022. Read Cardiff dwelling’s demolition stirs discussion of historical designations.
Separately, the article noted preservation success with the 135-year-old Dunham House, a former Del Mar beach house that had been threatened with demolition. The San Dieguito Heritage Museum acquired this landmark in 2020 and moved it to its Heritage Ranch in Encinitas. Read Del Mar's Dunham House Saved, Finds New Home in Our Heritage eNews, November/December 2020.
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