Event Headquarters
Offices of SOHO &
Whaley House Museum Complex
2476 San Diego Avenue
Historic Old Town San Diego
Schedule of Events
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Historic Home Tour
Panels & Lectures
Architectural Tours
Cocktail Party
Sponsorship Opportunities
Contact SOHO
Phone: (619) 297-9327; or
email: sohosandiego@aol.com
Panels & Lectures
$15 for SOHO Members; $20 for non-members
Saturday
1 - Historic Tile of Southern California
Joseph A. Taylor
11am-12pmTile expert and cofounder of Tile Heritage Foundation, Joe Taylor, presents an illustrated talk on the history of southern California's tile heritage highlighting the historic tiles of San Diego and the role of history in contemporary tile work.
A frequent writer and lecturer on tile history, Joseph Taylor is president and cofounder of the Tile Heritage Foundation.
2 - Ask the Experts
Discussion with Questions & Answers
Bruce Coons
David Marshall
Michael J. Kravcar
12:15-1:30pmBring the toughest issues you are dealing with in your renovation or restoration and let the experts guide you in the satisfying journey of historic home ownership. Want to know how best to preserve the character and features of your home both inside and out? These experts can answer your questions and give the most practical methods, or how you can add on to your house in a sensitive manner without losing its historic charm, and what you can and perhaps should do yourself.
Bruce Coons is an architectural and historic interiors historian, period design restoration consultant, and historic color specialist, as well as being executive director of Save Our Heritage Organisation.
David Marshall is chair of San Diego's HRB Design Subcommittee and president of Heritage Architecture & Planning, specializing in restoration and adaptive reuse of historically designated buildings, with award winning projects throughout the west.
Michael J. Kravcar is President of Save Our Heritage Organisation, proprietor of RMR, a vintage stove restoration company, and has restored numerous historic buildings and homes.
3 - Lilian J. Rice, Sincerely Yours
Diane Y. Welch
2:30-3:30pmThrough her work as a writer of local history, Diane has become an expert on the architecture and history of Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach, Del Mar and Encinitas. Through her writings she has become acquainted with and written about nationally acclaimed celebrated achievers, which include entertainers, artists and designers, photographers, and famed Poinsettia King, Paul Ecke III. The list goes on. However, Diane's most passionate current endeavor is researching, writing and lecturing on the life and work of Lilian J. Rice: noted architect from the 1920s and 30s who designed and oversaw the development of Rancho Santa Fe, and whose work will be explored with a video presentation and lecture. Diane's book on Lilian Jeannette Rice will be released in 2009, the 120th anniversary of Rice's birth.
Diane Welch writes a popular history feature for the San Diego Union Tribune, The Way We Were, and has to date collected hundreds of personal histories of local San Dieguito residents.
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