From Jessop’s, to Dime Store, to Hardware Emporium
The property located on 840-50 Fifth Ave. has had many owners and many uses, but none, with one exception, has ...
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A sight for sore eyes!
As Isadore Louis quickly went from cobbler to capitalist, in partnership with the Bank of Commerce, Louis built the Louis ...
168 years and still standing!
Through rain and sleet and storms, and even through floods — yes, two of them — the Davis-Horton House, the ...
Very fancy and not odd at all
What’s an odd fellow? I guess we have all known a few, but the Odd Fellows of the 1800s were ...
All the world’s a stage … and more
In 1867, Alonzo Horton sold to A.S. Seely — a mail carrier from Los Angeles — a one-half interest of ...
From bank to zoo
By Sandee Wilhoit | Gaslamp Landmarks The Granger Building Once again, it is summertime in America’s Finest City, and many San ...
Dead center in the old red-light district
Sandee Wilhoit is the historian for the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation. She can be reached at swilhoit@gaslampfoundation.org.
Nesmith-Greely Building’s long San Diego History
The Nesmith-Greely Building now houses apartments and the street level storefront is for lease.
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