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William Heath Davis House Museum "Gateway to the Historic Gaslamp Quarter" 410 Island Ave. (at 4th Ave.) San Diego, California http://www.gaslampquarter.org/history/thehouse.php Related link: "The Davis House: New San Diego's Oldest & Most Historic Building" by Elizabeth C. MacPhail. The Journal of San Diego History, 17, no. 4 (1971). |
 names of George Deyo and the Lanuza family, and S.O.H.O. (Save Our Heritage Organisation) |
| The William Heath Davis House is named after the businessman who purchased pre-fabricated buildings from Maine and erected them in San Diego, which is why the house is viewed as a well-maintained example of New England architecture. While Davis never lived in the house, another prominent San Diegan family, the Hortons, did for a brief time. U.S. Army officers lived in the house before Anna Scheper bought it. From 1873-1881, she was paid by the county to care for the sick in her home. After Scheper, the Lohmann family lived there. Their adopted son George H. Deyo inherited the house in 1936, which was passed on to his longtime tenant Edward T. Lanuza in 1977. The city came into possession of the house in 1981. |
 There is a Victorian woman who has been seen at the top of the stairs on the second floor. In fact, I hesitated going up to the second floor because I felt a little spooked, but then I dismissed the feeling and went up anyway. At the time of my visit, the house was empty except for me and a European couple with their teenage daughter.Photos copyright © July 2009 Kat Avila Time of Day: afternoon Camera: Canon SD780 IS |
 stairs to 2nd floor |
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| Gift Shop Exhibit and Museum Foyer | ||||
 "Don Guillermo Davis, Land Grant Manager" |
 model of a 3-masted bark |
 family portraits |
 "The 1870's" The high wheel bicycle was popular in the 1870s-1880s. |
 high wheel bicycle |
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| Military Room | Hallway and Ceiling | ||
 bed |
 mirror and stand |
 hallway |
 ceiling tile |
| Dining Room | Kitchen | Sewing Room | ||
 dining table |
 table setting |
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 The kitchen has both a woodburning stove and a gas stove. |
 workspace |
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| Alonzo E. Horton's Bedroom | Hospital Room | ||
 vanity with mirror |
 pitcher and basin with blue floral |
 White vases with gold trim sit on the mantel of a marble fireplace. Pitcher and basin can be seen in the mirror. |
 surgical kit and medicine bottles |
| Lohmann-Deyo Study | Victorian Bathroom | ||
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 A secret whiskey still was discovered after owner George Deyo passed away. |
 clawfoot tub |
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 "A 'Tail' of Two Cities — The Brother Dogs Project, The San Diego-Edinburgh Sister City Society, Inc." |
 Greyfriars Bobby (1856-1872), Edinburgh, Scotland, loyally stayed by its master's grave for 14 years until its own death. |
 Bum (1886-1898), San Diego's official town dog |
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