ARCHIVE / SAN DIEGO’S HISTORIC 7TH AVENUE TOUR RETURNS FOR SUMMER

1905. The George and Anna Gunn Marston home on Seventh Avenue was designed and built by William S. Hebbard and Irving Gill in 1905.

1915.  The Marston House is located at the intersection of Upas and Seventh Avenue and is today the site of SOHO'S Marston House Museum.  Above photo shows how the landscaping had grown in compared with top image.
For those with a keen eye you'll notice the enlargement of the first floor windows.

SOHO’S SUMMER TOUR SERIES—On Saturdays and Sundays only during summer hours only, Save our Heritage Organisation, has brought back its “Historic Seventh Avenue Tour.” 

For a time at the beginning of the 20^th century, the 3500 block of Seventh Avenue—just west of Balboa Park—was about as posh as it got.

Now for $10 per person take the 45 minute tour.

Tours take off at Noon, 2 pm and 4 pm

The tour series ends Labor Day.

Info: http://www.sohosandiego.org/main/tourmh7thave.htm

BEFORE YOU TAKE THE SOHO TOUR.

Here’s a refresher course found in San Diego History Center archives by Bruce Kamerling:   “Self-Guided Walking Tour of Seventh Avenue.”  Map by Will Chandler. http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/90summer/walk.htm

 NOTE: Soho's summer tours may or may not include discussion of the homes listed below:

1. George White & Anna Gunn Marston Residence

2. Dr. Frederick & Lilla Burnham Residence

3. Arthur & Elsa Marston Residence

4. Alice Lee Cottage

5. Alice Lee Residence

6. Katherine Teats Cottage

7. Mrs. Sarah M. Elston Residence

8. Lorenze & Miriam Barney Residence

9. George & Anna Barney Residence

10. Rev. Frederick & Mary Cossitt Residence

11. Thomas & Margaret Hamilton Residence

Architects William S. Hebbard and Irving Gill designed and built the Seventh Avenue home in 1906 for Dr. Frederick and Lillia Marston Burnham.