My escape to San Diego with George & Anna Marston, El Prado, Torture & "Much Ado about Nothing"

This elegant Italian Renaissance style boutique property was built in 1926.

My Suite

 

 

The Marston House Museum is one of California's finest examples of the Arts and Crafts movement and was constructed in 1905 for George W. Marston and his wife, Anna Gunn Marston. George Marston is noted for many things but most prominently as a civic leader whose interest and work in historic preservation, conservation and history is renowned.

Anna & George Marston

The property was designed and built by the internationally renowned architects William Sterling Hebbard and Irving Gill. Surrounded by five acres of rolling lawns, manicured formal gardens, and rustic canyon gardens, this 8,500 square-foot home became a house museum in 1987 after the Marston family gifted it to the City of San Diego for the enjoyment of the public.

Spend some time exploring the grounds, formal gardens and canyon pathways in the shade of towering pine, eucalyptus and oak trees. Learn about one of San Diego's most prominent families and the master architects and renowned landscape designers who worked with the family to create one of the region's most important estates.

 

This house, built during the height of the Arts and Crafts movement in California, reflected the conservative nature of both the movement and the owner. Featuring a simplicity of design both inside and out, Craftsman houses focused on the contemporary values of hearth and home as a criticism of the shattering impact of industrialism on urban families.  http://sohosandiego.org/marston/

Round corners upstairs

The gardens through a screen enclosed porch

George Marston and I go way back.

Prado courtyard

I almost had to do the dishes.

Mermaids of course

Art Village

 



Five Star performances from my new friends:

Jamal Douglas, Lindsay Brill, and Lowell Byers in "Much Ado about Nothing"



Must have dessert before I drive home.