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La Von "Lee" E. Gottfried (1896-1968), was a native of Hicksville, Ohio. He came west working for the Pacific Telephone Company. In 1917, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served in France during World War I. When he returned to California he came to Carmel in 1919 and worked in the contracting business. He married Bonnie Adele Hale (1900-1967) on November 4, 1919 in Carmel,

Gottfried worked for Edward G. Kuster when he designed and built his stone house on Carmel Point. He designed and built his own home in 1921. He continued to work for Kuster, building the Carmel Weavers Studio for Ruth Kuster in 1922 and Sadie's in 1925. He also was the contractor and builder for two houses in Carmel Woods near Serra Circle.

Gottfried died on January 15, 1968, at age 72, in Monterey, California. Funeral services were held at the Little Chapel-by-the-Sea.

Swartz & Ryland

Fred L. Swartz (1885-1968) was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Columbus J. Ryland (1892-1980) studied engineering at the California Normal School of Arts and Crafts and at the University of Toulouse, in France. Ryland joined Swartz in Fresno, California in 1919. Projects they did together included a Fresno home for C. H. Ingram (1923), Oakland Union Bus Depot (1926), Bank of Carmel (1929), Fresno State College Library in 1931, (now Fresno City College), and the Sunset Center (1931). Ryland and M.J. Murphy built the Sunset School's Gothic Revival-style auditorium annex used by the Carmel Music Society. They kept their partnership until Ryland went into private practice in the mid 1930s. Ryland is best known for his design of the Monterey City Hall (1936) and the Santa Cruz City Hall (1937), and designing buildings for the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California.

Court of the Golden Bough

In 1928, an additional floor was built for the Golden Bough, designed by architect Guy O. Koepp, to house a new after-theatre restaurant for Louise Greatwood and Doris Stutsman. The building featured large arched casement windows on the north and west sides, offering views of the ocean. A fireplace was also incorporated into the west wall, while vaulted ceilings with exposed wooden surfaces were added to enhance its appearance.

Stonewood

Dale Sutton and Erik Nielsen, Vernacular, 1980, The Stonewood House wa built in 1980 by designer Dale Sutton and builder Erik Nielsen. The 1,800 square-foot Stonewood House is a tribute to the principles of Usonian architecture that was championed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Stone House

Bryan Addicott and Rick Griffey, Normandy-style, 1990, The Stone House, a Normandy-style cottage built by architect Bryan Addicott and contractor Rick Griffey in 1990, in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carla and Jeff White commissioned the construction of the house, which has since become a landmark in the area. The house is notable for its use of reclaimed materials, as well as the sea-weathered appearance of the stones, and its open eaves and king-truss beams.

Rasmussen/Klawans-Smith Cottage

1940s, The cottage had originally been owned by Greg Drew for a period of 30 years, until it was sold to designer David Burdge in 1989. Burdge undertook a significant remodeling of the property after his purchase. Presently, the property is owned by architects Brian Rasmussen and Katherine Klawans-Smith.

George Mark Whitcomb

This Cotswold-style house was built for master builder George Mark Whitcomb (1898-1981) and his family. During the 1920s and 1930s Whitcomb designed and built custom homes in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Whitcomb was born on April 9, 1898 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota and came to California. He marreid Jean Coralie Chapple (1899-1957) of Kumara, New Zealand, on February 8, 1918, in Oakland, California. They had three children together, Dexter, Joyce, and Kent. He died on June 14, 1981, in Carmel Valley, California, at the age of 83, and was buried in Monterey, California.

Amelia Gates Building

The Amelia Gates Building is a historic two-story wood-framed Tudor style commercial building in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It was designed by Amelia L. Gates and constructed by Fred McCrary in 1928, as retirement investment property. The building anchors west end of the Court of the Golden Bough on Ocean Avenue.

History

The Amelia Gates Building, ca. 1928

Amelia L. Gates a pioneer pediatrician, designed and supervised the construction of the two-story commercial building as a retirement investment property. It was like those she had seen in her travels to Europe. It was built by Fred McCrary of Pacific Grove, California in 1928. It is located on Ocean Avenue and Monte Verde Street next to the Court of the Golden Bough. The two-story wood-framed Tudor Revival style commercial building has a clinker brick veneer with textured cement stucco, with half-timbering on the upper floor. It has a parried steep-pitched roof, with a clinker brick exterior wall chimney. An open wood staircase leads to the top floor that was used as a studio apartment. It has three shop entrances along Ocean Avenue. A flower shop occupied the lower level of the building in the past.

John Ralph Geddis

John Geddis (1906 – 1975) was born on August 3, 1906, in San Jose, California. Commencing his journey as an art assistant at an Oakland Repertory Theater, Geddis transitioned into an acting role. Relocating to New York City, he became a member of the acting ensemble at the Neighborhood Playhouse. His pursuits led him to delve into dance under the guidance of choreographer Mikhail Fokine, and he graced the stages alongside modern dancers Martha Graham and Charles Weidman. Geddis's path eventually led him to puppetry, embarking on national tours with a "Punch and Judy" company. On September 24, 1974, Geddis passed away. Instead of traditional funeral services, his ashes were scattered upon the sea.

François Joseph Martin

François Martin (1909 – 1995) was born on October 17, 1909, in Santa Barbara, California. His father, James Martin (1864-1936), was born in New York, while his mother, Antoinette H. Coutolene (1875-1911) was born in San Francisco, California. Martin engaged with regional theater groups, participating in acting roles and contributing to set painting. He further ventured into the realm of silent films as an actor. His journey led him to Washington, D.C., where he pursued art studies at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. During his time as a student, he found himself captivated by the intricacies of puppet design and construction. In the 1930s, professional prospects led Geddis and Martin to Boston, Massachusetts. Their shared passion for puppetry facilitated their encounter and the subsequent establishment of a collaborative venture, a puppet theater set up within a disused carpenter's loft. Diverging from conventional performances geared towards children, they showcased adaptations of pieces by William Shakespeare and Molière. Martin passed away in his sleep on Saturday, February 25, 1995. He was 85 years old.

Talbert Josselyn

Talbert Josselyn gained national recognition as an author, contributing to magazine sports stories for publications like the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, and Blue Book magazines. Several of his stories found success on the big screen, with examples being Smugglers' Cove (1948), and Navy Bound (1951). Winsor Josselyn was a writer and wrote short-stories for the Carmel Pine Cone, Harper's Weekly, The Sportsman Pilot, and the American Legion Magazine.

His brother Talbert and his wife Florence owned lots across Santa Rita Street.

Aviator Thorne Taylor and writer Talbert Josselyn co-founded the first softball league in the Western United States, dubbed the Abalone League. The league got its name from the Abalone Cove, which was adjacent to the playing field. They played every evening in the summer months and on Sundays all year round. Six teams made up the league. Talbert Josselyn, Lee Gottfried, and Thorn Taylor were some of the first players. Winsor Josselyn wrote about the League opening in the Carmel Pine Cone.

Carmel bathhouse

Carmel Bathhouse built by Delos Goldsmith in 1889.

In 1889, Hunter and Goldsmith built the first community beach and bath house on a dune at the end of Ocean Avenue at the Carmel beach, with the help of her son, Wesley Hunter.

The had a wood structure had a row of glass windows acing Carmel Bay.

Left: Genthe photographing Jack London and friends at the Carmel Beach behind the Carmel Beach and Bath House. Right: The resulting photograph.

In 1921, Arnold Genthe photographed George Sterling, Mary Austin, Jack London and Jimmie Hooper on the beach at Carmel, California with the Carmel Bathhouse in the distance

The bathhouse was also used for wedding receptions, club meetings, and church events. A water tank on the roof was heated by the sun, which could be used for showers. Dressing room, bathing suits, and towels rented for 25 cents (equivalent to $8 in 2023). The bathhouse sold sandwiches, lemonade, popcorn, and candy.

The building lasted for forty years before being sold to the City of Carmel in 1921. The cost of upkeep and the potential for lawsuits led the city to sell it in 1929 to Mrs. W. C. Mann, who dismantled it and used the lumber for her own home.

W. C. Farley

William C. Farley was born on November 13, 1885, in Terre Haute, Indiana. His wife was Nell Farley. In the early 1920s, Farley first entered the dry cleaning business when he purchased a plant at Paso Robles, California. In 1924, Farley founded the first dry-cleaning business in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Farley was called to Washington, D.C. in the 1930s by the National Association of Cleaners and Dyers, where he served as technical field engineer for several years. In 1934, he then became the technical engineer in the dry cleaning industry at the Marshall Steel plant in Oakland, California, and directed the activities of a new $250,000 (equivalent to $5,694,030 in 2023) plant. He later moved to Brownsville, Texas with his daughter, Henrietta and her husband Frederick de Stefano (1900–1974). Farley died on December 1, 1966, in Brownsville, Texas, at the age of 81.

Carmel Martin

Carmel Martin was born on July 5, 1879, the son of John Martin (pioneer). He became a prominent attorney and was elected mayor of Monterey. He was the first mayor to serve under a new charter.

Carmel Martin, the youngest of the Martin boys, sold the ranch on August 23, 1929, to millionaire tycoon Willis J. Walker of Pebble Beach, who was chairman of the Red River Lumber Company. His father, Thomas B. Walker, was an business magnate who acquired lumber in Minnesota and California and became an art collector.

First mayor of Monterey, California.

Herbert Heron

He performed in San Francisco and went to Frank Coppa's restaurant, known among Bohemians in San Francisco. At Coppa's, he met George Sterling, who invited him down to the art colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1908. There, he met James Franklin Devendorf, co-founder of the Carmel Development Company, who sold him a lot to build a house where he lived with his wife and daughter.

During the 1930s, a heated dispute arose over the choice of paving material, either asphalt or cement, for the colored pavement. Heron advocated for asphalt while City Councilman John P. Jordan championed cement. Despite the fervent debate, no definitive resolution was reached on the matter of colored pavement, leaving the issue unresolved.

This time it was in an area surrounded by oaks and pines, for an outdoor (open air) theater. Heron wanted to stage plays starring Carmel residents. At that time there were only three hundred residents. {cn}}

• The Pageant of Carmel Mission - July 4, 1911
• The Toad by Bertha Newberry - July 1912
• Alice in Wonderland dramatization of Lewis Carroll's book; Perry Newberry producer - July 1912
• Runnymede by William Greer Harrison - July 1913
• Aladdin and the Lamp by Elizabeth Field Christy and Perry Newberry - July 1913
• The Talisman by Raine Bennett - August 23, 1913
• Macaire, by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Peoples' Attorney, by Perry Newberry - August 30, 1913
• Creation-Dawn, by Takeshi Kanno - 1913
• Sons of Spain, by Sidney Howard - July 1914
• The Arrow Maker, by Mary Austin - August 1914
• Strewel Peter, by Garnet Holme - July 1914
• Junipero Serra, - July 2-3, 5, 1915
• The Man From Home, Marry Leon Wilson, produced by Glenn Hughes - 1915
• The Pageant of Monterey at Court of the Universe, - August 1915
• Yolanda of Cyprus, by Cale Young Rice - July 1-3, 1916
• The Piper, by Josephine Preston Peabody - July 4-5, 1916; Glenn Hughes producer
• A Thousand Years Ago, by Percy MacKaye - July 3-4, 1917; Perry Newberry producer
• The Pageant of Long Beach, - May 20-22, 24, 1915
• The Blue Bird, by Maurice Maeterlinck - July 6-7, 1917; Perry Newberry producer
• Androcles and the Lion, by George Bernard Shaw - July 27-28, 1917; Perry Newberry producer}}

Isabel Leidig

Isabel A. Martin (1884-1961) was born on February 12, 1884, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. She was the daughter of John Martin (1827-1893) and Elizabeth Hislop (1837-1916) who came to Monterey County in 1856 where they raised their children. John Martin and his brother Robert bought land around the Carmel River in 1859 from Lafayette F. Loveland. He built the Martin Ranch on 216-acre (0.87 km²) that went as far as the Carmel River to the homes along Carmel Point. The ranch became known as the Mission Ranch because it was so close to the Carmel Mission. They farmed potatoes and barley and had a milk dairy. Isabel married Robert George Leidig (1879-1970) on October 20, 1910, at the Mission Ranch. They had three children during their marriage, Martin, Theodore, and Jean. In 1906, Robert Leidig and his brother Frederick, opened the Carmel-by-the-Sea's first Grocery Store on the north side of Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Street. He later was manager of Holman's Carmel hardware store that was located in the Carmel Development Company Building. In the 1920s, Robert Leidig and his wife Isabel owned property on the east side of Dolores Stret. In 1925, Isabel was listed as the original owner of the Isabel Leidig Building. Robert and Isabel Leidig also built the large two-story Spanish Revival style, white stucco mixed-use Draper Leidig Building in 1929, on the east side of Dolores Street near Ocean Avenue. Robert Leidig was one of the early founders of the Carmel Volunteer Fire Department in July 1915. He became chief of the department in January 1925. He served as the village fire marshal and chief for 53 years. He was fire chief at the opening of the new Carmel Fire Station in 1937. He later opened, with Thomas B. Reardon, a service station on the northeast corner of San Carolos Street and Sixth Avenue. Robert and Isabel's daughter Jean, married Raymond Jesse Draper (1916-1981) of Pacific Grove, California, on October 16, 1938, in St. John's Chapel, Del Monte and Rev. Theodore Bell officated. On October 10, 1960, Isabel and Robert Leidig celebrated their 50th golden wedding anniversary at a dinner party at the Mission Ranch where they were married 50 years ago. There was also a reception in the Garden Room of the La Playa Hotel given to them by their daughter Jean, and her husband Raymond Draper. Isabel Leidig died of a heart attack in her home at Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street on September 11, 1961, in California at the age of 77. Funeral services were in the Paul Funeral Chapel. Rev. David Hill, rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church, officiated. She was buried in the family plot in the City of Monterey Cemetery, Cementerio El Encinal. On December 18, 1924, Robert Leidig died in a convalescent home at age 91. Private services were at the Little Chapel-by-the-Sea in Pacific Grove. Rev. David Hill, rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Carmel, officiated the services. Interment was at the City of Monterey Cemetery, Cementerio El Encinal.

Frederick Bigland

Frederick Bigland (1889-1971) came to Carmel from England in the early 1920s. He became a builder and designer in Northern England. He left England and settled in Carmel in the 1920s. He built his own Storybook Tudor style "Forest Cottage" (Frederick Bigland House) home on Mountain View Avenue and Santa Rita Street in Carmel for $1,500 (equivalent to $25,816 in 2023) in 1926.

His work in Carmel reflected his own English Tudor storybook style he brought with him from England. He built the "Twe Kenn" house for Clara Folger on Scenic Drive in 1926.

Bigland married Dorothy Walton (1884-1961) and had only one child, Mary Bigland (1914-1984), who married a blind lawyer, Eben Whittlesey, who went on to serve Carmel as mayor from 1962 to 1964.

Bigland retired in 1961 and moved to Solvang, California. He died on December 12, 1971, aged 82, in Santa Barbara, California after a short illness. Funeral services and interment were at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

Works

• Frederick Bigland House (1926)
• Twe Kenn House (1926)
• Reginald Markham House (1927)
• Agnes Shorting House (1927)
• Edward Fristrom Cottage (1927)
• Bernard Wetzel Building (1928)
• Roussel Residence (1928)
• Casa Laiolo (1929)
• Lloyd C. Miller Cottage (1929)
• Frederick Bigland Apartments (1930)

Mary Louise (Pearce) Dummage

Mary Louise (Pearce) Dummage (1870-1952) was one Carmel's' first residents, settling in Pacific Grove, California in 1889, and buying a Carmel lot in 1903, from James Franklin Devendorf and Frank Hubbard Powers for $300 (equivalent to $10,173 in 2023). She was the daughter of William Wriley Pearce and Emily Elvira Stepp. She married William T. Dummage on November 16, 1913, in Carmel. He was sent to Carmel in 1892, to sell lots for Abbie Jane Hunter who worked for real estate developer Santiago J. Duckworth.

Dummage was a pioneering landowner and businesswoman, who opened Carmel's first restaurant, on a 20' x 30' tent on top of a wood platform in 1903. She acquired lots on the west side of Dolores and was involved in the early development of Carmel. Her sister-in-law, Laura May (Pearce) Wilson, and her husband purchased several parcels along Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street in 1903. The Philip Wilson Building, is a two-story Craftsman style building, that was built in 1905 on the corner of Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street as a real estate office, and in 1916 it became the first official City Hall.

Albert B. Coats

Albert Blake Coats (1881-1949) arrived in the Monterey Peninsula around 1919. He was the chief builder and designer for the Monterey contractor James C. Anthony in the early 1920s. Coats was responsible for the design of Anthony's Monterey Mesa Tract artist's colony in 1923. In 1924, he worked for builder Fred McCreay as a designer and office manager. He established his own practice in 1929, working with his son Orville Coats. He used a specialized cement block framing system on the Seven Arts Building in Carmel. The product was called “Thermotite,” which was produced in Carmel in the mid 1920s. The material was advertised as "fireproof, waterproof and practically everlasting."

First Murphy House

Murphy with his mother and sister in front of First Murphy House.

In 1902, Murphy, at age 17, built his first one-story wood-framed home, a 820 square feet (76 m²) cottage, for his mother and sister on Mission Street between fifth and sixth Avenues. The home was a mixture of Victorian and Craftsman Bungalow. It has a horizontal clapboard wood siding and a used brick exterior wall chimney located on the South side.

Albert Cauldwell

Albert M. Cauldwell Advertisement as architect at 251 Kerney Street, San Francisco.

Albert Maxwell Cauldwell (1894-1948), was a San Francisco architect. He was born on February 18, 1889, in San Francisco, California. His mother was Catherine M Drew. Eleanor C. Cauldwell and John S. Cauldwell were his siblings. He belonged to the San Francisco Architectural Club. In July 1920, the California State Board of Architecture, Northern District, granted him a certificate to practice architecture in California. His office was at 251 Kerney Street, San Francisco. The 1930 United States census lists him as an architect living in San Francisco at age 36. His birthplace was California, his father's birthplace was New York, and mother's birthplace was Iowa. He was a veteran in World War I.

Works

Below is a list of works completed by Cauldwell:

• All Saints Episcopal Church (1913)
• Stockton Nurses' Home (1914)
• Santa Clara's Carmelite Monastery (1916)
• Mission Dolores Church (1921)
• Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco (1923)
• Notre Dame College (1924)
• The Notre Dame School (1925)
• Telegraph Hill Homes (1929)

Cauldwell died on January 8, 1948, in San Francisco, California. He left 186 volumes on art and architecture to the Anne Bremer Memorial Library. John Wright Burns and Ann Scott Burns of Los Gatos, California are heirs of Cauldwell.

Thomas A. Oakes

Thomas Albert Oakes was an American building contractor who is known for building the T.A. Oakes Building, a historic commercial building in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. This building was designed for a new United States post office.

Thomas Albert Oakes (1857-1927) was a building contractor from Santa Cruz who also helped construct some of the city streets. He was a resident of Carmel-by-the-Sea for many years working on architectural designs for homes and buildings. He built the T.A. Oakes Building for a new post office in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1922.

Oakes was born on February 12, 1857, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was Moses Oakes and mother was Margaret Wallace. His father died when he was Thomas was four months old. His mother brought her son to California in 1857 via the Isthmus of Panama to Susanville, California where he was raised until he was 12 years old.

He learned the trade of woodworking in the furniture shop of W. S. Chadburn in San Francisco. He then moved to Reno, Nevada where he was in the furniture business for 10 years. He moved to Richmond, California where he went into building. He built the first public hall, the Pottery Works, and other buildings on Howard, Mission, Larkin, and California Streets. He was a superintendent of construction on a pottery plant, the West Coast Porcelain Manufacturing in Burlingame, California. He built the Live Oaks School in Sant Cruz, the first brick schoolhouse in the district, and built and sold houses in Santa Cruz County, California, and a number of homes in the Chris Johnson and the Wilson tracts.

He married Abbie E. Nash of Lexington, Michigan, in Reno, Nevada, on April 27, 1887. They had one daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Oakes, in 1910.

He was a resident of San Cruz, California since 1912 and lived at 86 Seabright Avenue.

Oakes died on October 9, 1927, in Santa Cruz, California of heart failure. He was 71 years old.

Thomas W. Morgan

Thomas Wolfe Morgan was an American architect that is known for being the architect for the T.A. Oakes Building, a historic commercial building in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. This building was designed for a new United States post office.

Thomas Wolfe Morgan, Jr., (1875-1940), was born on August 22, 1875, in Oakland, California. His parents were Thomas Wolfe Morgan (1839-1903) and Cristina Agnes Ross (1847-1922). He came to Carmel in 1920 to join his sister, Carmel artist Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868-1948). Thomas Morgan was a resident of Carmel-by-the-Sea for 20 years working on architectural designs for homes and buildings.

He was knew Jack London from Oakland, California. He loved books, art, and music. He played the flute.

Morgan was the architect that did the plans and specifications for a new Carmel Post Office, at the T.A. Oakes Building on the Dolores Street in Carmel were accepted by the department in Washington. The lease was for ten years of occupancy.

Morgan died, at age 64, in a Salinas, California hospital of a heart attack on February 5, 1940. Services were held at a Salinas funeral home.

A. Carlyle Stoney

Augustus Carlyle Stoney was an American building contractor who is known for building the Reardon Building a historic commercial building in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Augustus Carlyle Stoney, also known as A. C. Stoney, was born on August 24, 1890, in Beaver, Utah. His father was Augustus J. Stoney and his mother was Harriet Susanna Blackner, that came from a Mormon pioneer family. He was married to Rosa Cound in 1938 in California. He got a mining degree from the University of Utah, at Salt Lake City. He took a job at the Brigham Copper Mines as an engineer. Stoney came to Carmel in 1917, from Utah, with his four brothers, Maurice, Robert, Paul, and Ronald, who were carpenters. They went to work for master builder M. J. Murphy. During World War I, he was the purchasing agent for the Henry J. Kaiser Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California. They worked for Murphy until 1925, when the four brothers established their own contracting and building company. Stoney built his home on Carmel Point, on the third base line of the old Abalone League baseball field. In 1920, he was a volunteer for the Carmel Fire Department.

The building was designed by architect Guy O. Koeppand built by Carlyle Stoney for Josephine Baber

In 1932, Stoney built the Spanish Eclectic Reardon Building on Ocean Avenue and Mission Street, also known as the Carmel Dairy, for Thomas Reardon.

Stoney died of a heart attack on August 16, 1949, while on a fishing trip to Walker Meadows near Mono, California, at the age of 58. Funeral services were held at Paul's Mortuary, Pacific Grove, California. Mark Cram of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints of Sacramento, California, a friend of the family officiated. Interment was at the Oak Hill Memorial Park in San Jose, California.