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HISTORICAL NOMINATION
OF THE
HENSLEY HOUSE
5309 MARLBOROUGH DRIVE~ KENSINGTON
Ronald V. May, RPA
Legacy 106, Inc.
P.O. Box 503394
San Diego, CA 92150
(619) 269-3924
Legqcy
1061NC.
List of Figures
1. U.S.G.S. La Mesa Quadrangle, 7.5"
2. California DPR 523A
3. California DPR 523B
4. The Thomas Guide, Map 1269. Location of5309 Marlborough Drive residence.
5. This is a typical real estate advertisement that Davis-Baker Company issued to
sell lots and houses in Kensington Heights.
6. Kensington Heights subdivisions, Units 1, 2, 3
7. Kensington Heights, Unit 3. Red arrow shows 5309 Marlborough.
8. San Diego County Tax Assessor' s Book 440, page 02, Block 022, Lot 9
9. Close up and full aerial photograph showing 5309 Marlborough Drive.
10. Series of San Diego Union news articles announcing first flight of overnight Air
Mail and passenger service by Pacific Air Transport.
11. Air Mail Letter postmarked San Diego, July 1, 1930 from Pacific Air Transport's
first overnight Air Mail flight, autographed by Charles R. Bowman, Pilot P.A.T.,
H. C. Crandall, PAT Pilot, E. L. Remelin, and E. V. Gorst, addressed to Leo L.
Ross in Medford, Oregon. From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
12. Ryan Flying Company at Dutch Flats with Ryan Standards and Cloudster on
flight line "Los Angeles-San Diego Air Line." From the San Diego Aerospace
Museum Archives.
13. Letter from T. Claude Ryan dated April18, 1925 transferring one undivided half
of Ryan Flying Company to B. Franklin Mahoney. Note letterhead in upper left
lists C. R. Bowman as Assistant Manager and Pilot, Ryan Flying Company. From
the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
14. Article "First Intercity Aerial Service is Established: Cabin Planes Operated in
San Diego-L.A. Bring Movie Stars Here," Monday, March 2, 1925, The San
Diego Union. Note that the article lists Charles R. Bowmann (sb) as one of the
pilots. From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
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15. Article "Infuriated Auto Racer Posts $500 In Auto-Airplane Tug-o' War To Be
Reenacted At The Palisades, S.D. Beach, Next Sunday." The San Diego Union,
June 1926. Charles Bowman in a " clash of blood" to outpull a motorcar engine.
Also article "Woman, 84, Gets New Kick," probably The San Diego Union,
March 18, 1925, describing "crack pilot" C.R. Bowman of the Ryan Company
taking her for a thrill ride. From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
16. 1924 Ryan Photo of a Ryan Standard Airplane. Presumably the first Ryan cabin .
job-the Ryan Standard modified from JR-1 Standard. Pilot Dick Bowman. From
the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives, photo no. 100763.
17. 1925 Ryan Photo of two regular pilots on flights to Los Angeles. Left to right,
Boyd "Monty" Monteith, a fellow cadet of Claude Ryan's at March Field, and
Dick Bowman. From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives, photo no.
95774.
18. Photograph showing San Diego city leaders at groundbreaking ceremonies for
Lindberg Field terminal. San Diego Public Library California Room Collections.
19. "The mail must go through." Articles describing Charles R. "Dick" Bowman' s
crash of his Pacific Air Transport C-81 on the Tehachapi Mountains on October
26, 1927.
20. Pacific Air Transport' s Log of Charles R. "Dick" Bowman "cracking up" his
Pacific Air Transport C-81 on the Tehachapi Mountains on October 26, 1927.
From the personal collection of Robert Bowman, Dick Bowman' s half brother.
Also photograph of Mrs. Dick Bowman and daughter Beverly in front of an early
Pacific Air Transport Ryan M-1 Air Mail plane in 1926. From the San Diego
Aerospace Museum Archives, photo no. 100768.
21. Two photographs showing Lindbergh Field in the 1930s.
22. Photograph of United Air Lines B-247 Air Mail and passenger plane.
23. United Air Lines ca. 1930.
24. Two social event announcements from the St. Joseph Gazette around the time of
the wedding ofTheodore Worthington Gauss to Gladys Olivia Tootle in 1913.
25. Society column article in St. Joseph Gazette, September 12, 1913 announcing
marriage ofTheodore and Gladys Gauss.
26. Photo of Theodore Gauss with two women in front of 5309 Marlborough Drive.
27. Photo and obituary for Gladys Olivia Tootle Gauss.
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28. Photo and obituary for Theodore Worthington Gauss.
29. Obituaries for Mrs. Mathilde Garrison and Captain Harry A. Garrison.
30. Close up aerial photograph showing site of 5309 Marlborough Drive in 1946-47.
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List of Attachments
1.
Application and Order for Water Service, Operating Department, City of San
Diego, 5309 Marlborough, Lot 352 Kensington Unit 3, January 28, 1929, H.
B. Hensley
2.
Order of Record, Grant Deed, Henry B. and Kathryn C. Hensley (Grantor) to
George T. Forbes (Grantee) on January 9, 1930
3.
Chattel Mortgage by Theodore and Gladys 0. Gauss to Helen W. Gauss,
Omaha, Nebraska for security for $2,245.00 beginning March 26, 1932
4.
Official Record of the Deed ofTrust for 5309 Marlborough from Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company to George W. Hill, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill, October
10, 1939
5.
Grant Deed from Marion Emerson and Ruth Garrison Murphy (Grantor) to
Ruth Garrison Murphy (Grantee), February 2, 1959
6.
Joint Tenancy Grant Deed from Ruth Garrison Murphy (Grantor) to Lew R.
and Jean M. Anderson (Grantee), October 14, 1968
7.
Grant Deed from Lew R. Anderson and Jean M. Anderson to Todd E. Leigh
and Connie 0. Leigh, February 17, 1976
8.
Grant Deed from Michael A.Tristany Trust to Michael A. Tristany,
July 20, 2002
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State of California - The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
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*Resource Name or#: (Assigned by recorder) Hensley House
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Other Hamilton House Identifier:
*P2.
Location: o Not for Publication X Unrestricted *a. County San Diego
and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.)
*b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Mesa 7 5' Quad Date April30 2003 T_ ; R ,_f _ _ ; _ _S.M.
c. Address 5309 Marlborough Drive City San Diego
Zip .92.11.6
d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone ll, 490102 mEl 3626069 mN
e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel ##, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate)
Tax Assessor's Parcel #440-022-09-00; Lot 352 of Kensington Heights, Unit 3, Map 1948. This location is a lot north
of the northeast corner of Marlborough and Ridgeway.
*P3a.
Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and
boundaries) The Hensley House is a 1931 Spanish Eclectic style single-family dwelling built by builder Henry B. Hensley
with design review and guidance by Master Architect Richard S. Requa, of the Kensington Architectural Review
Committee. Real estate pioneer George T. Forbes directed all lot owners in Unit 3, Kensington Heights to submit plans
for review and approval by Requa in the 1920s and 1930s. This house was designed among a group of six Spanish
style houses at the intersection of Marlborough and Ridgeway in the exclusive Kensington Heights community.
This would have been a model neighborhood, but the October 1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash drove Hensley into
bankruptcy and the owners struggled to keep the houses occupied during the early 1930s. The Monterey style balcony,
inset windows, wrought iron window grills, and adobe-like stucco surface contribute to the Spanish theme. The exterior
is smooth, yellow-clay plaster with a red tile roof at two elevations and an ornate chimney continues the Spanish
*P3b.
Resource Attributes: (list
attributes and codes) Single fam ily
dwelling.
*P4. Resources Present: X Building
o Structure o Object o Site o District
o Element of District o Other (Isolates, etc.)
P5b. Description of Photo: The view is
facing the front to the east from
Marlborough.
Photo by Ronald V. May, RPA.
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source:
X Historic
o Prehistoric
1929, Notice of Completion
P7. Owner and Address:
Michael Tristany, 5309 Marlborough Drive, San Diego, CA 92116
*P8. Recorded by: {Name, affiliation. and address) Ronald V. May, RPA, Legacy 106, Inc., P.O. Box 503394
San Diego, CA 92150.3394
*P9. Date Recorded: April 30 2003
*P10.Survey Type: {Describe) Walked around the house
*P11. Report Citation: {Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination to the City of San Diego for
Historic Landmark Status
*Attachments: OLocation Map ocontinuation Sheet X Building, Structure, and Object Record
o Archaeological Record o District Record o unear Feature Record o Milling Station Record o Rock Art Record
o Artifact Record OPhotograph Record o Other (List):
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*Resource Name or# HENSLEY House
81 . Name: HENSLEY House
82. Common Name: HENSLEY House
83. Original Use: Single family residence 84. Present Use: Single family residence
*85.
Architectural Style: Spanish Eclectic, Monterey sub-style
86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Henry B. Hensley submitted plans to George T.
Forbes' Architectural Review Committee and Master Architect Richard Requa guided the final design of this Spanish Eclectic,
Monterey sub-style house to be constructed in 1929 at 5309 Marlborough, Kensington Heights, Unit 3. The completed house with
evergreen landscaping remained vacant or rented until1940 with no structural changes, but landscaping obscured 75% of the house
until the 1950s. Captain Harry Garrison expanded the northeast comer and rear to build a family room with second fireplace and
chimney in 1962. Michael Tristany expanded the kitchen behind the house, dining room to meet a wall at the driveway edge,
ornamental tops on the chimneys, and built a storeroom at the back of the garage. The house has been painted a yellow-clay with
brown trim and green window trim. This constitutes a 16% expansion, but only 2-3% of those changes can be seen from Marlborough.
*87.
Moved?
181
No
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Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A
*88. Related Features: The back of the house has been expanded to include a family room, larger kitchen with breakfast tower,
larger dining room, and a storeroom off the back of the garage.
B9a. Architect: Master Architect Richard S. Requa guided and approved Henry B. Hensley's plans
b. Builder: Henry B. Hensley
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Significance: Theme Development of United States Air Mail and passenger service aviation transportation in the United
States and association with aviation pioneer Captain Charles R. "Dick" Bowman. The house is locally significant for
associations with real estate developer George T. Forbes and Master Architect Richard Requa with their Architectural Review
Committee guidance to builder Henry B. Hensley's plans for building this Spanish Eclectic, Monterey style house in 1929.
Area: Kensington Heights, San Diego
Period of Significance 1929-1953 Property Type single family dwelling
Applicable Criteria (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope.
Also address integrity.) (See continuation sheet for additional criterion.)
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Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) None
*812.
References: (See Continuation Page 2)
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Remarks: *814. Evaluator: Ronald V. May, RPA
*Date of Evaluation: April 30, 2003
(This space reserved for official comments.)
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Criterion h.
The Bensley Honse is associated with persons significant in 201b centncy aviation histocy of
San Diego and the nation as well as persons significant to the development of the
Kensington commamicy.
Pacific Air Transport pilot, Captain Charles R. "Dick" Bowman, and four other pilots flew into
history on July 1, 1930, as they inaugurated overnight United States Air Mail and passenger
flight service between Seattle, Washington and San Diego. Bowman flew the 36-hour flight in a
B-40 Boeing bi-plane. City of San Diego Mayor Harry Clark, Chamber of Commerce President
Hal Hotchkiss, and Postmaster Ernest Dort greeted the first arrival. Captain Bowman also held
the distinction of flying the first transcontinental flight from San Francisco to Boston in 1925.
When United Air Lines acquired Pacific Air Transport in 1932, Captain Bowman continued to
fly in and out of San Diego in the B-247 commercial passenger and Air Mail planes. As Assistant
Manager to T. Claude Ryan, Captain Bowman helped build and refit many famous passenger and
airmail planes at the Ryan Flying Company at Dutch Flats in San Diego. In addition, the Hensley
House was also owned by George T. Forbes, a leader in early 20th century real estate
development in San Diego and built under the design control of master architect Richard S.
Requa.
Criterion c.
The 74-)'ear old Bensley Honse embodies distinctive elements of Spanish Eclectic with
Monterey st)'le architecture.
Historic photographs demonstrate how the stuccoed, two-story building exhibits a fired red-tile
roof, ornate wooden balcony, and iron grillwork windows. A sculpted stucco cap tops the
cathedral front window, which had been obscured by overgrown evergreens during the first
decades of its existence. Overall, the Hensley House is a classic Spanish Eclectic home that
reflects popular 17th and 18th century Andalusia style houses in Spain, as required by George T.
Forbes, developer of Kensington Heights and Richard S. Requa through his Architectural Review
Committee between 1927 and 1941.
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References:
Allen, Oliver E.
198 1 The Airline Builders: The Epic ofFlight. Alexandria: Time-Life Books
Baumann, Thomas H.
1997 Kensington - Talmadge 1910 - 1997. Second Edition. San Diego: Ellipsys International Publications
Brandes, Ray
198 1 San Diego: An Illustrated History. Los Angeles: Knapp Communications Corporation
California Office of Historic Preservation
1996 The California Register of Historic Resources: Regulations for Nomination ofHistoric Properties. State of California,
The Resources Agency, Department of Parks and Recreation
Eddy, Lucinda
1997 Frank Mead and Richard Requa: Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts and Crafts of California. Ed Robert Winter.
Berkeley: University of California Press
Kirker, Harold
1986 California 's Architectural Frontier: Style and Tradition in The Nineteenth Century. Salt Lake City. Utah: Peregrine Books
McAlester, Virginia and Lee
1979 A Field Guide to American Homes. New York: Little, Brown and Company
National Park Service
1985 Historic American Building Survey Guidelines for Preparing Written and Historical Descriptive Data. Division of National
Register Programs, Western Regional Office, San Francisco, California
Starr, Kevin
1990 Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s. New York: Oxford University Press
Starr, Raymond
1986 San Diego: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company
Taylor, C. W.
1953 Eminent Californians. Palo Alto, California: Private publishing
The Thomas Guide, San Diego County
2002 Page 1268
Winter, Robert
1985 Architecture in Los Angeles: A Complete Guide. Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Books
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References (continued):
Manuscripts
Bowman, Captain C. R.
June 21 , 1969 Translation of Letter from Captain C. R. Bowman, San Diego Aerospace Museum Research Archives
May, Ronald V. May, RPA
2002 "Historical Nomination of The Hamilton House, 2840 Maple Street in South Park," Historical Resources Board, City of San Diego
2002 "Historical Nomination of the Forbes-Harden House, 53 18 Canterbury Drive, Kensington Heights: George T. Forbes, Kensington Heights
Model Home, Judge Clarence and Sarah F. Harden Residence, Requa & Jackson, Architects, Historical Resources Board,
City of San Diego
Sedlock, Robert
1958 "A History of Kensington," San Diego Historical Society, Research Archives
Wagner, William
1971 Ryan The Aviator: Being the Adventures Ventures of Pioneer Airman and Businessman T. Claude Ryan. New York: McGraw-Hill
Book Co.
Periodicals
Aero Digest
1928 "The Air Mail Pilot by Caldwell" Pacific Air Transport (December): 11 9 This newsletter shows a photograph of C. R. Bowman
and is in the San Diego Aerospace Museum
Bowman, Robert
2002 "Another Caterpillar Story," R UPANEWS Journal ofthe Retired United Pilots Association (July 516) 4(7): 12
Businger, Ted
1983 " A.C. 'Charlie' Miller: Pilot and Master Craftsman," The Vintage Airplane. (March):6-ll
Cajori, Florian
1899 "Carl Friederick Gauss and His Children," Science, N.S, IX:697-704
Crary, Harold
August 1928 "Air Mail Versatility," p. 39, San Diego Magazine.
Praeger, Otto
1925 "Couriers of The Air: Uncle Sam's Mail-Bearing Eagles and Their Cross-Continental Flights" Mentor (June) This newsletter
is at the San Diego Aerospace Museum
Requa, Richard S.
1909 "A California Cottage Home," Good Housekeeping (January 1909).
San Diego Unified Port District
August, 1978 " Port Talk: San Diego International Airport, The First Fifty Years."
Whitehouse, Arch
Air Trails, no date given "Air Mail Aces: Thrilling Episodes From the Unwritten History of The Brave, Mad Era"
This portion of a newsletter is at the San Diego Aerospace Museum.
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Newspapers
Evening Herald: October 26, 1927
Evening Tribune: May 15, 1932, August 26, 1932
Los Angeles Times: June 13, 1975
Los Angeles Herald: October 27, 1927
The San Diego Union: March 18, 1925; June 30, 1930, July 1, 1930, July 2, 1930, August 16, 1930, September 16, 1931 ;
January 16, 1949, December 9, 1961 , October 3 1, 1968, July 29, 1974, April22, 197 1, June 9, 1976
Seattle Daily Times: March 18, 1926
Showley, Roger, " Richard Requa's Vision Saved Balboa Park Buildings," The San Diego Union, September 14, 1997
Email
AJan Renga, Assistant Archivist, San Diego Aerospace Museum
Captain C. R. Bowman, United Air Lines (ret.) to unidentified party, June 21, 1969. This letter responded to a questionnaire
and it is marked "Translated" at the top. It explains his entire biographical career and provides anecdotal information about other pilots,
T. Claude Ryan, Col. Charles Lindbergh, and various airplanes of the 1920s and 1930s. San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
T. Claude Ryan, Ryan Flying Company, to B. Franklin Mahoney, April 18, 1925.
This letterhead includes C.R. Bowman as assistant manager and pilot for Ryan Flying Company. San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives
William Wagoner, Ryan Aeronautical Library, to Mr. Barrett, April 28, 1976. This letter confrrms Charles R. Bowman crashed plane
#2072 on October 26, 1927. San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives
Oral Hjstories
Forbes, George
1973 Oral History, San Diego Historical Society, Research Archives
Oral Interviews
Robert Bowman
2003 Oral Interview. Robert Bowman is half brother to Charles R. Bowman and a retired United Air Lines pilot living in Fallbrook.
Gauss, Robert Parker and Claudia Gauss.
2003 Oral Interview. Robert Parker Gauss and his wife Claudia live in Ramona. Robert is a direct descendant of Theodore and Gladys Gauss.
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Djredorjes
1927 to 1960
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Public J.jbracy
California Room, Obituaries, City Directories, Subject Files
Tjtle Search
Union Title Company
Municipal agd CounQ' Records
County Recorder, Deed Books
County of San Diego, Department ofPublic Works, Map Records
County of San Diego, Clerk of the Board, Supervisor's Records
County of San Diego, Superior Court Records
County Tax Assessor, Records, Residential Building Record, Residential Property Appraisal Record, and Permit Data Sheets
Water Department, Records
Tachner, Mary
1982 "Richard Requa: Southern California Architect: 1881-1 94 1," Department of History, University of San Diego (Call No. 979.404 R427)
Internet
1920 United States Federal Census; 1930 United States Federal Census www ancestcy cam
Amero, Richard
2003 "History of the California Building in Balboa Park," San Diego Historical Society, www sandjegahistacy org
Notes, Balboa Park, June 22, 1975, San Diego Union, F-1 "Artisans Restoring Museum (of Man) Fa~ade to Original Beauty, by Craig
MacDonald (ilus.)," and August 17, 1975, Los Angeles Times, VII-I. San Diego Museum Gets $55,000 Face-lifting: Precision Handwork,
by Barbara Bius (ilus.), www sandiegohistor)' orgfamero/ootes-1975 htm
Amphibious Forces WW II
2003 "Office ofNaval Records and History, Ships' Histories Section, Navy Department, History ofUSS Harris (APA 2)
www rpadden comffi02/harrishistacy btm
Antique Label Company
2003 Fruit Crate Art and Fruit Crate Labels from the Famous Art Collector, Dick Maule www fm itcrateart cam/20 I html
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BlueSkySearch.com
2003 "History of Fruit and Vegetable Crate Labels" Antique Produce Crate Labels, www blueskysearch com,
www b)ueskysearcb com/Antique%20Produce%201 abe ls htm
Burbank Airport
2003 Burbank Airport History, www bmbankairport com
California Deaths, 1940-97 www Ancestry cam
I
What is the Caterpillar Club? www caterpillarclub org/irvin/jrvjn btm
Criminal Bar Association of Victoria, Australia
2003 Eighth Annual Criminal Law Congress, Guantanamo Bay, Detention, and Trial by Milita.i-y Commission, Session 7,
Friday 4 October 2002, " ... and Justice for All?" www crimharvic org aulweinhergb btm)
Federation of American Scientists, News from the USIA Washington Fi le, 19 April 1999 "Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Ready to
Accept Kosovar Refugees," www fas org/man/dod-1 0 )/opsldocs99/9904 )90 I lit btm
Fussichen, Kenneth
2003 The History of Flight Chronology, bttp·//users cammkey net/fussic ben/otdtly btm
Gauss
2003 C harles Henry Gauss Family Papers, Rootsweb.com. www roatsweb cam Search by Gauss.
Geneology.com
2003 MurphyFamily Genealogy Forum, postings regarding obituary of Marion E. Murphy born in Tennessee,
http -/lgenfomm genealogy cam search under " Murphy" and then "Marion E. Murphy."
Jackson County Online
2003 Jackson County, O regon Website. Airport, History, Father of Aviation in Jackson County, www co jackson or us
Jackson, Parker H.
2002 " San Diego Biographies, Richard S. Requa ( 1881-1941 )," San Diego Historical Society. hwww sandiegahistory orglhio/requa/requa htm
Lamb, Meredith
Meredith and Jim's Electronic Home, James Alan Thielen and Meredith Lamb, www lamb-thielen comlcollectionsllahels/index-1 6 btm l
Mail Tribune News,
2003 "Time Line Story of a Century: 1925-1929" Airmail flew into Medford in 1926. Discussed Pacific Air Transport, pilot A.D. Starbuck's
arrival from San Francisco, and early years of Pacific Air Transport. www mailtribune com/arch ive/99/t jme line/6)799 htm
Mapquest Maps; www mapquest com
Migrations Project
2003 Migrations, www migrations orglindividual php3?record=9461 , surname " Gauss" search. Research compiled by Claudia Gauss.
Morris, Craig
2003 "Airline Timetable Images" www timetahleimages com/ni mageslpat btm Pacific Air Transport. Permission to use
photograph images granted by Craig Morris for images in his collection.
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National Aviation Hall of Fame
2003 "Golden Age" Tab, T. Claude Ryan, Industrialist. www nat ionalaviation org
Pemberton & Sons
2003 Pemberton & Sons Aviation " We fly the old stuff," Spokane, WAUSA. " Boeing 40C and 40B" http-(lweh3 foxinternet net/biplane/
Pemberton grew up in San Diego and lived here for 41 years. He learned to fly airplanes at Gillespie Field and eventually kept his own planes
there. He and his family now live in Spokane, Washington where he owns and flys vintage aircraft. Pemberton owns a Boeing 40C what was
once owned by Pacific Air Transport and crashed between Medford and Roseburg, Oregon in October 1928. It was piloted by Grant Donaldson,
one of the 12 original PAT pilots who is also listed in the newspaper article with Bowman. The authors wish to express appreciation to Addison
Pemberton and his family for providing additional information about the Boeing 40 airplanes and airmail pilots.
Pourade, Richard F.
San Diego Historical Society, "The History of San Diego," Chapter 6: The Boom Fades and Chapter 7: The Quiet Years.
www sandiegohistocy orglhookslpourage/rising/risingchapter6 htm and www sandiegohi siOcy org/hookslpouragelrising/risingchapter7 btm
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch
2003 Attorney Profiles, Todd E. Leigh, Partner, Attorney profiles, Todd E. Leigh, www prncopio com
Sorbet, Barbara
2002 "The Grande Colonial's Roots Run Deep in La Jolla's History: The Grande Colonial Homepage." Under the History tab.
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United States Early Radio History
2003 "History ofCommunications-Electronics in the United States Navy, Captain Linwood S. Howeth, USN (Retired), 1963, pages 41 7-43 I"
Chapter XXXVI, "United States Navy Administration of Electronics." www earlyrad iohistocy usll 963hw36 htm
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, " 1903-2003." Essays. Role of Government. " First Years of Airmail," " Airmail Gets off the Ground,"
"Airmail 1918 to 1924: The Postal Service Flies the Mail," "Transcontinental Flight and Jack Knight," Airmail: The Airmail Act of 1925
Through 1929" www centennialofflight govlessay cat/7 htm
Ward, Sarah
2003 'The History of Commercial Aviation" Features. Airline History. Airlines in the USA and Airline Index
http-(la irlines afriqonline comlairlines/J 77 htm
Whitten, Chris
2003 lnteresting.com: history and stuff. Fruit Crate Label Art, http·Uwww interesting com/storiesflahel s/
Willis, Alfred
2002 "A Survey of Surviving Buildings of the Krotona Colony in Hollywood," University of California, Los Angeles
bttp -/farchitroni c saed kent edu/v8n llv8n I 06 pdf
HISTORICAL NOMINATION OF THE
HENSLEY HOUSE, KENSINGTON HEIGHTS
5309 MARLBOROUGH DRIVE- KENSINGTON
Ronald V. May, RPA
Dale Ballou May
Legacy I 06, Inc.
P.O. Box 503394
San Diego, CA 92150-3394
(619) 269-3924 Fax/Phone
Introduction
The Hensley House at 5309 Marlborough Drive in Kensington Heights, Unit 3,
(Figures 1 and 4) San Diego, California, is recommended for historic site designation
by the City of San Diego for historical landmark designation because:
Criterion b. The Hensley House is associated with persons significant in 20tb century
aviation history of San Diego and the nation as weD as persons significant to the
development of the Kensington community. Pacific Air Transport pilot, Captain
Charles R. "Dick" Bowman, and four other pilots flew into history on July 1, 1930, as
they inaugurated overnight United States Air Mail and passenger flight service between
Seattle, Washington and San Diego. Bowman flew the 36-hour flight in a B-40 Boeing
bi-plane. City of San Diego Mayor Harry Clark, Chamber of Commerce President Hal
Hotchkiss, and Postmaster Ernest Dort greeted the first arrival. Captain Bowman also
held the distinction of flying the first transcontinental flight from San Francisco to Boston
in 1925. When United Air Lines acquired Pacific Air Transport in 1932, Captain
Bowman continued to fly in and out of San Diego in the B-247 commercial passenger
and Air Mail planes. As Assistant Manager toT. Claude Ryan, Captain Bowman helped
build and refit many famous passenger and airmail planes at the Ryan Flying Company at
Dutch Flats in San Diego. In addition, the Hensley House was also owned by George T.
Forbes, a leader in early 201h century real estate development in San Diego and built
under the design control of master architect Richard S. Requa.
Criterion c. The 74-year old Hensley House embodies distinctive elements of
Spanish Eclectic with Monterey style architecture. Historic photographs demonstrate
how the stuccoed, two-story building exhibits a fired red-tile roof, ornate wooden
balcony, and iron grillwork windows. A sculpted stucco cap tops the cathedral front
window, which had been obscured by overgrown evergreens during the first decades of
its existence. Overall, the Hensley House is a classic Spanish Eclectic home that reflects
popular 171h and 18th century Andalusia style houses in Spain, as required by George T.
Forbes, developer of Kensington Heights and RichardS. Requa through his Architectural
Review Committee between 1927 and 1941.
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The Birth of Kensington
Through the first quarter of the 20th century, all the land east of the San Diego Electric
Railway Lines lay outside the chartered City of San Diego. Those rough acres of
sagebrush studded mesas and ephemeral dry canyons were more the home of coyotes
and jackrabbits than people. But the lure of cheap land east of Balboa Park caused land
developers to lobby forever eastern extensions of the trolley lines and for the County to
build residential roads and streets. With the trolley came real estate developers and
promotional schemes. G. Aubrey Davidson and George Forbes joined those ranks
between 1910 and 1926 (Sedlock 1958: 1-2).
Among the attractions for living in the rural county outside the city limits was the fact
that residents could enjoy the open spaces with quiet nights and still conveniently hop a
trolley to get to work in downtown San Diego or visit with friends at the beautiful and
entertaining Mission Cliffs Gardens in Mission Hills. Executives at the Santa Fe Railway
transferred Davidson from their Los Angeles office in 1909 on a mission to fmd and
develop a luxury subdivision for the executives to invest or retire (Ibid.). He arrived to
organize the Southern Trust and Commerce Company and opened their office at the U.S.
Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego (Bauman 1997).
Davidson bought a tract of land from the former San Diego Mission Rancho and formed
the Kensington Land Company to market the subdivided lots. To appeal to Americans
and Canadians of British descent, Davidson named the company and subdivision after
London' s Kensington district. He laid out streets and lots around a small square at
Adams A venue and Marlborough and built the first house on an opposite corner. In those
early days, the central attraction was a goldfish pond in the park. Residents of Kensington
later replaced the pond with a small Spanish style library, which is now hidden behind
modern expansions.
The Kensington Land Company went to the expense of installing curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, streetlights and rows of pepper trees. The San Diego Electric Railway had a
spur that ended at Adams A venue and Marlborough. Builders and realtors experienced a
business boom in the 1920s that quickly filled all the empty lots around the park. A silent
movie company built a western town set out on a ridge to the north that sported "a ghost
town, complete with fake front buildings, a saloon, hotel, and blacksmith shop," much to
the delight of the children from Kensington who would play on the site after production
crews had departed the scene (Sedlock 1958:3).
George Thomas Forbes arrived at age 33 in San Diego amidst the 1922 real estate boom
and hustle and bustle of commerce in the City of San Diego. He had first moved to Santa
Monica from his birth home in Wathena, Kansas (Forbes 1973; Bauman 1997). Flush
with oil money earned from wells on the family land in Montana, Forbes used family
money to invest in land to build and sell homes over a number of years.
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Through agent Ed Rossom in 1920, Forbes bought the 110 acres of land under the movie
set for $800. He leased the property to the studio until he moved to San Diego and set up
shop. Forbes contracted with Davis-Baker Real Estate of Pasadena and became president
of the new sales office (Figure 5).
Forbes subdivided the land in 1922 and sold real estate lots. He named his new
community "Kensington Heights" (Figures 6 and 7) and distinguished his project from
Davidson's by deed restrictions that forced homes to be designed in Spanish style and
approved by Master Architect RichardS. Requa (Ibid.). He commissioned six model
homes and sold them and the lots for $700 or $800 each. Although he used his own
money to install streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and some landscaping, he passed these
costs along to the homebuyers through County of San Diego, Improvement Act Bonds.
Meanwhile, Davidson opened the Kensington Land Company office at the intersection
ofHilldale and Marlborough and co-invested with J.C. Thompson, Louis Sutton, Fred V.
Young, GeorgeS. Hartley, and James F. Forward in Kensington Manor on August 13,
1925 (Sedlock 1958:2). They too created deed restrictions to be enforced by Requa's oneman Architectural Review Committee. Forbes opened his real estate office in a Spanish
style commercial building at this intersection. Today, this intersection is all apartments
and appears inconsistent with the fine homes surrounding this property.
Forbes developed three subdivisions that would sustain him with lots to sell and resell
for the remainder ofhis life. Kensington Heights recorded on January 4, 1926 and five
months later Unit 2 recorded on May 24, 1926. Forbes commissioned Requa to design
many of the homes that would be sold. On September 28, 1926, Forbes created the
exclusive Kensington Heights Unit 3 subdivision along the rim of Mission Valley,
complete with the convenience of underground utilities (Figure 8).
East of Davidson's Kensington Manor, W.F. Rober and J.P. Phineas created Kensington
Point on March 5, 1927.ln keeping with the other Kensington developers, they also
required that Requa's Architectural Review Committee approve the house designs in this
community. When the deed restrictions expired at the end of 1927, some of those lots
along Adams Avenue developed as commercial properties with only a hint of Spanish
architectural style (Sedlock 1958:4).
The stock market crash in late 1929 and deepening of the Great Depression had a
disastrous effect on the nation's economy and the real estate industry, leaving little
unaffected including the various Kensington subdivision units. In panic, the County
Board of Supervisors adopted the Rural District Improvement Act in 1930 that required
citizens to pay taxes and bonds in one lump sum. Failure to pay meant the neighbors
would be assessed and soon residents fled leaving vacant houses to avoid the debt.
Those who remained hunkered down for the long haul and the real estate industry did not
recover until 1936.
To survive the Depression, George Forbes used his own money to design and build
homes on his Kensington Heights lots. He hired Requa & Jackson to prepare the designs,
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Grand Record
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every $11 invested in h : me
construction in San Diego proper
since March 1st, 1928, one dollar has
been invested in home construction in
Kensington Height£·.
,:;eople build in
Ken>ington Heights
for actual residence.
The developers of K en>ingtJn
Hc·ights are now glad to announce that
the sale of the. trac t pro;:er is
Think of it!
One comparatively
small tract piling up a total for home
construction equal to 9' ; that ·of a
whole city.
to a
high~y
draw·n~
successful conclusion.
No special effort will l:e requir~:i to
dispose of the rema 'ning ~:tes .in Kensington Heights proper, which is be-
Surely the laurel wre l th for home
in g Headily purchased becau se of our
ccnstructi:m this year must go to this
fine
outstanding project.
record.
During the ISO days from March 1st,
1928, to August 1st, 1928, new homes
were built in Kensington Heights to a
value of $224,500 00. Total t ract construction is now $595,500.00.
h:>me-buildin g
and
colonizat;on
As we shall in the next few weeks
move on to the sale of our splendid
new Valley Rim, we again urge San
Diegans, and visitors to San Diego, to
invest in Ken >ington Heights prop·1r
During these ISO days, $1,727.00 per
day for every working day was in vested in new homes.
while prices are still low, desp'te enhancement in l ::;t values due to spirited
cons·truction.
Th()re are now 71 h:>uses in Ken-
Motor or take No. II car to /\.dams
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at Marlborc.ug:1, then north a few
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Davis-Baker Co.
RICHARD D. DAVIS
HARRISON R. BAKER
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to sell lots and houses in Kensington Heights.
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then made changes on those sheets and again during construction. Although involved in
these decisions, Forbes never lived in those Depression-era homes, but instead sold them
from his real estate office at the comer of Marlborough and Hilldale. He often sold to
speculators, who in tum resold the houses for a slight profit.
With the development of United States Army and Navy airfields on North Island, local
commercial aircraft industries sprung up around San Diego Bay following World War I.
Claude T. Ryan bought eighteen surplus bi-planes and restored them for his flight
training school on Dutch Flats and soon experimented with and developed long distance
commercial planes. After Col. Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight across the
Atlantic in one of Ryan' s airplanes in 1927, the City of San Diego built Lindbergh Field
and a number of small commercial operators built hangars. San Diego was becoming an
international hub for aviation history.
A confluence of historic and economic events saved the Depression-ravaged real estate
industry in San Diego in the late 1930s. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt' s New Deal
and Congressional passage of the War Preparedness Act in 193 5 infused new money into
the local economy. The City of San Diego carried off the California Pacific International
Exposition in 193 5 and Requa designed many of the new buildings and renovated older
ones from the 1915-1916 Expo. The Works Progress Administration (later Works
Projects Administration) infused money into public buildings, pier construction, and
waterfront development. In 1935, Rueben H. Fleet and his son David G. Fleet moved
Consolidate Aircraft Corporation to San Diego from Buffalo, New York. Tourists and
visitors bought houses, as did workers and executives lured for the expanding
aeronautical industry.
By the end of the 1930s, Kensington revived its allure as one of the desirable high status
residence locations for wealthy and powerful people in San Diego. The influx of federal
money and local recovery from the Depression brought new homebuyers to this now
attractively landscaped enclave. The large Spanish style homes with lush landscaping and
palm tree-lined streets and close proximity to downtown San Diego had successfully
achieved Forbes' dream of a prestigious community which retains much of that same
character to the present day.
The Spanish Colonial Theme of Kensington Heights
Robert Sedlock (1958:2-4) noted that custom homes in Kensington Park were an eclectic
mix of Craftsman bungalow, Mission Revival, Spanish Eclectic, and Pueblo styles that
many prospective homebuyers found unsettling. The Kensington Land Company
responded to make their real estate more luxurious by creating deed restrictions in 1926
limiting architectural design to Spanish style. By 1926, all builders had to submit their
designs to Forbes' real estate office and be approved by the Architectural Committee.
Forbes recruited Requa in 1925 after reading his column in the The San Diego Union,
which promoted Spanish style homes coated with Portland Cement stucco. When times
got tough during the Great Depression, Forbes used his own money to hire Requa to
design the homes (AD 1007-063, San Diego Historical Society Research Archives).
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Master Architect RichardS. Requa began his professional career as an electrical engineer
at Norfolk College in Nebraska. His family hailed from Rock Island, Illinois, where he
was born on March 27, 1881 (Cavignac 2000:2). In 1907, Master Architect Irving Gill
hired Requa as project supervisor. Through this apprenticeship, Requa received training
and independent standing as an architect (Requa 1909; Jackson 2002). From Gill, he
learned to experiment with cast concrete and "simple, unadorned architecture whose
cubed masses, broad surfaces, and recessed openings took advantage of the brilliant
California sun" (Eddy 1997:230-231).
By 1912, Requa left Gill and formed a partnership with another Gill-trained architect,
FrankL. Mead (Cavignac 2000:2). Caught up in Progressive Party politics of the period
and inspired by Panama-California Exposition designs, partners Mead and Requa
initiated intense study of 15th through 18th century Spanish and Mexican architectural
styles, Native American southwestern pueblos, and 11th through 141h century Moorish
architecture (Starr 1990:114). While working on a commercial district in Ojai, California,
they designed homes for prominent San Diego business people (San Diego Historical
Society 2002). Although Requa did not work on the Panama-California Exposition, he
carefully examined Master Architect Bertram Goodhue' s Spanish Colonial theme
architectural styles. Mead and Requa became known for more traditional Mediterranean
and Spanish style architecture. While Mead focused more on Moorish architecture,
Requa took a trip in 1914 to study Spanish Colonial architecture in Cuba, Panama, and
South America (Sorbel 2002:232). Both men worked room interiors with outdoor terraces
by designing French doors and expansive windows toward south and west-facing views.
During the Requa and Mead era from 1912 to 1920, Requa evolved architectural attention
to simple, outdoor living and capturing sunlight inside houses. The building style adapted
the floor elevations to the natural topographic landform with gardens and terraces or
patios taking advantage of the Southern California climate. The philosophical or spiritual
inspiration for these concepts in this period may have been influenced by the first Mead
and Requa commission, the Krotona Inn, at the Hollywood retreat of the Theosophical
Society (Willis 2002: 1-5).
After Mead left the firm in 1920, Requa's career took on a new direction. Structural
engineer Herbert L. Jackson joined Requa just in time for the building boom of the early
1920s. They set up shop in an office of the Bank of Italy Building in downtown, San
Diego. Requa & Jackson flourished during the building boom of the early 1920s. Requa
hired Samuel Hammill as draftsman in 1922 and promoted him to Junior Partner. Requa
adopted the term "Southern California Architecture" for the eclectic blends of Spanish,
Mexican, and Mediterranean styles. He traveled in Spain and Europe between 1926 and
1928 to sketch and photograph architectural and landscaping details for use by the firm.
He published books on those trips for use by builders and architects of the period.
Upon Requa's return and publication of his studies, Requa lectured and collaborated with
engineers, landscape architects, and other professionals to promote his ideas. Among
those he influenced were members of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce. That
organization facilitated his influence with the Parks Commission of the City of San
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Diego. Requa published as the Architectural Critic for the The San Diego Union and
wrote popular articles in Architect and Engineer and California Garden. Roger Showley,
writer for The San Diego Union and prominent author on San Diego history, reported that
the Chamber of Commerce appointed Requa to chair a committee to examine the
surviving 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition buildings that had been declared
unsafe by City of San Diego engineers (Showley 1997). Working closely with civic
activist Gertrude Gilbert, he concluded repairs could preserve those buildings for use in
the up-coming 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park. This led
to the Park Commission appointing him Director of Architecture and Landscaping for the
Exposition (Jarmusch 1997).
With the Great Depression in full swing, San Diego's Progressive Party and the Chamber
of Commerce influenced the Roosevelt Administration to direct Works Progress
Administration (WPA) programs and federal funding to save the old Panama-California
Exposition structures. Requa' s experience with cast concrete and Jackson's structural
engineering guided him to stabilize the park's structures. In some instances, he directed
replacement of sculpted plaster of Paris with stucco. Requa's team had eight months to
bring the grounds under control and design and erect the new buildings, like the Cafe del
Rey Moro, the Federal Building with Mayan design elements, the International House of
Pacific Relations, the Moderne Ford Building, and Spanish Village. He also designed the
replica Old Globe Theater and Firestone Singing Fountain in Pan-American Plaza,
outside the amphitheater identified today as the Starlight Bowl. Nearby, he designed the
Arco del Futuro for nighttime rallies in the Plaza de Panama, which is located in front of
the San Diego Museum of Art. In 1933, he received six awards from the American
Institute of Archaeology (Architects and Engineer 1933).
As the drums of war beat in Europe, Congress passed the War Preparedness Act of 1935
and extended WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) public assistance programs
all around the City of San Diego. Crews of artisans, engineers, and fme artists built roads,
parks, murals, statues, paintings, and improved military facilities at the same time as the
Expo. This spurt of federal money created thousands of jobs, drew an equal number of
out-of-towners to the area, and stimulated a growth of tract and custom horne projects.
As with the 1915-1916 Panama California Exposition, the 1935 Expo stimulated interest
in Spanish and Mediterranean style architecture. Requa shifted from public projects to
private commissions during this period. The Kensington Land Company retained Requa
in 1925 to serve as the Architectural Board for Kensington Heights. The following year,
George T. Forbes added his Kensington Heights Units I, 2, and 3 to the board's
responsibility and directly commissioned Requa to design some of the homes. Requa and
Jackson worked on a number of projects, as well as reviewed the works of others.
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Site Identification
The property is located in U.S.G.S. Quadrangle La Mesa, Lot 352 of Kensington Heights,
Unit 3 in the City of San Diego, according to Map No. 1948, filed in the office of the
County Recorder of San Diego County, September 28, 1926. The house at 5309
Marlborough Drive is located in Kensington Heights, on subdivision Map 330 (348)
Rancho Mission of San Diego. Figure 4 shows the property on the Thomas Brothers Map,
page 1269, G-2. This is Tax Assessor' s Parcel# APN 440-022-09.
Property History
The current property owner is Michael Tristany (Attachment 2). The property
history is as follows:
1926, Map 1948 is filed with the County Recorder.
1926, road improvement district is formed
1927, connect sewer system and assessment
1927, public highway lighting district formed
May 26, 1927, Book 1318, page 384, declaration ofrestrictions
Directory 1928, Hensley, Henry B. (Kathryn), building contractor, office 3736 El Cajon
Boulevard, residence 4494 40th Street
Directory 1928, Forbes, George T. Real Estate office, 121 Broadway, residence 636
Santa Monica (Point Lorna)
Directory 1928, Gauss, Theodore W., salesman, Bank ofltaly, residence 549
Westbourne, La Jolla
Grant Deed, January 28, 1929, Book 1591, page 1, Union Trust Company of
San Diego to Hensley, Henry B. and Kathryn C.
Directory 1929, Hensley, Henry B. (Kathryn) residence, Mission Valley
Directory 1929, Forbes, George T. (no change)
Directory 1929, Gauss, Theodore W. (no change)
August 16, 1929, Book 92, page 346, Miscellaneous Records Book, Notice of
Completion, Hensley, Henry B.
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August 26, 1929, County of San Diego, Board of Supervisors, dissolves lighting district
Mechanic' s Lien, September 13, 1929, Book 27, page 397 ofM.L., A.S. Baker .
Plastering, Work Done: April25 through June 6, 1929 (cost $1 ,152.00); M.L. released
October 29, 1929
Mechanic' s Lien, September 16, 1929, Book 27, page 402 ofM.L., Wickham Tile and
Mantel Company, Work Done: June 1 through June 30, 1929 (cost $665.00); M.L.
released October 29, 1929
Mechanic 's Lien, October 15, 1929, Book 27, page 416 ofM.L., Dail Window Shade and
Linoleum Company, Work Done: August 16, 1929 (cost $29.50); M.L. released October
29, 1929
October 1929, Wall Street Stock Market Crash (triggered Great Depression of 1930s)
Grant Deed, January 17, 1930, Book 1736, page 71 of Deeds, Hensley, Henry B. and
Kathryn C. (Grantor) to George T. Forbes (Grantee)
Directory 1930, Hensley (not listed)
Directory 1930, Forbes (not listed)
Directory 1930, Gauss T. (Gladys), 418 Belvedere
Directory 1930, 5309 Marlborough (vacant)
March 17, 1930, County of San Diego, Board of Supervisors, establishes Kensington
Heights Maintenance District (Supervisors' Record 4736), Lot 256
Grant Deed, October 31, 1931, O.R., Book 65, page 18, George T. Forces (Grantor)
to Union Trust Company of San Diego (Grantee)
Directory 1931 , Hensley (not listed)
Directory 1931 , George (same as 1929)
Directory 1931, Gauss, Theodore W, Res. Manager, Reed, Adler and Company
(investment securities at 530 Broadway), residence 626 Fern Glen, La Jolla
June 23, 1932, Book 292, page 309, Union Trust Company of San Diego (unknown
record)
Directory 1932, Forbes, George T. (Marie), real estate at 5100 Marlborough, residence
5308 Palisades
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Directory 1932, Gauss, Theodore W. (Gladys), Vice President, Reed and Company,
residence 5266 Marlborough Drive
Directory 1932, Bowman, Charles R., (Jean), pilot United Air Lines,
5309 Marlborough (renting)
Obituary, November 5, 1933, Helen Worthlngton Gauss (Mrs. William T., widow) dies at
age 78, residence Palomar Apartments in San Diego (The San Diego Union November 6,
1933)
December 20, 1933, Book 257, page 245, O.R., Gauss, Gladys 0 . and Theodore
(Grantor) to Gauss, Helen W. (Grantee) Chattel Mortgage for furniture, etc. at 5309
Marlborough (note: This is not a mortgage for the house)
Directory 1933, Gauss, Theodore W., Manager, Griffith Wagemuller and Durst,
residence 5309 Marlborough (renting)
Directory 1933, Bowman, Charles R. (Jean A), pilot United Air Lines, residence 4308
Adams A venue
December 20, 1933, Book 267, page 99, O.R. (same as Book 257, page 245 re-recorded)
Obituary, November 15, 1934, Robert Parker Gauss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W.
Gauss, 5309 Marlborough (died of diabetes in the house)
Directory 1934/ 1935, Gauss, Theodore W. (Gladys), Resident Manager, Barnes, Lester
and Company, residence 5309 Marlborough
Aprill, 1936, Book 492, page 70, O.R. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
Notice of Default of Trust Deed to the original Trust Deed of January 28, 1929
(Book 1582, page 186)
Directory 1936, Gauss, Theodore W. (Gladys), Salesman, Hope and Company, residence
5010 Hastings Road (Kensington); Gauss, Jr., Theodore W. (son), Stockman at Walker' s
Directory 1936, Fry, Mrs. Carroll D. (widow ofV.D. Fry) and Ensign Robert W.
Swartweltzer, United States Navy, 5309 Canterbury Drive (renting)
April 3, 1936, Book 474, page 3, Trustees Sale #273081 (unable to fmd this document)
May 2, 1936, Charles R. McCormic, Lumber Company ofDelaware (in San
Diego in 1936)
June 25, 1936, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
June 25, 1936, Puget Mill Company, et al. (partial release of mortgage)
June 25, 1936, Portland Trust and Savings Bank
July 6, 1936, McCormic Lumber Company Affidavit
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July 6, 1936, "Owner" (transaction a mystery), Book 485, page 68
July 14, 1936, annexation into the City of San Diego
Directory 1937,5309 Marlborough (vacant)
Directory 1937, Hill, Jr. George W. (Elizabeth), Manufacturer's Agent, First National
Bank Building, 1007 Fifth A venue, Room 1002, residence 2411 Bancroft
Directory 1938, Hill, Jr. George W. (Elizabeth C.), Manufacturer's Agent,
(same address for office), residence 5309 Marlborough
November 21, 1939, Superior Court Case #98161, Forbes vs. City of San Diego, et al.
to dissolve Kensington sewer district
January 6, 1940, O.R., Book 973, page 485, Title Insurance and Trust Company
(Grantor) to Hill, George W. and Elizabeth (Grantee) and the Metropoliltan Life
Insurance Company (Beneficiary); Processing date October 10, 1939
Directory 1940 to 1947 (same)
Tax Assessor Records, Residential Property Appraisal Record, May 1950, Prager,
Jack P. (Betty), renter at 5309 Marlborough (He is listed as a produce merchant in
the 1930s United States Census and immigrants from Russia)
Directory 1955, Hill, Jr. George W. (Elizabeth), Manager, Western Lithograph
Company, 5309 Marlborough
Grant Deed, November 1, 1956, Document #154687, Hill, George W. and Elizabeth
(Grantor) to Murphy, Marion and Ruth (Grantee)
Directory 1956, Hill, Jr. George W. (Elizabeth), (no occupation listed), 5309
Marlborough
Directory 1957, Garrison, Harry A. (Mathilda L.), 5309 Marlborough
Grant Deed, February 18, 1959, Book 7504, page 532, Marion Murphy (Grantor)
to Ruth G. (Garrison) Murphy (Grantee)
Tax Assessor Records, Residential Property Appraisal Record, March 1959,
Vaughan, Eugene V. (Nan), renter at 5301 Marlborough (not sure if they lived at
5309 Marlborough or were source for Tax Assessor.
Directory 1963/ 1964, Garrison, Harry A., retired
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Obituary, October 29, 1968, Captain Harry A. Garrison, United States Navy (retired),
5309 Marlborough, died age 90 (in hospital) (The San Diego Union October 31 , 1968)
Joint Tenancy Grant Deed, November 8, 1968, File/page 195987, Ruth Garrison
Murphy (Grantor) to Lew R. and Jean M. Anderson
Directory 1969 to 1970, Anderson, Lew R. (Jean M.), General Manager, K-N Structural
Concrete, residence, 5309 Marlborough
Obituary, February 16, 1970, William Wharton Gauss, Insurance Executive and political
leader (native of Colorado), 3610 Plumosa Drive (died age 40) (The San Diego Union
February 18, 1970)
Grant Deed, Apri128, 1976, File/page 76-126490, Lew R. and Jean M. Anderson to
Todd E. and Connie Leigh
Directory 1976, Leigh, Todd E. (Connie), Attorney, Procopio, Corey, Hargreaves and
Savitch, residence 5309 Marlborough
Grant Deed, August 5, 2002, Doc# 2002-0659233, Michael A. Tristany, Trustee or
his Successors in Trust, dated September 24, 1998 (Grantor) to Michael A. Tristany
(Grantee)
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Henry B. and Kathryn C. Hensley
Henry B. Hensley was a building contractor in San Diego during the 1920s. He was born
in Tennessee in 1886 (U.S. 1930 Census). Kathryn C. Hensley was the same age, but
came from Ohio. Her daughter by a previous marriage, Bernice Law, was born in
Massachusetts in 1909 and worked as a stenografher for a music company when they
lived in San Diego. The three resided at 4494 40 Street in 1928 and along a rural route
in Mission Valley in 1930. Henry had an office at 3736 El Cajon Boulevard (1929
Directory). The 1930 Census recorded him as 44 years of age and owner of a $10,000
house. No plans survive from Hensley's design for 5309 Marlborough, but a July 27,
1929 aerial photograph shows this house to be one of four under construction in the same
period (Figure 9). Hensley apparently had financial difficulties during construction of
5309 Marlborough, but finally paid off all the Mechanics's Liens within a month ofthe
October 1929 Stock Market Crash. No records exist after 1930 for the Hensley family in
San Diego or after this time and it is assumed they may have lost their business and
moved out of town. No records have been found for his death records, but Kathryn C.
Hensley died March 4, 1971 in Santa Clara, California (Cal. Death Index 1940-1997).
George Thomas Forbes, Sr.
George Thomas Forbes, Sr. was an important historical figure
in Kensington's development. With the 110 acres he bought north of
Kensington Park, he created an exclusive luxurious community of
Spanish style homes priced for San Diego's elite. Working with
other real estate developers, famous architects, and influential
elected officials he met doing community service through the San
Diego Board of Realtors, Old Mission Rotary Club, Al Bahr Shrine,
and Kensington Community Church, Forbes set high standards for
the early history of Kensington when it was still a rural County inholding (The San Diego Union July 29, 1974; The San Diego
Tribune July 29, 1974).
His visionary leadership in creating deed restrictions and working
with Requa on the Architectural Committee ensured development of attractive and
artistic Spanish style custom homes for the wealthiest class of citizenry. As noted earlier,
Forbes shifted from a realtor of lots suitable for custom homes to a developer and builder
of homes designed by Requa & Jackson under his commission. These Depression-era
homes differ from the custom homes in grandeur, as Forbes concentrated sales to those
San Diegans of sufficient affluence to afford his exclusive properties. Forbes also sold
lots to builders, who designed in accordance with directions from Requa through his
Architectural Review Committee. One such builder was Henry B. Hensley, who built
5309 Marlborough and then lost his business following the October 1929 Stock Market
Crash. Forbes acquired that house in 1931 and rented it until 1933. Overall, George
Forbes Real Estate Company benefited from the Hensley House as an example of how
the community would appear for potential homebuyers visiting his real estate office.
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and east of the street
intersection in
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bottom) and Ridgeway
(left to right). San Diego
Historical Society
Research Archives
Photographic Collection,
79:741-1610.
Charles R. (Jean) Bowman
Charles R. Bowman flew into national
aviation history on July 1, 1930 with four
other pilots of Pacific Air Transport when
they inaugurated the first round-trip
overnight United States Air Mail and
passenger service between San Diego and
Seattle, Washington (The San Diego Union
July 1, 1930; Figure 10). Bowman also
made history on September 15, 1926 when he flew the first crosscountry air mail flight from Los Angeles to Boston and the
"longest flight across the United States" from Portland, Maine to
San Francisco in 1925, which was the first transcontinental
passenger run.
City of San Diego Mayor Harry Clark, Chamber of Commerce
president Hal Hotchkiss, and Postmaster Ernest Dort made
speeches to memorialize the arrival and overhead flight of United
States Navy airplanes and a searchlight display from a destroyer
in San Diego Bay thrilled the crowds. Eager spectators took sight
seeing flights in small commercial planes and attendees mailed
souvenir letters to be stamped with a commemorative post-mark
that memorialized that they had been included in the first Pacific
route overnight mail flight (Figure 11 ). This event was an ·
important milestone in America' s rapidly developing and
competitive commercial airmail and passenger service.
From the collection of Craig Morris,
Airline Timetable Images
Charles R. "Dick" Bowman was born in Lesiston, Idaho on April4, 1896 next to an
Indian reservation. He and his mother were left alone while his father went off to serve
the Unites States Army in the Spanish American War. In an oral history with the San
Diego Aerospace Museum, Bowman recalls that the place was so remote that he was the
first non-Indian baby seen in those parts. His mother and grandfather raised him on a
ranch near the Boise River and Caldwell, Idaho. His father eventually did return home to
his family and Bowman completed grade school, high school at nights, and one year at
Utah State University at Hogan, Utah. After a few years working sales, logging camps,
and wholesale grocery he enlisted in the Army Signal Corps in 1917 and shipped
overseas for a year and a half as Sergeant Balloon Observer.
He returned to his wife and son in the United States after the war, but reenlisted in
1920 to attend cadet-flying school. The Army shipped him to Bellville, Illinois for
eight months of semi-rigid dirigible training. At Major Hap Arnold's request, the Army
shipped him to cadet school in Arcadia, Florida as a Platoon Sergeant flying Jenny
bi-planes.
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Figure 10. This series of news articles from June 30, July 1, and July 2 announced the
historic July 1, 1930, 10:1 5 p.m. flight out of San Diego for overnight United States
Air Mail and passenger service to Seattle, Washington. The first aircraft for this service
were Boeing B-40 Bi-planes. These first pilots were Charles R. "Dick" Bowman,
H.G. Donaldson and F.A. Donaldson, E.L. Remelin, and A.D. Starbuck. San Diego
Historical Society Research Archives subject files on Transportation, General Aviation.
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Figure 11. Air Mail Letter postmarked San Diego, July 1, 1930 from Pacific Air Transport's first
overnight Air Mail flight, autographed by Charles R. Bowman, Pilot P.A.T., H. C. Crandall, PAT
Pilot, E. L. Remelin, and Postmaster Ernest Dort, addressed to Leo L. Ross in Medford, Oregon.
From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
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Figure 12. Ryan Flying Company at Dutch Flats with Ryan Standards and Cloudster
on flight line "Los Angeles-San Diego Air Line" in 1926. From the San Diego
Aerospace Museum Archives. Photo no. 06124.
Bowman then transferred to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas to fly DH-4, Spads, SE5s,
and the "Flying Sawmill" (Bowman 1952). He graduated in the class of 1922 as a Second
Lieutenant with air wings and shipped out to Rockwell Field, North Island, San Diego,
under Major Arnold's command. During that year, he flew a variety of Douglas bi-planes
and then mustered out.
Bowman remained in San Diego after his stint in the Army and took a job as assistant
manager with Claude Ryan in 1924 (Figure 13). He flew passengers, gave instructions,
overhauled planes, and helped manage the company at Dutch Flats (located on Barnett
Avenue, under the Main Post Office on Barnett Street) (Figure 12). He rebuilt J1
Standards and installed Hispano engines and modified cabin interiors to fit passengers
and sightseers.
T. Claude Ryan and Bowman built a special Hisso-Standard 4-passenger cabin plane on
December 22, 1924 (San Diego News December 22, 1924) (Figures 16 and 17). A few
months later, Bowman created the first passenger flight to Los Angeles and brought a
cargo of movie stars to celebrate the feat (Los Angeles Times March 2, 1925), but the
flight proved too expensive for the general public. His brother, Robert Bowman, said
Captain Bowman used to joke that "only gangsters and movie stars could afford the trip"
(Bowman 2002; Figure 14). Bowman flew 84-year old Mrs. Mary J. Faust, "believed to
be the oldest woman ever to fly over San Diego" in 1925 (San Diego Union March 18,
1925; Figure 15). He also rebuilt a Douglas-Davis Cloudster, but a forced landing on a
beach below Tijuana and high tide ruined it.
Some time later, Red Harrington with John ven der Linde
as co-pilot, took off on what was to be the fmal flight of the
Cloudster. Their passengers were a Chinese businessman
and seven of his friends who wanted to go to Ensenada,
Mexico. Neither Red nor John had landed there before, but
they were told they could land on the beach. It was dark
when they arrived and they could not distinguish between
sand and water. Touching down in the surf and soft sand,
the Cloudster flipped over, fortunately with no serious
injury to passengers or crew. Before they could rescue her,
the rising surf had destroyed the plane and all they
managed to save was the engine and a few odds and ends
(Miller 1983 :8-9).
He quit Ryan to fly for Verne Gorst at Pacific Air Transport for the Los Angeles to
Seattle run on M-1, DH-4, Travelaire, Swallow OX-5 and other bi-planes. Most of his
early Pacific Air Transport flights were on Ryan M-1s, but after Boeing bought Pacific
Air Transport, he flew B-40 bi-planes. He told a harrowing tale of the wreck of his Hissopowered M-1 #2072 mono-wing (Wagner 1976; Figures 19 and 20) on one ofthose runs:
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Figure 13. Letter from T. Claude Ryan dated April18 , 1925 transferring one undivided
half of Ryan Flying Company to B. Franklin Mahoney. Note letterhead in upper left lists
C. R. Bowman as Assistant Manager and Pilot, Ryan Flying Company. From the San Diego
Aerospace Museum Archives.
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San Diego-L.A. Bring Movie Stars Here," Monday, March 2, 1925, The San Diego Union.
Note that the article lists Charles R. Bowmann (sic) as one of the pilots. From the San Diego
Aerospace Museum Archives.
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lnfuriated .Auto Racer Posts $500 In
. Auto-Airplane·Tug-o'War To Be Reenacted .
At The Palisades, S. D. ·Beach, Next Sunday
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port hilS arcepted the -challenge, with the result t hat ~~"~l"~A:.'~!. ~~';-~~~:.' F~~~.~
fJ- cJash of blood will occur next Sunday aftrrnoon, r:~c~ut~·~~~~r.~·r;Th1~;''"l'.4"R!~~
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Next Sunday." The San Diego Union, June 1926. Charles Bowman in a "clash of blood" to out-pull a motorcar engine.
Also article "Woman, 84, Gets New Kick," probably The San Diego Union, March 18, 1925, describing "crack pilot" C.R. Bowman
of the Ryan Company taking her for a thrill ride. From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives.
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Took off from Saugus (north of Los Angeles) storm
moving in - _ucked up the carburetor (no heat in those
days) at 9,000 feet over the Tehachapi's, some ice on wings
but only 4 or 5 barrels working, rough as heck, lost altitude
to 7,000, ball and needle bouncing around so I couldn't be
read. So I knew I had to get off and walk. Landed on top of
a peak at 5,500 feet - still in the soup and rain. This was
about 2 a.m. Had to wait until dawn to fmd a way down.
Some walk. Packed my parachute thru the brush and yucca,
finally found a trail at the bottom of a canyon. About 4 or 5
miles later, found a larger canyon and a Mexican family
with n old model T Ford. Got to a telephone about 11 a.m.
Found the remains (of the plane) about a week later.
This tale is repeated in the Evening Herald (October 26, 1927) with headlines reading:
"Aviator Tells Own Story ofPlane Jump" and "Find Missing L.A. Air Mail Flier Safe."
(Figure 19) When he made that famous overnight air mail flight, he lived in Los Angeles
with his wife, Jean and two daughters, Beverly age 4 and Jacqueline age 2. The Los
Angeles Herald interviewed him at his rental on Red Rock Court in Los Angeles and
"Bowman summarized the story of one of the epic crashes off the Pacific Coast air mail
system that furnished more real drama action than a half dozen short stories" (Los
Angeles Herald October 27, 1927). To commemorate Bowman's survival by parachute,
Leslie Irvin of Irvin Air Chute company welcomed him to the "Caterpillar Club" and
gave him a gold caterpillar pin with red rhinestone eyes
(www.caterpillarclub.org/irvinlirvin.htm; Bowman 2002:12).
This entire episode in American history began with Congressional approval of funds in
1917 for airmail service between New York and Washington (Allen 1981:5 3). Pilot
fatalities were high in those early years and the post office limited fights to daylight
hours. A record flight from San Francisco to New York in 33 hours and 20 minutes in
1920 convinced President Warren G. Harding to authorize an enormous undertaking to
have revolving beacons installed to mark fight lines from Chicago to Cheyenne,
Wyoming for night flying guidance. By 1928, the mayors and chamber of commerce
executives from thirty
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job-the Ryan Standard modified from JR-1 Standard. Pilot Dick Bowman. From the San
Diego Aerospace Museum Archives, photo no. I 00763.
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right, Boyd "Monty" Monteith, a fellow cadet of Claude Ryan' s at March Field, and
Dick Bowman. From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives, photo no. 95774.
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Figure 18. This photograph shows some of the important leaders in the city and aviation history who were involved in building
Lindberg Field. This provides context for the time when Captain Charles R. "Dick" Bowman rented 5309 Marlborough Drive.
"Port Talk," August, 1978, published by the San Diego Unified Port District, "The First Fifty Years, San Diego International Airport,"
article on San Diego' s Lindbergh. San Diego Public Library California Room Collections.
Passage of the Kelly Act (Air Mail Act) in 1925 enabled the postal service to contract for
payment in poundage (Fuscher and Garvey 2003). Gorst, a survivor of the Alaskan
Klondike gold rush and operator of bus lines in the Northwest, raised private funds to
form the Pacific Air Transport using M -1 monoplanes built by Ryan of San Diego
(Seattle Daily Times March 18, 1926; Allen 1981 :60). Financial difficulties caused him to
pay his pilots in company stock. Like many of his fellow pilots, Bowman often accepted
company stock in lieu of paychecks, which paid off when Boeing purchased Pacific Air
Transport in 1928. With a $5,000 loan and personal assistance from Wells Fargo
Assistant Vice President William A. Patterson, Pacific Air Transport began to make
money and sold to William E. Boeing in 1927 (Allen 1981 :62-63). As a subsidiary of
Boeing, Pacific Air Transport continued to fly B-40 bi-planes right up to the famous 1930
overnight air mail and passenger flight from San Diego to Seattle (Praeger 1925; Aero
Digest 1928; Boughner 1977). They owed their success to Boeing's merger with Pratt &
Whitney Engine Company and replacement of older water-cooled engines with air-cooled
rotary engines that substantially freed interior space for airmail and passengers (McKillop
2003). These engines were much lighter and far more powerful.
Bowman went to work for Pacific Air Transport before Ryan began construction of the
"Spirit of St. Louis," which was built for Charles Lindbergh to fly from New York to
Paris (Miller 1983: 10). Many of the 4 7 employees went together to rent rooms in nearby
houses. Charles Miller, Ed Morrow, and Walter Miller rented a two-story Spanish style
house in Mission Hills, known in the industry as "Bachelor's Roost" (Ibid). This practice
of renting large Spanish style homes may have influenced Bowman when he rented in
Kensington in 1932 and 1933.
The commercial implications for American business were enormous. Air transport of
goods enabled news reel films, jewelry, fresh bread, frozen ice cream, cut vegetables,
flowers, pawn tickets, and exceedingly heavy items to be shipped long distances in very
short periods oftime (Crary 1928:39). One example given in 1928 involved spare parts of
a threshing machine in Nebraska needed to save a payroll, which shipped air express in
record time. The impetus for commercial air success came with President Herbert
Hoover' s appointment of General Walter Folger Brown as Postmaster General in March
of 1929 (Allen 1981 :8 1). Brown lobbied Congress in early 1930 to pass the McNaryWatres Act to pay commercial air mail carriers by the amount of space available for the
mail (Allen 1981 :83).
The "Watres Act" (as it came to be known) further stipulated that qualified air lines
needed daily scheduled service over a 250-mile route with overnight service, which
stimulated Pacific Air Transport to initiate the San Diego to Seattle overnight service.
Postmaster Brown called the heads of America' s leading airlines to a meeting in
Washington, D.C. and ordered them to assume each of the new routes he outlined. It was
overnight flights that made Brown's proposal so revolutionary, and it is in this national
context that the July 1, 1930 Pacific Air Transport flights between San Diego and Seattle
made aviation and air mail history. By 1931, Boeing Air Transport had acquired Pacific
Air Transport, National Air Transport, and Varney Air Lines and renamed the entire
operation as United Air Lines (http://airlines.afriqonline.com/airlines/546.htm).
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Museum, with appreciation to Alan Renga, Assistant Archivist.
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Also photograph of Mrs. Dick Bowman and daughter Beverly in front of an early Pacific Air Transport Ryan M-1 Air Mail plane in 1926.
From the San Diego Aerospace Museum Archives, photo no. 100768.
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Figure 21 . These photographs provide a context for Captain Charles R. "Dick" Bowman
around the time he rented 5309 Marlborough Drive. San Diego Public Library California
Room, Subject Files, Airports (San Diego City) Collection, circa 1930s.
Figure 22. United Air Lines B-247 U.S. Air Mail and passenger plane in front of the ftrst
United Air Lines hanger in 1930. View is believed to be to the southeast.
Sensor Photo, San Diego Historical Society Research Archives.
Figure 23. United Air Lines ca. 1930. This is the same angle as the figure above, but the
B-247 is facing the camera to better show the twin rotary engines. The identities of the
two men are not known. Sensor Photo, San Diego Historical Society Research Archives.
The older B-40 bi-planes were replaced by sleek B-247 twin-engine commercial air
transports (Figures 22 and 23). Bowman flew these planes out of San Diego.
The San Diego Union ran an article on the 5th anniversary of Pacific Air Transport in
1931 , "when commercial air mail service was in its infancy and skeptics said it would
never be successful" (San Diego Union September 16, 1931) and reported Bowman as a
resident of San Diego. The article listed Bowman, Grover, Tyler, Heber Miller, and
Russell Cunningham as the first pilots at Pacific Air Transport when it formed in 1926.
Bowman signed with Gorst and went on to become a Senior United Air Lines captain
(Wagner 1971 :57).
By 1932, he lived at 5309 Marlborough and walked to the trolley line at Adams Avenue
to get to work in the mornings (Directory 1932) (Figure 18). One year later, for unknown
reasons he and his family moved nearby to another beautiful Spanish style Kensington
home at 4308 Adams Avenue near Aldine Drive, south and east of his former residence
(Directory 1933). Very little is known about Jean A. Bowman, other than basic
information that she was born on August 7, 1898 in Nebraska and died on November 30,
1985 in Los Angeles. Her mother's maiden name was Crosby and father' s last name was
Ryder (California Death Index, 1940-97). She appears in several photographs in the Ryan
Collection, housed at the San Diego Aerospace Museum (Figure 20).
As passenger and airmail service grew more routine in the 1930s, Bowman rose in rank
with United Air Lines. The United States government contracted with United Air Lines in
World War II and Captain Bowman flew passenger, mail , and cargo planes in the Pacific
(Bowman 2003). His brother, Robert Bowman, enlisted in the United States Navy in
1941 and flew TBM (Torpedo Bombers) off aircraft carriers in the Pacific. When the war
ended, they met once again at an airfield and Dick Bowman offered to help Lieutenant
Commander Bowman get a job with United Air Lines. They then flew into the San
Francisco Airport to have lunch with William Patterson, president of United Air Lines,
but "when the wings of the TBM folded up like they do on the carriers, it created an
enormous commotion and Patterson almost offered him a job in exchange for showing
him how the wings folded" (Bowman 2003). At war's end, both Bowman brothers
worked for United Air Lines. Poor health forced Dick Bowman to retire and he sold real
estate in the latter years of his life (Bowman 2003). Dick died on June 6, 1975 in Los
Angeles and was cremated (Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1975) with nothing in his
obituary to suggest the drama of his interesting career. Robert Bowman retired in 1980
after 35 years with United Air Lines and now meets regularly with the Retired United Air
Lines Pilots in San Marcos.
22
Theodore W. and Gladys Olivia Tootle Gauss
Theodore Worthington Gauss and
Gladys Olivia Tootle Gauss were
distinguished members of San
Diego's upper class who survived
the 1929 Stock Market Crash and
worst years of the Great Depression.
Their story includes life at 5309
Marlborough and other San Diego
homes during those desperate years.
This is important to San Diego
history because very little is known
of how upper class families adapted
to that sudden economic failure.
Photos courtesy Robert Parker
and Claudia Gauss
Gauss was born September 4, 1884 in St. Louis, Missouri to William Theodore Gauss
and Helen Worthington (Ancestry.com). His father came from Chariton County, Missouri
and mother from Pittsfield, Illinois. He and his family are descended from Carl Frederick
Gauss (April 30, 1777 - February 23, 1855) who was a German scientist and
mathematician most famous for having proven errors in Euclidian Geometry and
inventing the heliotrope for navigation. High proficiency in mathematics led his
descendants to successful careers in science, banking, and investments. As an example of
these uncanny abilities, family lore recounts that a blind grandson of the famous scientist
once calculated the value of a German mark with compounded interest over 6,000 years
in his head (Cajori 1899:697-704).
The American Gauss family branch originated as grandchildren of the famous scientist
and they maintained strong ties with the German branch of the family, often traveling
back and forth from Germany to visit relatives and attend commemorative ceremonies of
their famous ancestor at Hohenhagen, Germany (Helen Worthington Gauss, July 28,
1911 ). These strong family ties became even more important, in fact vital to the German
branch through financial support during the post World War I economic crises.
Theodore's father, William T. Gauss, mother, Helen Worthington Gauss, and other
relations were deeply aware ofthe hardships abroad and banded together to keep the
family informed of each other's welfare. The American Gauss family was doing well,
and they responded tangibly with life saving aid by sending registered letters with
American dollars to a cousin, Carl Gauss, so he could survive by cashing them in one
dollar at a time to maximize the escalating value of the American dollar as the mark
crashed in Germany in the 1920s.
There is little doubt from the family's letters that the once wealthy Carl Gauss and his
family in Germany would not have survived the daily hardships without this assistance
and support. These desperate times and the family's long-standing fmancial support had
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Theodore W. and Gladys Gauss held at the time of their marriage. The photo on the right is the earliest picture of Gladys.
These documents were shared by Robert Parker and Claudia Gauss of Ramona. He is grandson to Theodore and Gladys and
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marriage of Theodore and Gladys Gauss as a high society event for Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Article courtesy of Robert Parker and Claudia Gauss ofRamona.
direct implications for investment and bond dealer Theodore W. Gauss, who with his
own family would have their own fmancial challenges years later following America's
1929 Stock Market crash and Great Depression.
Theodore W. Gauss attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (The San
Diego Union December 9, 1961). He then relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado where
he built a business in stocks and bonds. As his own personal fortune rose, so did that of
his clients. Gauss developed a standing of high status among the elite of Colorado
Springs, Colorado (Figure 24). His station is evident in the September 21, 1913 issue of
the St Joseph Gazette, "The Realm of St. Joseph Society" column (Figure 25), which
featured "Cloverly Fan Was a Society Event" with a captioned photograph of Mrs.
Theodore Worthington Gauss and the "Social and Personaf' column captioned, "Miss
Gladys Tootle, who will be married tonight to Mr. Theodore Worthington Gauss." These
articles described in detail the floral decorations and guests at the reception following
their wedding at Christ Episcopal Church. Mrs. James Ferguson Burnes, Gladys' aunt,
held a dinner in their honor at the Hotel Robidoux for twenty-five guests. They were
further honored at a dinner dance at the Benton Club. This series of events were in
keeping with their prominent social position and enhanced Theodore's standing among
Colorado Springs' business clientele.
Gauss became a successful stockbroker at Newbold, Taylor & Gauss in Colorado
Springs, Colorado and the family enjoyed their prominent standing (United States Census
1920). The 1920 United States Census lists Gauss as a bonds and investment broker with
a household staff of a domestic maid, German cook, Irish house man, and Swedish nurse
to help Gladys with their infant son, Robert Parker Gauss. At some unknown point in
time the Gauss family migrated from Colorado Springs to California and eventually
settled down in La Jolla.
Everything known about stock and bond performance went haywire by 1927 and stocks
plunged and soared through 1928 and 1929. During this period, Helen Worthington
Gauss, widow of William Gauss, moved to San Diego to live in the Palomar Apartments.
At the same time, Gauss had relocated his family to 549 Westbourne in La Jolla and
accepted a position as salesman with the Bank of Italy.
When a worldwide financial crisis triggered the Wall Street Stock Market Crash in
October 1929, Great Britain abandoned the gold standard, and American investors
dumped stocks and bonds in a nation-wide panic. The Gauss family, like so many others,
lost substantially during this crisis and they responded accordingly by adjusting their
employment, residences, and hired help to make ends meet. In 1930, Gladys took
employment as a realtor (United States Census 1930; Gauss 2003) and the staff dropped
to only one maid named Virginia Mitchell to take care of the needs of Gladys, Theodore,
Theodore, Jr. , Robert, and William. In 1931, Gauss changed jobs again to work as an
investment salesman for Reed, Adler & Company and the family relocated to another
La Jolla residence, 626 Fern Glen (Directory 1931 ).
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Figure 26. This photo shows Theodore W. Gauss on the left, the woman on the right may
be Gladys Olivia Tootle Gauss. The woman in the center may be Theodore's sister, Helen
Gauss. Note how the vegetation obscured the living room portion of 5309 Marlborough.
Photo courtesy of Robert Parker and Claudia Gauss of Ramona.
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Figure 28. Photograph ofTheodore Worthington Gauss (left) and obituary from The San Diego Union, December 9, 1961.
Photograph provided by Robert Parker and Claudia Gauss of Ramona.
In 1932, Gauss promoted to vice president with Reed & Company, which specialized in
investment securities and was located at 530 Broadway in the San Diego Trust & Savings
Building. The family moved again, this time to 5266 Marlborough Drive in Kensington.
A few months later, the Gauss family moved again into another rental at 5301
Marlborough (Gauss 2003). When the landowner raised the rent, they moved next door
to 5309 Marlborough, which they rented from Union Trust Company of San Diego
(Gauss 2003; Directory 1932). They would remain in this home as renters for five years
(Figure 26).
In 1933, Gauss accepted a position as Manager of Griffith, Wagemuller & Durst. Just as
things began to look up, Gauss' mother, Helen Worthington Gauss, died November 5,
1933 (The San Diego Union, November 6, 1933). For reasons not entirely clear, on
December 30, 1933 Theodore and Gladys recorded a "chattel mortgage" to Theodore's
sister for $2,345.00 for the listed value of their furniture, silver, tableware, ornamental
furnishings, and art work that existed inside 5309 Marlborough (Attachment 3). This
action may have been related to probate ofhis mother's estate and could have paid legal
fees and taxes.
From 1934 to 1935, Gauss held the position of Res. Manager at Lester & Company.
Further personal disaster struck on November 14, 1934, when their son, 16-year old
Robert Gauss suddenly died of diabetes (Gauss 2003). Devastated, the family cremated
his body and placed his remains in a bronze urn in the Cypress View Mausoleum at 39th
and Imperial Avenue in San Diego.
In 1936, the Gauss family then moved to 5010 Hastings Road in Kensington and
Theodore accepted a new position as salesman for Edward S. Hope, a financial
brokerage, planning, and advisory fum located in Point Lorna (Directory 1936).
Gauss worked out of their office at 514-516 San Diego Trust and Savings Building at
530 Broadway while their son Theodore Junior worked as a stockman at Walker' s.
It is unclear if Gladys continued in her real estate employment.
Perhaps at the recommendation of Hope, Gauss moved to Point Lorna and bought a
Spanish style house at 3610 Plumosa Drive (The San Diego Union, December 9, 1961).
He later operated the bond department at the Bank of America in La Jolla before retiring
from 56 years of business. He died at the Plumosa Drive home at age 77 and was
cremated (Figure 28). Presumably, his remains were placed with his son Robert at
Cypress View Mausoleum.
Their son, William Wharton Gauss died at age 44 at a San Diego hospital (The San Diego
Union, February 16, 1970). He had worked as an insurance executive and political leader
and lived with his mother Gladys at 3610 Plumosa Drive.
Gladys Olivia Tootle Gauss survived Theodore for a number of years. She continued a
life of social service and in the 1950s spear-headed the drive to raise funds for
construction of the All Souls Episcopal Church in Point Lorna, where a bronze plaque
has been placed in her memory (Gauss 2003). She sold 3610 Plumosa Drive to Theodore
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Gauss, Jr. and relocated to 3758 Y:z Curtis Street in Point Lorna. At age 87, she died in
a hospital and presumably joined her family at Cypress View Mausoleum (Figure 27).
Mrs. Carroll D. Frv and Ensign Robert W. Swartweltzer
The chain of title on 5309 Marlborough becomes muddled in 1936, just after the Gauss
family moved over to Hastings Road in Kensington. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company filed a Notice of Default of Trust Deed on April1, 1936 and a Trustee's Sale
occurred on April 3rd . The following month on May 2, 1936, Charles R. McCormic, of
McCormic Lumber Company of Delaware, filed with the Recorder's Office as part of this
Trustee Sale (unknown transaction). On June 25, 1936, Puget Mill filed a partial release
of mortgage and Portland Trust & Savings Bank and Metropolitan filed documents.
McCormick Lumber Company filed an affidavit on July 6, 1936 and Metropolitan Life
Insurance recorded as owner. This complicated set of transactions suggests Union Trust
of San Diego defaulted and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company came out the owner in
1936. Why these other companies became involved in the chain oftitle through the
Trustee's Sale is unclear.
The City Directory for 1936lists the latest residents as Ensign Robert W. Swartweltzer,
United States Navy and Carroll D. Fry (widow ofV.D. Fry) at 5309 Marlborough Drive.
Presumably, they rented from Union Trust of San Diego and then Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. No other information concerning these renters was found and the
1937 Directory lists 5309 Marlborough once again as vacant.
George W. (Jr.) and Elizabeth C. Hill
George W. Hill, Jr. and Elizabeth C. Hill rented 5309 Marlborough from Metropolitan
Life Insurance in 1938 (Directory 1938). When they purchased the property in 1940, they
became the frrst owner-occupants ofthe house since its construction in 1929 (Chain of
Title). All other owners were absentees who rented to various people listed in the
directories. George W. Hill, Jr. was born in Kentucky in 1889 and later lived in
Oklahoma, where he married and had a son, BenT. Hill. It is not known what happened
to his first wife, but by 1930 he had married Elizabeth, who came from Michigan, and by
1937 the three lived at 2411 Bancroft Street prior to purchasing 5309 Marlborough (1930
Census; Directory 193 7). Very little beyond the census record is known about Elizabeth
or Ben Hill.
The information is better for George W. Hill, Jr., who worked for Western Lithograph
Company when he arrived at 5309 Marlborough in 1938. He remained with them as their
exclusive San Diego agent until he retired around 1956 (Directory 1938-1956). Little
record of Western Lithograph's operations in San Diego exists beyond the directory
information for Hill, which lists him as their manufacturer's agent in the area of produce
downtown at 1007 5th Avenue. There is no Directory listing for Western Lithograph
Company in San Diego. It is likely however that this is because he represents Western
Lithographic Company, which was based in Los Angeles.
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Collectors of fruit box and produce labels are no doubt well
aware of the kinds of products Hill would have represented
as the San Diego agent for the Western Lithographic
Company ofLos Angeles (1938 Directory). He would have
marketed the various agricultural growers and produce
packers in San Diego' s agricultural community to create
their advertising labels for fruit and produce crates that were
shipped to grocery outlets throughout the region.
By 1955, Hill is listed as Manager of Western Lithograph
Company, so apparently he was successful in his line of
work. In Hill's time, the "agri-litho" industry was colorful
and right in the swing of the agricultural industry throughout the American west.
Lithographic print shops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and other cities hired fine
artists to design colorful labels that were pasted to wooden crates filled with fruits and
produce that were shipped all over America (www.citruslabelsociety.com/aboutlabels.html).
Many of the talented artists came from Germany and label designs were remarkable and
are very collectible today. They featured colorful idealized views of countrysides, forests,
and deserts, and often used characters such as cowboys, Native Americans, rosy-cheeked
children, soldiers, pin-up girls, cartoon-like animals, idealized sailing ships, and lush and
shiny fruits and flowers to entice buyers to their box of produce. The artists sketched the
intricate details on Bavarian limestone by hand and then printers set the stones on color
presses. The industry lasted only about 70 years and today, only a sample of the labels
survive. By the mid 1950s when Hill retired the technology had changed to cardboard
boxes and the agri-litho industry came to a close.
From the fruit label collection
of James Alan Thielen and
Meredith Lamh
Jack P. and Betty Prager
Although George W. Hill and his family owned 5309 Marlborough in 1950, the County
of San Diego Tax Assessor's Office also recorded Jack P. and Betty Prager as living at
the house. Little is known of them, but the 1930 census list Jack Prager, his parents, and
several other relatives in San Diego working in the fruit and produce industry. Perhaps
this is a connection to Hill and the Western Lithograph Company. No further information
is available.
Vice Admiral Marion Murphy, United States Navv and Ruth E. Garrison Murphy
Shortly after Western Lithograph Company closed the San Diego office, George W. Hill,
Jr. and Elizabeth C. Hill sold 5309 Marlborough to Vice Admiral Marion Emerson
Murphy and Ruth Edmund Garrison Murphy. The transaction took place on November 1,
1956. Admiral Murphy retired in 1957 from a distinguished career in the United States
Navy and he rented 5309 Marlborough to his wife's parents. In 1959, Admiral Murphy
granted his portion of 5309 Marlborough to his wife, Ruth E. G. Murphy.
Admiral Murphy was born on August 4, 1899 in Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee.
He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1922 with a Bachelor of Science. While in
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service, he attended Navy Post Graduate School from 1927 to 1929. He served during
World War ll and Korea. During World War ll, he commanded a Fire Control Radar
Section in the Research and Development Division of the Bureau of Ordinance and
reorganized electronics units in the Bureau of Ships to be reassigned to Ordinance
(Howeth 1963). On May 12, 1944, Captain Murphy assumed command ofthe US.S.
Harris (Attack Transport Ship APA-2) and unloaded troops for the invasions ofUlithi
Atoll, Hollandia in New Guinea, Battle ofLeyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf in Luzon Island,
Philippines.
He served in San Diego during his last year of service before retirement. During that
service, he received two Legion of Merit medals, a Bronze Star, Asiatic-Pacific Area
Service Medal, Commendation Ribbon, and other unspecified medals. He attended the
Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School in 1950. Following
retirement in 1957, he accepted a position as Senior Staff Engineer for Lockheed Missiles
and Space Company and worked on the Polaris Missile System until a second retirement
in 1964. He published The History ofGuantanamo Bay in 1964, which is still relevant
today as an official reference (www.nsgtmo.nayy.mil/history.htm and
http://www.crimbarvic.org.au/weinbergb.html).
Ruth Edmund Garrison was born on March 26, 1908 in Washington, D.C. She married
Admiral Murphy in 1927 and they had a son, Garrison Edmund Murphy on January 31,
1928 in Annapolis, Maryland. She lived at 5309 Marlborough in 1956 and 1957. Admiral
and Ruth Murphy moved to San Francisco to work for Lockheed and remained there after
his second retirement.
Captain Harry A. and Mathilde Garrison, United States Navy
Captain Harry A. Garrison was a decorated American war hero from World War I.
He and his wife rented 5309 Marlborough from their daughter, Ruth Garrison Murphy
and son-in-law, Admiral Marion Murphy in 1957. He and Mathilde Garrison lived out
their years in the house until they died (Figure 29).
Born in 1878 in West Virginia, Garrison graduated from the University of West Virginia
and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School with a degree in medicine (The San
Diego Union October 31 , 1968). He traced his family lineage back to the 18 1h century and
was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also a member of the
American Medical Association (1931-1968) and American College of Surgeons.
He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1907 and received an officer commission.
A decade later, the Navy Department assigned him to establish the first base hospital of
the American military in Best, France during World War I. He landed in 1917 before
America entered the war and held the distinction of being the first Naval officer to land
in France during World War I. Upon completion of that assignment, he transferred to the
Naval Air Station at Pauillac, France, where he served as medical director and won the
Navy Cross for his work in the devastating 1918 Influenza epidemic that claimed
millions of lives.
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. Services for Mrs . . Mathilde
Gar:dson, 84, a former opera
;lnger and a founder of the
Wives · of Navy Doctors Club,
win . be held -at 10:45 a.m.
M~tiday in ·B onham Brothers
Mortuary. Burial will be . in
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Garrison, oi.S4d!f MarlbOrQ.Ug~ brive, died yesterday.
:·:.:·-A..:.native of · Philadelphia,
she · ·had · ·lived here .for · 18
yeilrs:· She .was a fornier vocalist with the· English Grand
.tery~ .,.
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q1.~Lfh¢::.:1m,Il}ders · and the.::first
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··".Survivors· ·include . Htrr husb~nd·, :·=:·capt. . Harry ·A. Garrison, USN, ret.; a daughter;
a·.·. brother; .. two grandsons,
Ledr. G~xTison · E. Murphy,
USN, ret., of Coronado, and
j6Jin E. Murphy of San Diego
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two great-grandchildren.
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Rites Tomorrow
Services for ·Capt. Harry A.· to land in that country in World
Garrison, USN, ret., 90, first War I, his family said.
American Navy officer to land Later, Garrison was. transin France in World War I, will ferred to the Naval Air Station
be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in at Pauillac, France, where he
Bonham Brothers Mo uar
charge...oLthe-medical -d
arriSon, of 5309 Marlborough partment and won the Navy
Drive, died TUesday in a hospi· Cross for his work in the 1918 intal.
fluenza epidemic.
He retired from the Nav~ in FLEET SURGEON
1942 after 35 years as a med1cal
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officer. He served in 1926-28 as From 1931 to 1933, Gamson
chief of the urology department was nee~ surgeon of the Pacific
at Naval Hospital _here. After Fleet. H1~ la.st tour of du~y b~
retirement, he headed West Vir- fore .r e t 1r. 1n g was as d1strlct
ginia State Hospital. w e s t 0 n, med1~al ~ff1cer of the 13th Naduring .Wbr-ld -war 11.
' val D1s.t nct at Seattle.
! GarriSon was a member of
JOINED NAVY IN 1907
the American Medical AssoclaA graduate of the University lion, Ameriqm College of Surof West Virgin i a, his native geons and the Sons of the Amerstate, Garrison also was gradu- ican Revolution .
ate d from the University of Garrison's' wife, ~athllde, ·a
Pennsylvania Medical Schoo I former opera singer, died" in
with a degree in medicine. He 1963. He is survived by a daughcntered the Navy in 1907.
ter, Mrs. Ruth Murphy, wife of
In 1917, Garrison wa s sent to Vice Adm. Marion B. Murphy,
Brest, France, to establish the USN, ret. ; two grandchildren,
first base hospital of the Amcri- and two great-grandchildren.
c an military organization there , Interment will be In Ft. Rosebecoming the first naval orncer crans !'\ationa! Cemetery.
San Dieao Obituarie
Figure 29. Obituaries for Mrs. Mathilde Garrison and Captain Harry A. Garrison.
He returned stateside through the 1920s, promoting in rank to lieutenant, commander,
and captain. From 1926 to 1928, he served as Chief of the Urology Department at the
Naval Hospital in San Diego. From 1931 to 1933, he served as Fleet Surgeon of the
Pacific Fleet. His final assignment was District Medical Officer of the 13th Naval District
at Seattle, Washington and he ret~red with the rank of captain in 1942 after a 35 year
career. He then headed West Virginia State Hospital during World War II.
Captain Garrison obtained building permits to expand the rear of the house to create a
large family room with fireplace and chimney in 1962 (Tax Assessor's Records).
This work included closure of a front patio area that cannot be seen (but has since been
restored by Michael Tristany). This work constitutes about 8% of the original building.
Mathilde Garrison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 2, 1878. She was an
18-year old vocalist with the English Grand Country Opera. She married Harry Garrison
and founded the Wives ofNavy Doctors Club in 1927. She passed away on January 16,
1963 and was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
As a widower, Captain Garrison continued to live at 5309 Marlborough in the mid 1960s.
He regularly visited with his daughter, Ruth Garrison Murphy and Admiral Murphy at
their San Francisco home. He also saw one of his grandsons enlist in a United States
Navy career, as Lieutenant Commander Garrison E. Murphy attained that rank upon
Garrison's death in 1968 (The San Diego Union October 31 , 1968). His other grandson,
John E. Murphy did not enlist in the service.
Lew R. and Jean Anderson
Following Captain Garrison' s death in 1968, Ruth Garrison Murphy sold 5309
Marlborough to Lew R. and Jean Anderson on November 8, 1968 (Chain of Title).
Lew R. Anderson worked as the General Manager ofK-N Structural Concrete from 1969
through 1975. Although most of that work involved design and construction of internal
foundation work that does not meet the public eye, Anderson subcontracted with general
contractor Claude F. Williams, Incorporated (Torrance, California) to carry out a
$550,000 renovation of the 1913 vintage west entrance of Balboa Park (Amero 2003:4).
Anderson became project superintendent for a team of artisans (The San Diego Union
June 22, 1975).
They hand-restored moldings and masonry with chemical cleaning of the Spanish
baroque bell tower of the San Diego Museum of Man (Los Angeles Times August 17,
1975). This involved removal of eroded material, chemical treatment to eliminate further
disintegration, strengthening, and remortaring of 85,000 square feet of cast concrete
relief. Anderson said this involved, "taking care of over a hundred blocks of concrete
veneer, weighing from 200 to 2,000 pounds apiece" (Ibid).
He restored the artistic work of architect Bertram G. Goodhue, who designed the building
for the 1915-1916 Panama-California International Exposition in Balboa Park. The
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restored fa~ade included statues of Spanish kings, navigators, and religious leaders.
He used the same sand from Sweetwater Canyon to restore the weathered features and
retained Universal Restoration Company of Washington, D.C. to replicate lost elements.
His team also restored mosaic tiles in the museum ' s dome and bell tower. The end result
was a major contribution to the history of the City of San Diego, even though this work
occurred outside the historical period for 5309 Marlborough. The following year,
Anderson left K-N Structural Concrete to become a private consultant and moved to
6878 Millbrook Street in Allied Gardens (Directory 1976). He and Jean sold 5309
Marlborough.
Todd E. and Connie Leigh
On April 28, 1976, Lew and Jean Anderson sold 5309 Marlborough to Todd E. and
Connie Leigh (Chain ofTitle). Todd E. Leigh was born in Watertown, Wisconsin in
1942. He received his undergraduate education in economics from the University of
California, Berkeley and a law degree from Boalt Hall in 1967 (Procopio, Cory,
Hargreaves & Savitch). He passed the California bar that same year with specialization
in real estate law. He represented sale of shopping centers, leasing of commercial
properties, sales of air rights, acquisition of land for car dealerships, represented a
national restaurant chain, and apartment complex acquisition and development.
He currently is a full partner with Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch in San Diego.
The Andersons sold 5309 Marlborough to the present owner, Michael Tristany.
Michael Tristany
Michael Tristany is the current owner of 5309 Marlborough. He restored the house, made
structural modifications, and painted the current color scheme. These changes will be
discussed in the architectural analysis. He authorized this research and nomination.
Architecture
The Hensley House is a classic example of the
Spanish style architecture enforced by Forbes and
the Architectural Review Committee headed by
Requa in the 1920s. No doubt, Hensley took
guidance from Requa in design of Spanish motifs
like the Monterey style balcony upstairs, cathedral
window out front, wood-framed side windows and
wrought iron grillwork. All these architectural
features can be found on the Spanish style houses to
the north, south, and east of 5309 Marlborough.
Moreover, Figure 9 shows Hensley built this house at
the same time the three surrounding Spanish style
houses and one across at the corner of Marlborough
and Ridgeway.
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This concentration of home construction stands
out because so many neighboring lots remained
vacant for many years.
The house is a two-story Spanish Eclectic house
with a low pitch hipped roof of curved, fired clay,
roof tiles wired and cemented together over
exposed rafter tails. There is a small upstairs
Monterey style balcony at the southwest corner
with wooden balustrades that closely match the
house immediately north. A cathedral style
window with a projected cap and wrought iron
grill work below a low-pitch tiled gable roof faces
the lawn and Marlborough from the projected
livingroom. Two inset, wood-framed windows flank each side of the slightly protruding
livingroom chimney. The first floor projects the dining room several feet beyond the
upstairs north wall. A breakfast tower can just barely be seen from the southwest corner
of the property at the sidewalk.
A two-car garage with Spanish style curved,
fired clay roof tiles is set down the driveway.
All windows and doors facing the street are woodframed.
There have been two phases of structural changes
to the Hensley House, which have affected
approximately 12% of the original wall surface.
Most of these changes are not visible from the
street, but modifications to the top of the chimney,
extension of a false chimney, and part of one 41year old chimney can be seen. Also, a breakfast
"tower" can be viewed from the southwest corner
when looking down the driveway. The most
obvious change is an extension of a first floor room
below the balcony to the edge of the driveway.
From 1929 until the late 1950s, overgrown
evergreens masked the entire front livingroom
and entry from the street. The Garrisons replaced
these plants when the first phase of architectural
change occurred. The current landscaping now
allows for improved viewing of the house from
Marlborough.
Close up of Figure 30 focused upon 5309
Marlborough in 1946-47.
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Figure 30. Close up aerial photograph showing site of 5309 Marlborough Drive in 1946-1947. Notice the high and dense vegetation
that masked most of the Hensley House through the historical period. Also see the wall extending from the house to the driveway,
as this is where the dining room has been extended. View is roughly to the northeast. San Diego Historical Society Research Archives
Photographic Collection, Kensington-Talmadge Aerial Looking Northeast. 82:13673-892.
Historic House Name
The basic rule for naming an historic house is to identify the first owners or occupants
associated with a house. Although Henry Hensley did not live in this house, he designed
and built it. The house history owes much to the 1929 Stock Market Crash and Great
Depression, which is why absentee landlords and renters held the house until George and
Elizabeth Hill bought it in 1940. Given these circumstances, the appropriate name
is the Hensley House.
Architectural Integrity
Lacking a set of architectural plans, the Tax Assessor' s Records provide the best source
of information about the house. The Residential Building Record shows the original 1929
evaluation places the Hensley House as "above standard" construction. The 7,543 square
foot lot had a 3,404 square foot house and garage as of the year 2000.
The following is an analysis of how the Hensley House meets the Secretary ofthe
Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Preservation Projects (39 C.F.R. 67) and ten
rehabilitation standards:
1.
Use of the property as originally intended. The Hensley House has been in
continual use as a residence since construction, except for the years when it
was vacant. Approximately twelve years of vacancy have been documented in
this study, which probably explains the densely overgrown evergreens present
in the 1946-1947 aerial photograph.
2.
The character wiD be retained. Michael Tristany retained Acme
Architecture, 3375 Beech Street to design remodeling and modifications that
added 568 square feet to the house. These changes were designed to be in
keeping with the Spanish Eclectic architectural designs imposed by Forbes'
Architectural Design Committee in the 1920s. This is a 16% expansion, most
of which cannot be viewed from Marlborough Street.
Analysis of the Tax Assessor's records suggests about 3% of the house fa9ade
facing Marlborough Street view has been changed. Ignorant of the Secretary
of the Interior 's Standards for potentially historic houses, Acme Architecture
designed the changes to be seamless for aesthetic purposes.
Tristany specifically instructed Acme Architecture to restore the upstairs
balcony, which a previous owner had sealed to create a closet. Acme used the
balconies of several Monterey style homes in Kensington Unit 3 as models for
this restoration.
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Visible from Marlborough. Walking down the sidewalk from the
Marlborough Street side of the house, the following changes are evident:
(1) yellow-clay paint color; (2) ornamental chimney tops; (3) dining room
extension; (4) breakfast tower; (5) extension of kitchen to garage.
For this historic analysis, the issues are (A) how much these changes affect the
historic character of the house and (B) are the changes reversible. The
yellow-clay color was not used by architects and house builders during the
1920s, but is not considered a serious change in character because paint can be
reversed to a more historically accurate color at some future time. The tiletopped chimney tops did not exist historically, but dense vegetation covered
public view of this portion of the house during most of the historical period
(up to 1953). Tristany put the tile chimney tops in to cover unsightly spark
arresters that were not present in the past, but the tops could be removed for
future historical accuracy and thus the effect is reversible. With the chimney
tops gone, the visible effect would be minimal. The dining room extension
included an existing wall visible in the 1946-1947 photo (Figure 30), which
reduces the percent of visible change by about 1% of the 3%. Neither the
dining room extension nor the breakfast tower are reversible. Given that many
of these changes are reversible and the irreversible changes are in keeping
with Forbes' and the Kensington Architectural Design Committee's approved
style, these changes are not considered fatal to the historic nomination of 5309
Marlborough.
Not Visible from Marlborough. As noted earlier, Captain Garrison extended
the northeast comer rear of the house to create a 29-foot by 16-foot family
room with a fireplace and chimney in 1962. The chimney would have been
visible from a small portion of Marlborough at the northwest corner of the lot.
Tristany and Acme Architecture attached a 36-foot 10-inch kitchen to the
1962 family room and incorporated the remainder east wall all the way to the
north side of the garage. Tristany and Acme Architecture added a breakfast
tower in the back, which is slightly lower than the second floor of the house.
Completely out of view is a rhomboid shaped 28-foot 6-inch by 15-foot 8-inch
storeroom addition to the garage.
3.
Preservation of the integrity of the structure and setting. The Hensley
House fits into the 17th and 18th century Andalusian style fantasy houses
envisioned by Forbes and the Kensington Design Committee for Kensington
Heights Unit 3. The Hensley House closely matches the styles of the
surrounding houses that were built in roughly the same time period (Figure 9).
As noted above, only about 2-3% of the visible integrity to the front fa9ade
has been changed and this does not significantly change the setting
for the neighborhood.
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4.
Architectural status in its own right. Although Hensley is an as yet
little-known builder, he clearly worked closely with Forbes' Architectural
Design Committee to create an acceptable Spanish Eclectic style house.
Key elements of Requa' s Andalusian style are the ornate Monterey style
balcony, wrought iron windows, and inset windows with wood-frames. It is
possible the surrounding homes on Marlborough and Ridgeway were built by
the same builder or team ofbuilders, as many of the architectural traits are
shared and the 1929 aerial photograph shows the cluster of houses were built
at the same time.
5.
Rhythm and height. The Hensley House retains the original rhythm and
height of the neighboring buildings. This house appeared to be somewhat
smaller in bulk than the comer houses at Marlborough and Ridgeway,
but modem expansions have reduced that difference and little was ever
visible from the street.
6.
Repair rather than replacement of deteriorated features. Tristany and
Acme Architecture retained or replaced original windows and doors in kind.
Tristany bas been a prominent realtor in San Diego and the Kensington
community for many years and has had the opportunity to examine many
distinctive homes. He applied this experience to guide replacement of the
missing balustrade elements to match existing balustrades on neighboring
houses. Although unaware of the Secretary ofthe Interior 's Standards and
Guidelines for Preservation Projects, he had subcontractors restore the
windows and doors with wood-frames. If the Hensley House is landmarked,
he plans to work with the Design Review Committee in future modifications.
7.
Integrity. As discussed under #2, the Hensley House has experienced 16%
expansion with 2-3% visible from Marlborough Street. This is considered a
minor loss of integrity, especially considering dense overgrown vegetation
obscured most of the front of the house throughout the historical period up
to 1946-47.
8.
Archaeology. Close examination of the soil in the gardens did not reveal
evidence of archaeological deposits. Since Forbes graded the rim lots for
Kensington Heights, Unit 3, no prehistoric archaeology is anticipated.
Historical records do not indicate historic buildings or activities in this area
of Kensington prior to Forbes' subdivision.
9.
New Additions. The Hensley House has been expanded twice with new
additions. These have been discussed at length in #2. The new additions
were created to be seamless, instead of slightly different to show the
changes. However, the overall effect of the new additions is not significant.
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10.
Non-conforming additions. Neither the 1962 family room addition nor the
recent dining room and kitchen additions are non-conforming to the original
architectural style of the house.
Historical Figure Associative Significance
Criterion b. The Hensley House is associated with persons significant in 20 1b
century aviation history of San Diego and the nation and real estate development in
San Diego. Pacific Air Transport Captain Charles R. Bowman and four other pilots flew
into history on July 1, 1930, as they inaugurated overnight United States Air Mail flight
between Seattle, Washington and San Diego. Bowman flew the 36-hour flight in a B-40
Boeing bi-plane. City of San Diego Mayor Harry Clark, Chamber of Commerce President
Hal Hotchkiss and Postmaster Ernest Dort greeted the frrst arrival. A flight of United
States Navy squadron planes and a Navy destroyer searchlight display memorialized the
event. When United Air Lines acquired Pacific Air Transport in 1932, Captain Bowman
continued to fly out of San Diego in the B-247 commercial passenger and Air Mail
planes. Captain Bowman' s associations with the frrst transcontinental flight from San
Francisco to Boston in 1925 and as assistant manager to T. Claude Ryan at the Ryan
Flying Company at Dutch Flats in San Diego, place him at the heart of aviation history in
San Diego. The Hensley House is also associated with George T. Forbes, a leader in early
20th century real estate development in San Diego and built under the design control of
Master Archltect Richard S. Requa and hls Architectural Review Committee.
Architectural Significance
Criterion c. The 74-year old Hensley House embodies distinctive elements of
Spanish Eclectic with Monterey style architecture. Historic photographs demonstrate
how the stuccoed, two-story building exhibits a fired red-tile roof, ornate wooden
balcony, and iron grillwork windows. A sculpted stucco cap tops the cathedral front
window, the sculpted projecting chimney, and inset livingroom side windows are classic
1920s Spanish motifs, whlch had been obscured by overgrown evergreens during most of
the hlstorical period. Overall, the Hensley House is a classic example of Spanish Eclectic
style architecture reflecting popular 17th and 18th century Spanish Andalusia houses,
as required by Kensington Heights developer George T. Forbes and Richard Requa' s
Archltectural Review Committee between 1927 and 1941. The Hensley House fits well
among the other 1920s and 1930s Spanish Eclectic houses on Marlborough and
Ridgeway Drives.
Conclusion
The evidence presented in tills report supports nomination of the Hensley House to the
City of San Diego for hlstoric landmark status and forwarding to the County Tax
Assessor for Mills Act property tax reduction. It clearly meets the criteria set forth by
the City of San Diego.
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Attachment 3. Official Record, Chattel Mortgage by Theodore W. and Gladys 0. Gauss to Helen W. Gauss of Omaha, Nebraska as
security for $2,245.00 beginning March 26, 1932. Dated December 28, 1933.
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end. ocl<n.CM'led.go<S to •
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IAnren c. Shatter
!loury PIJ:bt J n 111 Aod 1'ar . . td County 4Ad.
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Attachment 4. This Official Record of the Deed of Trust between George W. Hill, Jr. and
Elizabeth Hill who borrowed $5900.00 from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
as beneficiary to buy 5309 Marlborough from the Title Insurance and Trust Company on
October 10, 1939. The Hill family was the first owner occupants ofthe house.
C1ty or ssn D1eso
aile rr•l pn.pcnyllituttd m lllc
Snn Diegc
ol
LOT 352 of
~enstngton
according to the Map
Heights Unit Humber 3,
there~!
Number 1948 filed in
the office of the County hecorder of said
~an
Diego
Coun t y Septemb•>r 28, 1926 .
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Attaclunent 5. Grant Deed from Marion Emerson and Ruth Garrison Murphy (Grantor) to
Ruth Garrison Murphy (Grantee), February 2, 1959.
195987
fiUt PAG£ llo.
~ED REQUEST Of
I
="-r !!c . al'ld 11rs.
~
o., ·
IIBSI en.
ftOV 8 9:110 Ml'68
SEJIIES s BOOK 196!
lint IISfiUICl '
AND 1I7HDI IIEOORDED WJl TO
I
Le" R. A.ndenon
5309 Marlborough Drive
s an Dteso, cali~ornl.a 92116
omr.J.\L R(CQiios
~'I
DltGO COUIIT\'. CALIF.
GR~Y. RlCORDER
A. S.
~' L ...., . TAX STlTEMtNT$ TO AEl\.IRI'I ~teSS J>.BCI'Ii
Sl'ACII ABOVl; THIS LIN!: fO~ REroli.DI!Jt'S US£ - --
JSank
n! .Ameriezt
.,_am•-rnu OI.D!Il NO lli:.v..r
L L S.i
-
)8. 85
l -A.HilfC. T.U I'A.ID
A. 1 Gl.t.Y. COUNT't RfCOADIR
!SaOVI N0•-~-1-94
_ __ __
FOR/.
V.I\UJ~
OON801!RA'J10N, mcdpr ol..t.id. io hoteb7
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.B~-~!.!:J..;!?.!L.f'1!!:!J!!!Y.:....!!._~!icd ~ !!_h_~-~-.!~. .!'!'.~eJ'..!.~.~-C! .. P.!~.P.e.~!>'--------- --·-·-·
Lot
35~
o f JITNSINGTON HEIGHTS UNIT liO. l. accordlns
to Hap thereof No. 1948 flled in t he c-f~ i;e of t!'le
';ouncy Recorder of san Diego County.
Se;>:~cr 2~ . !~~e .
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STA'I'l! Of C/UJJ'OllNIJI.
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~to~
17
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l SS
m. ~aNotuyPubtic:inaadfou•id
s-. pm<>nollr
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Ruth G&rriaon
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Coomty-'
San
Die_s~
..._ ··-·
_ _ __ _ _ __ ________ ____
_
Attaclunent 6. Grant Deed from Ruth Garrison Murphy (Grantor) to Lew R. Anderson
and Jean M. Anderson (Grantee), October 14, 1968.
~~126400
Tlni UI!DEII NO. 30338-R
SOOK 1976
esaow NO. _!,.:!o.:u2::.!.._ _ _
11Wli!D5l.iBJUm OF
mu Cl
APR28 8:00.W76
wmL~HD
OffiCIAl lECORIIS
SNI DIEGO t1lUmY, CAUF.
IIAR1.EY F. BUlOll
Todd E, Leigh .~....~..'!.ui~!.&.l!_...._.
5309 Me.rlboro~··------·San Dieso.
CAafoJJ~~a
ffCOmB!
9;!U5..______
SPACI! AIIOio'1! -IIK:CaDa'S USE ONlY
...------------J' Grant Deed ~o...l':::::a:.:;rc:.:e..:.l..::No;;.:•~4l.t)..=:.:::02::~:.:;-09~----.
roR A VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, ~;p. of wlbd. io ben~ odalow~..L
Lilli R. ANDERSON &nd. .JEAN H. ANDEilSON, husband and vife,
hereby GRAi'IT(5) t<>
TOIID E. LEIGH and CONNIE 0, LElG!I, bu&band and wife, as eo-.n:tt;y Property,
!h. followic~: .Jeornbed mil pn.perty iD tJ.. Ci ~>" of San Diego
Covnry of San l>iego
, Sutc of C.lifomi•:
Lot 352 of ~SIMGTON H!lGBTS, Unit No. 3 1n tbe City of San Diego,
according ~o Map thereof No, i948, filed in tile office of the Cou11ty
Recorder of ~d San Di~o County, September 28, 1926,
Attachment 7. Grant Deed from Lew R. Anderson and Jean M. Anderson (Grantor) to
Todd E. Leigh and Connie 0. Leigh, February 17, 1976.
;· -= = ~~ ~
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R~kbWdiilid~~~ COi~~ANY
PM
GlmJIV J. SMITH, COONTY RECJJRID:
ffiS:
7.00
5309 Marlborough Drive
San Diego,~ 92116
Ill::
nilS .SPACB
ASSESSOR'SPARCSLNO.: ~"'-e>-o~t-o~
• · : -.~·w·:o.:
2002 3:46
lffiCirt. liiDIJire
SAil DIEID !llOOV Rc1:0RJ.{R'S OFFICE
Tristany
11Tl.EOADERNO.:
05~
AUG
ANOWHEN Ra:;OROED,MAIL TO:
- ~;;.s: ~~-
DOC # 2002-0659233
to.
oc
Mt.CelaDSR'S lJ$5 ONLY
The undersigned Gramor(s) declare that "J'le DOCUMENT TRANSFER
TAX,JS:
~County
$ City
.22LCOmputed on the full value of the interest of property cor.veyed. or
_ computed on the tun value less the value of liens or encumbrances
romaining thereon at the time of sale.
_OR transfer Is EXEMPTfrom tax for the following reason:
224026-CB
12707-MO
GRANT DEED
FORA VALUABLECONSIDERATION!eceip1 of whictl is hereby acknowledgee!,
·. :;:O<Jd A. Tristany, Trustee or his Successors in Trust, In the Michael A. TrlstanyTrust, datltd September24, 1998..
hel'cby GRANT(S)to
MiChael A. Tristany, a single man
· ·:.c.: r;;al property situated in the City of San Diego County of San Diego. State of California, described as:
Lot 352 or Kensington Heights, Unit No. 3 according to Map thereof no. 1948, flied ln' the Office of the County
Recorder of San Diego County, September28, 1926.
STATE OF CALI]:PRNIA,
COUNlY OF
:iA...J \) •U
7l 3 o / o
00
-
-
"'-
r 0
, 0&!01'0 m~
{('A-f..J.f
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0C))C, }
......- - - - ' Noally PUblc, peJSOOally appaan!(l
!"~ r;.~... t--
personally mown 10
A,
7J2...! g=p..J:/
ma {or prQVed I'> m., on 1!1e baSIS of sanslaciDrJ 9\llden::e}
10 be tile person(s} WhOSe llallW{s) is/arv SllllsenbQd 10 tll9 wilh'n instrument
.~~ ~od to me tt1ilt ~.e/sheJihey exect.Ud hi same In lb$.'hero'lheir
- •:c·~ """"""'ty~). and lhal by his/hQt/lhOir <;;~(•) on lhe inotrurrent
- ~ ;mooll(s), or 1he entity upon bshall ol w · h the parsoo{s) a.."ted, exec:AeO
·.~a irJ:li'IMnant.
WITNess
· ::-· -:~f:;n: San Diego, CA Document-Year.Doc/D 2002.659233 Page: 1 of 1
_ . .. :.-C2-11-2003 02-2543 PM Comment: LEE
Attachment 8. Grant Deed from the Michael A. Tristany Trust (Grantor) to Michael A.
Tristany (Grantee), July 20, 2002.

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