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This tour is also available in a pdf version. Click here to open it. If you need to download Adobe
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| The building is surrounded by eucalyptus trees that were once part of the garden of a house that stood at this site and were planted by Methodist Bishop William Taylor about 1880. He brought the gum nuts from Australia, where he preached from 1863-1865. Pacific Grove was begun as a Methodist retreat, so Taylor had good cause to have a home here. | ||||
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Inside, there is a WPA-era mural of Lovers Point Beach, painted by Russian-born artist Victor N. Arnautoff (1896-1979). See
paintings by Arnautoff on the Spencer Jon Helfen Fine Arts gallery
website. See more murals by Arnautoff at the Homer Avenue: Palo Alto's Corridor of History website. |
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| Ed Ricketts maintained a post office box (#448) here, even after he moved his business to Monterey, and kept it up until the time of his death in May 1948. | ||||
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Continue on Lighthouse, and on your left, between 18th and 17th Streets is the . . . |
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