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Yngvar & Bertha Laws/ Wayne & Corinne McAllister House

4 357 Ridgeway Drive San Diego, California 92116

Report Prepared By: Kathleen Flanigan

May 2002

State of .California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

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Page._1"-_of __ 6 __ *Resource Name or#: (Assigned by recorder) Yngvar & Bertha Laws/Wayne & corinne McAllister House

P1. Other Identifier: *P2. location: o Not for Publication l8l Unrestricted * a. County: San Diego and IP2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.( *b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Mesa Date: 1975 T...l..§.§_: R_li!L_ l-o of Sec; S.M.: c, Address: 4357 Ridgeway Drive City -,.,.-"s"a"n-"D.±i-"e-""o'-----.-----Zip: 92116 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large or linear resources) Zone; Me/ mN e. Other Locational Data (e.g., parcel#, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate):

APN # 440-031-18, Kensington .Heights Unit No. 3, Lots 295 & 296

*P3a. Description (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setti.ng, and boundaries):

The Kensington Heights Unit No. 3 development, undertaken by the Davis-Baker Real Estate Company of Pasadena, commenced in May 1926, and promoted minimum building costs of $5,000 each with a minimum of 1,500 square feet per dwelling in this area. All the home·s constructe-d during this time period exceeded both ·requirements, and lot prices ranged from $900 to $4,000. This property originally contained three lots, with lot 297, to the south, utilized as a rose garden. (See Continuation Sheet)

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) Single Family Property - HP-2; Women's Property - HP-38

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District 0 Element of District D Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) West facing facade, 1-28-2002, lf2l *P6. Date Constructed/Age and

Sources: L81 Historic . D Prehistoric

DBoth 1931 per Southwest Builder & Contractor J.-12-193L a·nd Notice of Completion filed 6-10-1931 * P7. Owner and Address: Andris & Kellie Inveiss 4357 Ridgeway Drive San Diego, CA 92116 *PS. Recorded by (Name, affiliation, and address): Kathleen Flanigan 1927 Chicago Street, Unit B San Diego, California 92110 *P9. Date Recorded: Mav 2002

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Attachments: DNONE Dlocation Map DSketch Map ell Continuation Sheet ell Building, Structure, and Object Record

DArchaeological Rec.ord DDistrict Record DLinear Resource Record DMilling Station Record [;:I ROck Art Record

DArtifact Record DPhotograph Record D Other (Listl:

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*P3a. (Description)

This 1-story Spanish Eclectic U-shaped wood framed stucco house featured a variety of irregularly laid Mission red tiled low pitched hipped, gabled, and shed roofs, and rested on a conCrete foundation. Carved wood rafter tails extended below soffie moderate roof overhangs. The interes.ting fenestration included a multitude of three- and four­paned wood sash arched and rectangular_ casement windows and solid pane fixed windows at the rear. A small round bottle bottom glass window admitted light to a bathroom on the right side of the courtyard near the front door. Wrought iron grilles artistically covered one rear and one courtyard window, and wood shutters decorated two pai-rs of casement windows facing the courtyard. Especially noteworthy are the pair of casement windows on the left wing of the front facade which are separated by an Ionic column and surrounded by beautiful decorative inlaid tile, perhaps from Gladding-McBean, the tile creator and supplier for the Agua Caliente Resort.

french multi-paned wood doors opened to the courtyard and the patio and pool area at the rear on the south side of the home. five different and unique stucco, stucco· with brick, or stucco and tile chimneys emerged from the roof line, but only two functioned .as fireplaces; the rest were decorative only. Two engaged Tuscan columns on either side of the original garage continued the Spanish/Mediterranean theme on the right wing of the front facade. ·

Entrance to the house was through a wrought iron gata attached to a low stucco wall with an interesting red tile design atop, then through a tiled courtyard with decorative tile fountain in the center, and then finally through a porch arcade which shielded the large redwood inlaid front door which faced north. The interior continued the Spanish Eclectic theme with decorative tile on walls, tile floors, painted wood closets, doors, and ceilings, wro"ught iron scOnces and chandeliers, and a lavish 1,000 sq. ft. "Great Room" constructed of redwood with a grand copper-hooded fireplace.

The garage, enclosed for living space in 1969, retained its original double arched design with windows inserted below the arches. The current owners, who needed garage space, added a sympathetic two-car garage with storage area on the south side in 2000 which sits back and does not detract from McAllister's original design.

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McAllister House 81. Historic Name: Yngvar & Bertha Laws/Wayne & Corinne McAllister House 82. Common Name: Dr. Emma Webb Clarke House 83. Original Use: Single family residence 84. Present Use Single-family residence *85. Architectural Style: -.,.,§SD2-'a!JnL1"'' S;Lhl!,-&ESic"cl"eC>c'"t"i"\c"-,.-,--,=c::---.....-.--;--:----,=c----c-c--,----------------­*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations)

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!-story Spanish Eclectic style house, built in 1931_, has undergone few changes since its A rear south facing porch was enclosed in 1931 to form a dining room, the garage was

to living space in 1969, and a garage on the sout;h side was added in 2000-.

*87. Moved? l8l No o Yes o Unknown * 88. Related Features:

89a. Architect: Wayne McAllister 89 b. 8uilder: __ _,o,_,v"'a'---'F~.'-'E"'c~k"'l"'e"-s"---------------­*B10.Significance: This house is si nificant under Criterion A event because it re resents an integral part. an exce ent examp e o t e -1 M1ss1on Span1s Ec ect1c themed Ba er-Davls subdivision. This house is si nif1cant under Criterion B eo le because it was associated with: the earl Mission s anlsh Eclectic eriod of master architectural desi ners Wa ne & Corinne McAllister's careers; Alp onse A. Burnand.Jr. who owned the home and utilized it as a "town house" (1952-1957) when he was actively involved with the development of Borrego Springs as a maior resort area; George J. Kuhrts III. Burnand's stepson, who succeeded him as owner (1957-1959), and was also actlvely involved ln the development of Borrego'Sprlngs. along with the operation of the Desert Inn which became La Casa del Zarro; TV broadcaster and producer. Robert E. Lee. who started his televislon career wh1le living in this house (:..959-1962), and or; Emma Webb Clark. a promlnent anesthesiologist who founded Sharp Hospital's "Stork Club" and assisted with the delivery of babies for 30 years during her ownership of this home (1962-1997), .This house is sign1f1cant under Criterion c (architecture) because it is an excellent example of Spanish Eclectic architecture des1qned by prominent arch1tectural des1gners, Wayne & Corinne McAllister, and bu1lt by master builder Ova F. Eckles. Area: Kensington

Period of Signi'ficance 1931-1997 Property Type Single-Family Residence Applicable Criteria A B C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.)

Harrison R. Baker and 'Richard D. Davis, past Pasadena Realty B6ard presidents and builders of that city, came to San Diego in 1926 to develop their newly acquired 115 acre Kensington Heights subdivision located on a ridge above th8 historic MissiOn San Diego de Alcala. The men created an int_erestirig \\island position" map, installed high grade utilities, laid wide concrete streets with ornamental lighting systems, and established architectural controls over the district. "Minimum honse costs started at $5,000 and. plans had to be approved by Richard Requa, head of the Kensington Heights architectural committee. Utilizing the old 1774 mission for inspiration, Baker-Davls (See Continuation Sheet)

811.Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes,-----------------------, HP38 -Women's Property

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*B10 (Significance)

restricted all properties erected in the area to the Californian types, namely, Spanish and Mediterranean styles which featured stucco exteriors and mission tile roofs. The result was a community of homes reminiscent of early California and the days of the padres. This residence epitomizes the desired Baker-Davis style. Designed by Wayne McAllister in 1931, the architect who created the internationally famous Agua Caliente California Mission/Spanish Eclectic fantasy world in Tijuana between 1926 and 1931, his first project at the age of 18 which propelled him to architectural stardom immediately, the house contained all the essential Davis-Baker architectural elements and more. Constructed of stucco with a variety of red tile roofs, it incorporated a beautiful decorative tile inlay on the left front wing, a decorative tiled fountain in a front courtyard enclosed by a stucco and tile wall, and Andalusian styled chimneys. Corinne McAllister, the wife of Wayne and an architectural designer and artist in her own right who planned Agua Caliente interiors, carried the Spanish Eclectic/California theme into this home where beautiful decorative tile work in the entry and bathrooms, painted wood cabinets, doors, and ceilings, and a 1, 000 sq. ft. ''Great Room" enthralled owners and visitors with its carved and inlaid redwood walls, a large copper hooded fireplace, wrought iron chandeliers and sconces, numerous built-in bookcases, arid a magnificent and fantastically expensive Sarouk rug which dictated the room dimensions.

The McAllister couple resided in San Diego through the early 1930s, then relocated to Los Angeles. Agua Caliente, cLeqted during Prohibition, attracted such Hollywood personalities as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, the Marx Brothers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jackie Coogan, and Howard Hughes, as well as local denizens who went there to drink, gamble, and party with no restrictions. Countless newspaper articles, from 1926 through 1931, heralded the architectural expertise of young Wayne McAllister, as he continued to expand on that project. In Los Angeles, Corinne McAllister temporarily retired to raise a family, and- Wayne went on to further architectural fame with his historic car-hop restaurant designs which incorporated his melding of the Moderne style, and included such landmarks as Bob's Big Boy, the Pig 'n Whistle, the Brown Derby, and Van de Kamp's. He created the prototype for the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain and the historic McDonald's Golden Arches. The family later moved to Los Vegas where Wayne entered the Googie architectural realm and designed the Flamingo Hotel, the Desert Inn, the Sands Hotel, the Fremont, and the Horseshoe.

The owners/occupants of this house proved as interesting as the architects. Yngvar Laws, a retired pharmaceutical salesman, real estate and insu·rance ageht from Minneapolis, who reputedly made a fortune in the stock market, and his wife, Bertha, bought lots 295 and 296 in Kensington Heights in 1927. (They later added lot 297 which they converted to a garden. It was sold off in the 1950s.) Most likely inspired by a visit to the lavish Agua Caliente hotel which opened in 1927, the couple decided to hire Wayne McAllister to plan their California dream home. In January 1931, Ova F. Eckles, a prominent San Diego builder who had erected numerous homes here from the nineteen teens and continued in the construction business through the 1940s, signed the contract for the erection of this $20,000 residence. Meanwhile, the Laws couple took off to Italy on a furniture buying spree in order to furnish their house. When they returned, they had to convert a porch area off the "Great Room" to a dining room to accommodate a dining room set. Yngvar Laws died in the mid-1930s, supposedly heartbroken and disillusioned after the Great Depression destroyed his economic well-being. (No record of his death is contained in San Diego nor in Minneapolis.) His wife, Bertha, son Lincoln Laws, an attendant at a local Union Service Station and college student who· ultimately became a teacher, and his wife, Helen, continued residence here until 1943

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when Glenn J. Markham, owner- of a gas station and auto supplies business at 4170 University Avenue, bought this home for $17,000 complete with furnishings. Mr. Markham, active in the East San Diego Kiwanis Club and the East San Diego. Chamber of Commerce, resided here with his wife, Dorothy, and daughter, Marilyn. Thanks to them, the only existing historic photos of the house were given to the San Diego Historical Society and provide us with an early glimpse of this lovely dwelling.

William U. and Evah Sanderson bought the house in 194 7. William Sanderson, Australian born and educated in England, amassed great wealth in diamond mining, ranching, and business ventures_ in South Africa and the United States. He fought in the Boer War and in 1908 played polo on the Hotel del Coronado grounds, a locale to which he vowed to return someday. He met Evah, his Kansas born wife, in Portland, Oregon, after the turn of the twentieth century. The Sandersons moved to San Diego in the mid-1930s where he became active in the Navy League and the San Diego Yacht Club, and moored Sea Dog, and she associated with Children's Hospital, the San Diego Opera Guild, and the Woman's Committee of the San Diego Symphony Association.

The Sandersons deeded the home to Alphonse A. Burnand, Jr., the developer of the Borrego Springs Resort Community, in 1952, in return for land in Borrego and a house in Del Mar, according to neighbor, Alberta Dennstedt. Burn and may have been steered towards the Kensington area by Harrison Davis, a partner in his Borrego Springs Company and developer of Kensington Heights. Burr,and, and his second wife, ClaL·a, used this dwelling as their "town house" as they spent much of their time in the Borrego Valley between 1947 and 1960, creating the infrastructure necessary to make this area a San Diego County rival to Palm Springs.

Alphonse A. Burnand, Jr., considered the "father of· Borrego Springs" by area residents, was born in Leadville, ColOrado on January 21, 1896, and came to Santa Monica, California, in 190 6. He studied engineering at Stanford University, then agriculture at the University of California-Davis; after, he moved to Delano where he grew and marketed grapes. In the mid-1920s, he relocated to Los Angeles and expanded his produce shipping and marketing business. He first visited Borrego in the early 1930s, about the time he. represented the United States in the 8-meter yacht competition in the 1932 Olympics. For his efforts, he, and his team, won gold medals.

Burnand bought a home in Borrego in 1936 and commenced the growing of grapes in the valley which proved difficult due to unruly winds and unpredictable droughts. Phil Brigandi in his 2001 history, Borrego Beginnings/Early Days in the Borrego Valley, 1910-1960, devotes numerous pages to Burnand's primary role in the development of Borrego Springs as a resort community. Burna·nct either single-handedly, or in conjunction with a few other far-sighted individuals, including his step-son, George "Bud" Kuhrts III, and newspaper magnate, James Copley, forged a desert paradise that does indeed rival Palm Springs. While owning this Kensington house and residing at this address part-time, he bought the Borrego Springs Desert Lodge which became La Casa del Zorro, created the Anza Desert County Club, brought electricity and water to Borrego, and donated land for

. the State Park, church sites, the Christmas Circle shopping center, the airport, schools, and the Scripps-Burnand Clinic. He, through his Borrego Springs Land and Development Company, Borrego Springs Company, and Borrego Springs Community Association, created curved roads to preserve the natural beauty of the desert, and marketed 17,000 acres as "an ideal residential, recreational desert resort -community - a peaceful 'place for a leisurely lifestyle."

Los Angeles native, G8orge J. "Bud" Kuhrts III, step-son of Burnand, and his wife, Beverly, assumed ownership of this home in 1957. He also had played a major role in the

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development of Borrego Springs as a resort community and received considerable mention in Brigandi's B9rrego Springs history. In addition to his management of the Desert Inn (which became La Casa del Zorro) while he owned this house, he helped develop the Christmas Circle commercial center, a mobile home park, the DeAnza County Club (which opened in 1957), gathered investors for the Borrego Springs Airline, and was actively involved in the Bo.rrego Springs Land and Development Company, and the Borrego Springs Community Association. A former Navy man, Mr. Kuhrts survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Robert E. Lee, a television ·pioneer who started his Channel 10 TV career while living here, and his wife, Jeanie, purchased this home in 1959, shortly after moving to San Diego from Chicago. The family produced and starred in the weekly TV program, "Passport to Adventure" in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which sometimes included neighborhood segments, including a stint on Kensington in 1960 for which a ~cr.ipt was located at the San Diego Historical Society. Additionally, Mr. Lee acted in commercials and hosted shows such as "Dude Ranch Matinee," "Sea Power," and assisted with the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres broadcasts in 1960. Jeanie Lee often starred in her husband's TV shows and helped with the travelogues as did their two sons. Later, to supplant her husband's sometimes sporadic income as an independent television producer, Jeanie established the Kensington Realty Company on Adams Avenue.

In 19 62, Drs. Robert H. and Emma Webb Clarke bmight the residence. Both anesthesiologists from Pittsburgh, the two lived here as a married couple until their divorce in 1965. After, Dr. Emma Clarke continued residency at this address with her six children through 1997. Dr Emma Clarke, one of five women graduates of the University of Pittsburgh Medical School in 1947, came to San Diego in 1959. She founded the "Stork Club" at Donald N. Sharp Hospital, the predecessor of the Mary Birch Hospital for Women, where she, along with two other female anesthesiologists, provided 24-hour coverage. She worked there for thirty years "helping to ease the pain of bringing babies into the world, comforting those facing surgery, and perfecting the art of napping standing up and on the run," according to her February 2, 2001 obituary. She held lots of hospital parties at this residence as well as weddings and Christmas parties.

Current owners, attorney Andria Inveiss, and his wife, Kellie, who bought the house in 1997, most recently opened their home during Christmas 2001 for a fundraiser for the Polinksy Children's Center which was featured in the December 2001 San Diego Home & Garden Magazine.

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Laws - McAllister House APPENDIX

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Architectural Reference- Wayne McAllister, Architectural Designer & Ova F. Eckles, builder

Wayne McAllister References

Corinne McAllister Reference

Historic Photographs

Architectural Reference

Current Photographs

Glenn J. Markham Reference

William U. and Evah Sanderson References

Alphonse A. Burnand, Jr. References

George J. Kuhrts III Reference

Robert E. Lee References

Jeanie Lee Reference

Dr. Emma Webb Clarke Reference

Residential Building Record

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TITLE: 'SEARCH 4357 Ridgeway Drive

San Diego, California 92116

Kensi.ngton Heights Unit No. 3 (Map 1948), Lots 295 & 296 APN # 4 40-031-18

page Date

1393 420 9-30-27

1393 422 9-30-27

1889 163 ' 5-8-31

1889 164 5-9-31

102 81 6-10-31

4-19-43

3-14-47

4403 122 2-29-52

6714 49 8-16-57

2-16-59

5-3-62

10-8-65

3-18-97

Grantor Grantee Remarks

Union Trust Co. of S.D. Laws, Bertha Dahl Lot296

Union Trust Co. of S.D. Laws, Bertha Dahl Lot 295

Laws, Y ngvar & Be11ha Dahl Rowe, Marcia Lots 295, 296

Rowe, Marcia

Laws, Yngvar

Laws, Georgeana C.

Laws, Yngvar & Bertha Dahl

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Notice of Completion "

Markham, Glenn .J. & " Dorothy S.

Markham, Glenn & Dorothy Sanderson, Evah & Mary

Sanderson, Evah & Mary

Burnand, Clara B.

Kuhrts, George & Beverly

Lee, Robert E. & Jean S.

Clarke Vs. Clarke

Clarke, Emma W.

Burn and, Clara B. "

Kuh11s, George J. III & " Beverly H.

Lee, Robert E. & JeanS.

Clarke, Robert H. & Emma Webb

Clarke, Emma W.

lnveiss, Audris & Kellie

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Divorce

Notice of Completion Filed June 10, 1931

NOTICE OF COMPLE'!'Iv:<

STATE OF CALIFOilNlA 35 .

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

Yngvar Luws being first duly sworn, deposes and says· That nc i s now and

;•as upon the first day of .Tnn. 19::;1 , the owner in l'ee simple of that <:ertain real

pr-perty situated in the County of San Diego , Stn<e of California, and particularly

described n:1 follow3 , towit:

295-296 Kensington lleichts

That, as such owner or s aid land, affiant, obout tlie 15th day or .Tan . 1931

entered into a con tree t vti th Ova , - . Eckles for tuc crecti on and construe t ion ,

upon the land above described , of a cert ain bu 1ld1ne;, to-wit :

One story and besen.ent house and ea.rage bu i ld ing

Tha t s 11irl bu1ld1nB l•ao been duly constructe u u.na til€: same wo.s actually completed

on the ninth day of JWJe , 1931.

Tbis notice is t:iven in pursuance of the provisions of Section 118?, of the Code

or Civil Procedure , of this State .

Yngvar Laws

Subscribeu and .sworn to bet'or(' me this lOth dey of June, 1931.

Anc,eline Thee de

Angeline 1'heede

Notary P ublic itl and for the County or San

Di ego , S t ate of California.

RecordecJ at re quest of Y. Laws Jun 10 1931 at 32 min. past 3 o ' c l ock P.M.

0 . M. Swope , Count;• Recor der

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SAN DIEGO CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORY RESEARCH Residents of 4357 Ridgeway Drive

San Diego, CA 92116

Yngvar & Bertha Laws - no occupation

Yngvar & Bertha Laws - no occupation Lincoln D. & Helen Laws, salesman Union Service Station

Yngvar & Bertha Laws - no occupation Lincoln D. Laws, attendant Union Service Station

Bertha Laws (widow Yngvar) - no occupation Lincoln D. & Helen Laws - no occupation

Bertha Laws - no occupation Lincoln D. & Helen Laws, clerk M.W. & Co.

Glenn J. & Dorothy Markham, auto supplies and gas station, 4170 University Avenue

Glenn J. & Dorothy Markham, San Diego Motor Parts, auto supplies, 4170 University Avenue, and gas station, 4172 University Avenue

William U. & Evah Sanderson - no occupation

Charlotte Haughton - no occupation

Vacant

A.A. & Clara Burnand, farmer

George J. & Beverly Kuhrts III, D~sert Lodge

Robert E.& Jean Lee, Robert E. Lee Associates

Robert E. & Jean Lee, president TV Productions, Inc.

Robert H. & Emma W. Clarke, physicians

Emma W. Clarke, physician

Architectural Reference Wayne McAllister, Architectural Designer

Ova F. Ecldes, Builder

Residences San Diego-Ova F. Eckles, 3833 Van Dyke

Ave., has been awarded contract for the· erec­tion of a- Spanish type residence at the east end of Ridgeway Drive, .Kensington Heights, for Y. Laws.. Plans were prepared by Wayne McAl­lister1 Commonwealth Bldg., San Dieg-o. It will be a frame and stucco structure with tile roof, three tiled bathrooms, gas furnaces and garage;

: cost $20,000.

Southwest Builder and Contractor, June 12, 1931.

Ova F. Eckles, Builder, Reference ' .. -.-.. -··-, ........ . ! q . , . F

'Ova F..· Eckles : Servic~s Today; School Builder .f . . .

Masonic services- wiH be' at 10 . a.m. today· in. Pacific Beach. ' Mortuary for ova Francis :Eck­les, 86, of .702 Sea'i;ift Court, ·a retired building contractor Who was involved in construction Of· SB:Yeral Sari DiegO schoolst He died Tuesday in a convalescent hosPital. . " Eckles 1 who was born in Gra­ham, Mo., hact"·'uved he'i·~ 70 years.· He -was inyolved in the constrqction of Mission -Bay

. High School, Roosevelt Junior High· School, Mission Bea~;h Elementary . ScPool, Point

· Lorna' High Schoot and homes in Coronado and East San Diego.

fl~.~~-~.s .... ~ mem.Pe.t: ... of...East San Diego Lodge 561, F&AM, which will conduct the ser­vices; Scottish Rite Bodies, and Pacific Beach Christian .Church.

He is surviVed by his wido\-1{,

1 Sadie J.

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Smt Diego Union, April14, 1972.

Wayne McAllister, 92; innovative architect By Jack Williams STAFF WRITER

Wayne McAllister was ari 18-year-. old draftsman when he sighed a contract to design a Tijuana resort, launching him · on an architectural career that would both shape and reflect popular culture in Southern

the· past 40 years, Mr. McAllister imi.intained a real estate office in . Alhambra until his death: He retired from architecture in.1956 to begin a series of ventures ranging from the vice presidency of Marriott Corp. to pioneering coin-operated copying machines and selling tract homes.

In 1998, the Los Angeles Conser-. vancy's Modern Committee spon-

Mr. McAllister, who was born sored an exhibit of Mr. McAllister's and raised in San Diego, cut a neon architecture at the Pacific Design· swath through the heart of l:he. Las Center in Los Angeles.

California and Las Ve_gas. '

Vegas strip and helped set the ar~- . · · . . tectural standard for an emerging <?ne of Mr. IYicAlli~ter's st~a~e car-and-coffee-shop culture in Los designs, the !IDpOsillg Bobs Btg Angeles · Boy restaurant in Tolu.ca Lake; was

. · · declared a California State Point of He was 92 when he died :March . Historical Interest in 1992 at the

22 in ~ ~cadia nursing cen~e~ of · urging of the conservancy. complications from a head illJury · Th third B b' · built, ·t · suffered in a fall. . . e o s ever 1 . IS

With more vision and talent"than experience, he was · picked over more seasoned applicants in 1926 to design the .Agua Caliente reSort Construction started in 1927, and 10 months later a lavish ·hotel and cafe­casino rose from a valley previously known for its thermal springs and greyhound track.

After bungalows and a Jockey Club racetrack were added to the grounds in late 1929, it became a glamorous mecca for high · rollers and Hollywood celebrities.

A F'asadena resident for most of

considered an example of the meld­ing of 1940s moderne style and the coffee-shop· consciousness· of post­war Los Angeles.

"It is a crescent of concrete and glass that sa swallows its stretch of Riverside Drive there's no telling whether you're inside or out," Ed Liebovitz wrote in the Nov. 8, 1998, edition of the Los Angeles Times Magazine. · ·

Influenced by an emerging car culture, Mr. McAllister often said his designs were created to fill a need rather than inspir(!d by an ar~ chitectural vision.

Yet . his futuristic .perspective. ·. In April 1941, Mr. McAllister be- nte resort. earned praise.from architectural his- gan to shape the future of the Las 'The easino got so packed with torian Alan Hess in the book.s ''Viva Vega~ strip. He designed a dude people and smoke that you could ~s Vegas" and "Goofie: Fifties Cof- ranch called the El Rancho Hotel, hardly breathe in the summer, so fee Shop Architecture." Hess also ." complete with chuck-wagon murals, we had to add air-conditioning," Mr. spok~_ glQwingly of·M.r. McAllister's rambling bungalows and a cowboy McAllister said. work at the latter's career retrospec- casino. Regular guests included Clark tive. · Five years later, mobster Benja- Gable, Jean Harlow, ttie Marx

But Mr .. McAllister, whose public min "Bugsy" Sieg~l built the_ Firu;tin- Brothers, Dick ~owell, Jackie Coo­image was as low·pl,"ofile as his work go hotel and casmo, u~he~g ill a gan, Douglas Farrbanks, Gr~ta Gar­was bold deflected the ·attention. new era of Las Vegas rught life. Mr. . bo and Howard Hughes. Rita Hay-

"As f~ as I'ni concerned, 1 just · McAll!s~er worked with Siegel on wo~ worked in the resort's _dining ran a modest office and did modest the ongmal plans for the Desert Inn patio as a young teen, servmg·, $1 work," he said. "It didn't deserve and designed the Sands, the Fre- lunches. . , any special publicity or attention at mont and the Horseshoe. B1..1t the fate of the casillo was the time " · As a San Diego youth, Mr. MeAl- sealed a few years after it was fin~

· . · . . lister was encouraged by a vocation- ished. In 1935, Mexican President After movmg to IJ;ls Angeles ill a1 counselor to pursue architecture Lazaro Cardenas declared gambling

the _1930s, · M~. MtAllister began to or acting. He studied architectural illegal in the country, and the Mexi­destgn. a ~e~es of ~~op re~tau- c!esign in night school and left San can government expropriated the r~ts, ~eluding ~e Ptg n Whistle, · Diego High School to accept a full- casino and its sprawling grounds in Stmo~ s, Hebert~· and Van . de ~e job as a draftsman. 1937. Kamps. He also gam~d a reputati?n The turning point of his career Mr. McAllister entered the corpo-for t_ony hotel coc~ lounges, ill· was an offer by Baron Long, then rate world on a grand scale in 1953 eluding one at the Biltmore Bowl. owner of the U.S. Grant Hotel, to by designing hotels for Marriott

He later pioneered the design for design a complex in Tijuana includ- Corp. In i956, he moved to Wash­Kentucky Fried Chicken restau-. ing a hotel, casino and bathing re- ington, D.C., to become a vice presi­ran~ and advised one of his prote- sort in California Mission style. dent of Marriott He returned to ges, Stanley Meston, in a project. · "I made the initial drawings with Southern California in 1962 and that resulted in the McDonald's sig- my wife, Corinne, who also worked made his home in Pasadena. nature golden arches. · for an architectural firm, and they Survivors include his wife of 75

Mr. McAllister's larger restaurant were very well accepted," Mr. MeAl- - years, ,Corinne; a daughter, Paul~tte designs included the popular La- lister told The San Diego Union- McAllister of Prescott, Ariz.; and wry's on La Cienega's Restaurant Tribune in 1994. two sons, Donald, of Corvallis, Ore., Row ill Los Angeles and the expand· A H>·foot-wide concrete highway and .David, of Tucson, Ariz. ed Los Feliz Brown Derby, a Los was .built from downtown Tijuana Cremation was plarmed. Private Angeles landmark. leading to the $7 million Agua Cali~ services were scheduled.

THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE • SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2000

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. ed·' their• ow~ archlteqturcil. de' ~ishbu~ires~ intso.ri·Oi~~o, The.ir·

· mo~l'nt>tabJe early wo1ect was· 'designing the A<iu0 ·Cdliente Re­sort·lri Mexico, soOiH'<it:'Fi.luona. They in0ved to tos;Ange/es 'in the rnid-1'930$ and·be9an. !;/esisn­irig. :.·a•·, variety:· •ot • qlmrnercial bujli:Jin!'JS''WfttJ: dr:i:e")P.!\DSi~, on re:;tayr.ants, ,,. Cqq.'!n~ ·' cell red frorh 'th!rfa.rn,lv: business 1.n ·1938

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T. he architect of this 1929 hacienda at the circular end of Ridgeway is still a mystery, but the

_ . reseal-ch c6!J-tinues._.The-t!ritrahce is through a--~~iled courtyard with fountain; The foyer, powder room and several other areas still have the original Malibu tilein place. The huge high beams of the ceiling accentuate the size ofthe 1,000-plus-square-foot living/dining room, which originally was built to accommodate an oversized oriental rug. Natural redwood walls, long swooping

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Homeowners: ANDR!S and KELLJE lNVEISS

Holidax deem· and antiques: SHANNON TURNER, GIRARD

AVENUE COLLECTJON,

SAM WARDRIP, C'EST LA VIE ANTIQUES, and GLORIA BAADER,

FLORA & AMBIENCE

Candles: CATHEDHAL and CATHEDI\AL HOME

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wrought-iron sconces, antique hard­ware, parquet floor and a massive

· hammered-copper fireplace· hood are

oriiinal to the house. Shannon Turner and Sara Wardrip

added antiques to those belonging to the owners and, with Gloria Brader of Flora & Ambience, decorated with green, gold, cream and purple, and an abundance of fruir and vegetables. A 30-inch grapevine wreath of silk ever­greens clustered with cream magno­lias, artichokes, Brussel sprouts, asparagus, moss balls and glittery pears is hung with purple and gold ribbon, thick gold cording and tassels. Antique silver graces the huge dining table to light up the room. Fruited topiaries highlight the brilliantly tiled kitchen and weeping pine, pep­per berries and seeded eucalyptus are among the decorations in the break­fast room.

'7'4 San DiegoH 0 ME I GAR 0 EN Ufestyles San Diego Home/Garden, December 2001.

Current Photographs

Southeast fncing wing of house which shows the original garage enclosed for living space in 1969.

Front facing facade which exhibits the original stucco and tile wall which enclose!! the courtyard and the Spanish Eclectic style arcade.

Current Photographs

Glenn J. Markham Reference

/Glenn J. Markham A-RecitatJOifOrth--e-ROsafy

for ·Gie~n J. Markham, 65, of . ... ! QIZi.. f\l.!.l£~ .• li!.9MD\.~i.n,J\9~.~. -";m-ooc-•n~sop.rrc· tomor:

roW -in- R0gers Mortuary7~--~ A Christian prayer service

will be at 3:30p.m. Tuesday in the ·rhortuary chapel. '

-~ Markham .was a member 1

hf the Q.ood Shepherd Partsh · in Mira Mesa, the Easf San Diego Kiwanls·Ciub, the San

· Diego Job)lers Association and· a member and two~term past president of . t.IJe .l>ast ·san nlego-Chamber of Com­merce.

He i.s survlv.ed. by ·hisi wi_do.w, Dot:othy.; .. a daughte~:d

'·Mrs:'"M·:rrllylrfremwer!ror; :.san Diego; two grandchil-· : ~ren; two brothers, · and ;three sisters.

San Diego Union, May 19, 1974.

William U. and Evah Sanderson References

.,.there;·he became a U.S. ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sanderson also · paid ·to SoUthern. California that time. He told friends he ,

·.visited Coronado .. in 1908 and ])Iayed· pole-~n · the Hated Del -Coronado· ·

• Sanders~n and his wife were ~noted equestrians. and 'tie ~as ·a former presid"imt· of the·· Port~ 'land' Hunt Club.

During the time he 6wnedl the Hay Creek Ranch. he sold 2 \ar~g llu.rnbt?...r-oL.sheep. to-~

San Diego Union, May 29, 1965.

Mrs: S~ndersoll · a .. ber.~- .. of . the--San -.:Piego-_-· Guild and the Woman's mittee' ·of the'' San Diego -pboily- ' She ~uppor-ter

·.A sist~r, l\1rs·, Nari~y · · . ·laM .. ,Qt P.ottla,n_q\{lor~. J _ :~dso -,·-vrves·;- ···.-~"·'·· .. --,_. --, "~-- ,J. r·•'

San Diego Union, Aprill3, 1965.

Alphonse A. Burnand, Jr. References

r. - . · .. !B:o r:re~~ """'~,_..o.r..: !;;!'~'1t"e-=·-::;;;;;;;-=--­~i~~;;;~"l tem~~-.l---;- -~-~·:\!.~~,~~0--- ~::~-;-~~!~~:~~ : BORHEGO SPRTNG~A.-- A~jt ·nurnand wa~ 'the ,_d6fiL'r or nrei •Bumand Sr., pionec~ of Borre:[BorrC'go $pring.:; Airport sitr .f_~.?:!·:'~~~:-~=:~~~~-rr-:J~~astr.t-es~~--:;:~g~·-nnct::-wa~- 't~rt::._~d~:;igner. .. Cit· t_h·e;_ rnculture. ·:m"d·:re~oft1ro'ii'ft'"~;=wHS'I @t!A~~e:-~Q.I~1me:ioeJ.a..l~ [named outshmding citizrn .of.area-OTiiiede~l)illiUJill.;:_~-:J ~?IT~gQ __ ._Spbngs fOF· !~Ill dt 1 MoSt Jtceull.\.-.Lc ~-····~~'i·_~"" :G~ta"i'hb?r of 1 Commerce· cCrcm~--~jOJ··: :::horeholfler · !rr_, tpe Bot'i-~?<f .mes..Jbis..&l'.e.e.kfiu:L_ __ _-_ ___ •Snnn s · shoppin'g r-eMer . c-! '· -· ·:eu~QBJiir 'Ji·!J6 --liPg'.iill :·· .. g'Efi' -· ·v '1~----~~n ('.'jiOW::-Iif.]{[·pey--~ growing iii the norregb area i:J 9,l)€'f~tion :crrnr:1J::~5-rni0ion ~1\el 1935, became the second person and a shareholder in·the Borrt}~ to: .receive the hongr at fhe- a.n.

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to .Open: nuat'~chamber···banquct··-8aturday later-this--)'-t'ar. · , ). night at. the . Cllsa del' 7..-orro Also at .the ·rlrsl <1nnual bnn·, · e_re...:__ ·· ·--·;~et, Davi~. jnsta!lcd as ne~,-1 : He rece!'\'ed the aWll"t'If·trcfl Tre-ad---~~Urrnoer.~,.-~m~ Rl~l)atd..Da¥1~ -n~her..:-o . u~d--~'l-pr.~nm .. tn-b_rmg:.,: . .,.i-si-4 -~Comm'er:cc Pres.ident- .. 3.rid. :m~.b: 1Qt1)_ ~{ticf:-t:Je~Y. bus·tncss tn the:

: :-u~~·5?~n~~.e~~~:1~~ ·~~~~~·sor.~ (ij~-f~~~~rf-~~:ouf~~ ... ~t1~·~~:! rego his .~orne _for 20.years,_ has inaugurate a prqgrilm ··that·l·

'been a lender in the Chamber of would._p.)Jbli,ciz.e. Borrego,_. as ~n ' Commerce. and community ·de- ide<il _.location for buslnessf ; relopnwht-progdms sin_ce 1947. "study conventions"' and an ad·

.His grape vineyards 'i-n the:ditionn! wiilter tourist center ... ·" j GOJ'OU:r-·can:ron·-areii''"'\YcrHhe-r-:-Bavts--s-a~l---o--indf' .. pend.cntl fir~J.!J_J.b.ec.:._das.e rt. ~-a-tea ·--.imdLciillm:s~ll!L£.0~ii fl on bm:tg~·l

· -i\•er·e··Iollri'\\;e~r b:f me Dl .. moi~glo·,·r o·alrracT\lSrea.a·y ·Tou ·r i&Ctr a ctel fields after the war.. ' land_ JigJlt' indus!ry wouJ.d be rl1

1 He ·\,ras· one of "the first landlprinH'.·~irfict ·ror: -I he cliambrt·: de_velopcrs 1!1_ the Borrego Val- program during I he eqtniBgl' ley after. 1947· and -s~the_.p.ace_ yeo.r .............. ,.......... ... . .. _.' ... ::::~.::~[; for a .. ring oi.· ..... re.sort homps The pn)g.r?-n.l Wil:) .. suggs.-:Led?

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Alphonse A. Burnand, Jr. References

'-'UIIlUflO ..Jf, . memorial service wa~

. <!dnesday morning at the ........ .a­n unity Methodist Chu:t:ch for Al·

phonse A. Burnand Jr., "the father of Borrego Valley"· who died De· ·camber 4, at the age o'f81'i,

Inscribed in the program for the· service was "He lived a full, long, healthy, useful life and died the way. he wished - no one could ask form ore."

Burnand had a swim Frfday, De­cember 4, at the pool at his Laguna Beach home, and collapsed a short time later. Although he was rushed to the hospital. he never regained consciousness, and died a few hours later.

Among the people in many and varied walks of life who knew him, the true measure-of the man'came through in their reminiscences· of his long and active career. He was a person, they said, who was ex-• pert at cutting red tape, and cir­cumventing bureaucracy to get things done, '

His philanthropies have touched every phase of life and development In the Borrego Valley, fi'om gifts of land for the S~te Park, church sites,

Borrego airport, schools, and the latest, more than $1" million 'rrom the foundation·· which bears his family name for tho construction of the Scripps-Burnand Clinic on Ya­qui Road.

His stepson,. George Kuhrts IIi, said that when he came to the Bor­regO Valley in the ~arly 1930s to grow grapes, he' had bigg~r ideas of developing ·an ideal -desert com­munity. He wanted to protect it from becoming a hodge-podge of desert "shacks" and make It an attractive, affordable place for people to live.

It was this thought that started an association to control building and growth. in Borrego Springs, Kuhrts said, and was the foundation for the deed restrictions now a part of·The· Community Association. He also built what. was then called the Bor­rego Springs Mobile Home Park. which 'later became The l3orr'ego RoadRunner Club. ·

His sOn,. A. A. Burnand· III, who spends part of"his time in Borrego and part· at hls hOme in:. Newport Beach; said of his father "he was a rugged lndivldual1st who hounded bureaUcrats· to· get what this com­m~nity needed, \;lut he gave in a· quiet way, and was embarrassed by public honor .. " He recalled the time that the· Chamber of Commerce be­stowed· on him the hanoi- of "Out­standing Citizen of 1967.'' He said that he had to accept the· kudos· be­cause- his father was completing a two-week stint at the Los Angeles County .Fair in Pomona - boosting the Borrego Valley. ·

rt iS·:ap.pare!tt'frOm lookirig at the. . history of Borrego that Burnand was a "doer." His associates recall that when \1 pipeline was being built, that's where he" could be found working. with the equipment. H~ derived a great satisfaction from the "hands-on" approach to any·pt'-oject.

M. J. Martinet, now of La Jolla, who spoke briefly at the memorial service,. recalled· his 5.2 years ·or work and friendship with. Burnand: "He was.my boss· in 1929 in an agri· culture project In Nogales,_.Arizona; and through the. yean we became partners· in the 'business,· and al­ways I will cherl.sh the friendship of this remarkable and unforget-· tabJe man.t' .

A little-known aspect of' his ace was that' until his death, he and his one-time· skipper, .Owen Churchill of Los Angeles, were the. Oldest S!lfYiyor~ _o.L!!!-l__l~:~..:..PIY':!P.!:.c team·· gold medalists. In 1932, he took-t11ne from his business to represent the United States in the Olym'pics, a:nd he and his crew won. gold medals in the 8-meteryacht ci:fmpetiti'o~.

It was after the Olympics· that he came to the valley to grow gr"aP.es, In 1936 he bought the ·ne· An:za Ranch, It 'had a· water system com­Ing down Coyote Creek ftom Cata·

_rina Spring, but it took several years of litigation before he flnaUy es­tablished his right to all the water from the spring, This was the fore­runner of the Borrego ValleY Water Co,

Burnand built a home hi Borrego in the 1930s, and about thiS time when. San Diego County ... citizens formed the beginnings of the ""play­ground" now known as An:i:a-Bor-·. r_ego State Park, he and oth.er pri~ vate owners worked with the. state P:i.rks Commission to establish. prop.-. -e"fty lines, which resulted in tz:ading: mountainous land· more suft"able for' the park, for some flat yalley -land." The· tr~tdes were made,· records show, on a do!I"ar-for-dollal-···value; By.l948, B,OOO acres had been traded by the park to private· o~~ersliip·." and 60,000 acres to the park by.". private owners. ·

In the post-World War II itl'ea the: valley began to· be develo?e9. as a: winter resort. During thiS .period the "Desert Club" now the De An:ta Desert Country. Clu-b was d~veloped by Burnand, the .late James S. Copley, publisher of the S6n. Diego Union and T~e·, .Tri~u~tt aJ:ld .cihai:r:~ mam.-of ,the corpo.tation! pubJjshjp.g· the Copley'Newspapers, and Robert DiGiorgio.

. Among his more recent gins, in addition to the clinic, was the pre­sentation of 1,280 acres to 'the· Uni­versity of Maryland. for ;m observa­tory Where radiotelescope 're!learch Is being conducted. ·The land had previously been leased bY tbe"·Clar.\1: · Dn;. I!ake Observatory iiear. Bar'

· rego; . ·""He is survived by a son, A. A.. Bur• n-and. III~ three stepdaught~rs, Char· lotte Hamilton of' Idaho., .Patricia Di" Giorgio of·San Francisco,. and

·cl:i.ra. Lee Soiith. of Ranch"O.~Santa Fe; a stepson, GElorge Kuhrts HI of Borrego, a sister, Mrs.. Charles Partridge or Santa Bar-bar"a, 19 grandchildren and six gre"at-!i":r:and­chlldren.

Borrego Sun, December 17, 1981.

San Diego Historical Society Biographical Files.

Alphon~e A. Burnan.d )r,

Al '1onse A. Burnand, Borrego Vall1 Philanthropist And Developer, t -95 Af85 Alphonse A. Burnand Jr., who

came to Borrego Valley in the- early 1930s to grow grapes and stayed to become one of the principal develop­ers, philanthropists and property'· owners in the valley and adjacent desert areas, died Friday in a Lagu-. oa Beach hospital. He was 85.

Mr. Burnand collapsed after a swim and did not regain conscious­ness. He was taken to the hospital after paramedics treated him, but died within a few hours. He had maintained a home in the beach community iri recent years.

Amoi:lg his philanthropies were gifts _of park lands, church. sites, air­port acreage and property for,.,. schools, including Borrego Springs High School In 1976, he and his fami­ly donated 1,500 acres; valued at $45o:ooo, to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. ·

About a year ago; a family founda~ tion he established pr~ented 1.280 acres to the University of Maryland

for an observatory where radioteie-_. scope research can be conducted without- interference from man-made transmissions-. ·

The university previously _ had· leased the land. The facility, the Clark Dry Lake Observatory in the Ocotillo Wells area, receives and studies radio emission generated by the sun and planets of this galaxy and distant galaxies.

The park land donated earlier con­tains approximately 600 rare ele­phant trees. Visitors follow a 2.5-mile nature trail to reach the grove.

Recently, the family foundation contributed $1 million toward con­struction of a satellite clinic in Bor-· rego Springs of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.

"He was a rugged individualist who hounded bureaucrats to get what the community needed, but he gave in a quiet way," a family mem­ber said.

Burnand was born on Jan. 21~ 1896,

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in Leadville, Colo., where his father· was-in ~e mining and assaying busi-

ness. When the boy was 4, the family moved to Denver and four years later to Santa Monica, where they often had spent winters.

Burnand attended Stanford Uni­versit~·. intending to become an engi­neer. He later recalled, "Most of the good engineers were trying to get a job running streetcars. U you were any good, you had to go off to South America or Asia or some place, and I knew· too many pretty girls in Lus Angeles to be chasing off like thal I transferred to Davis."

At tle UC Davis campus, Burnand took a three-year course in agricul­ture in a year and a hall.

"Afterwards, I- started out in a Model T Ford with a collie pup and ended up in Delano," be once said.. "Before I knew it, I was behind a plow."

Among his Central Valley neigh· bors was Joseph DiGiorgio, the late grower whose name has becorrie fa· mous in California agriculture. and

San Diego Union, December 7, 1981.

industry and who later· joined Bur­nand in the Borr~go Valley.

Within a few years, Burnand went from fanning_ into the produce busi­ness in Los -Angeles, forming Bur­nand & Co. He was there seven years, and during that time he developed an interest in the Sonora area of Mexi· co. In 1925 Burnand moved to No­gales, A!U, on the Sonora border.

For 20 years, his firm shipped veg­etables, mostly tomatoes and peas, from the fields of Sonora all over the United States and Canada.

Burnand had kept his ranches in the Delano area, where the principal croo Was fancy table grapes. In the w .dy 1930s, however, he had become interested in finding an area where grapes would mature earlier than they do in the Central Valley so he could send them to market earlier.

It was in this period that Burnand had taken time out from his business career to represent the- United States !n the 1932 Olympics. In B-meter-

yacht competition, he and his crew­mates won gold medals. Until the time of his death, Burnand and the skipper, Owen Churchill 'of Los Ange­les, were the oldest survivors of any U.S. Olyrnf>ie team gold medalists.

The year ci.fter the Olympics tri­umph, one of Burnand's employees, AlWay, explored and suggested Bor· rego Valley for pursuing the boss' idea of finding an are.a for growing early-ripening grapes.

4 rancher riamed Roy Brininger had an orchard in the valley and per­mitted Burnand to experiment with

· grapes there. Grape cuttings were planted on the Brininger ranch and in two years they prOO.nced grapes 30 days abead of the crop in the San Joaquin Valley.

In 1936, Burnand bought the DeAIJ­za Ranch froin Albert Ahearn. It had a water system supplied by Water

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(Continued from A-3) .. coming down historic Coy­ote Creek from Catarina Spring. After years oi litiga­tipn, Burnand finally estab­lished his right to all the water from the spring.

Burnand built a borne in Borrego V<illey and after ·the 1930s spent part of every year there. For a number of years, he also maintained a condominium in Honolulu.

He began _buying land in , the desert and eventually his purchases w·ere in par~ eels in ~n area from Catari­

. na Spring on the west to Travertine Rock on State 86 to the east, and south as far as tlie gypsum mine near Ocotillo Wells, . .

At ab.out this' time, ihe . State and federal govern­: ments and public-spirited San Diego County citizens hB.d formed the beginnings

:of the public. playground now .known as Anza~Borre~ go Desert State Park and which ha~ grow~ to 550,000 acres.

Burnand learned that the state parks department owned land ori · the floor of BOrrego. Valley that COuld

·be used for agriculture and development.. He. began to negotiate .with the state to ttade its valley Ian~ proper~ ty for the mountainouS land suitable for park pu'rposes . that he owned.

Then if was aiscovered that_there had been two sur­·veys of the are3. Rnd they ·.were in conflict. .. The late William F. :Knowland, Oakland publish­er and later a U.S. senator ·

·.was chairman 0! the stat~. ··Parks Commission at the tirne. The commission met in Borrego Springs and agreed .to join Burnand and other private Property own­ers in an effOrt to establisb

. property lineS. This was in the l~te 1930~

He and Burnand were -erpillar tractor) and a land often, B~rnand said, they among those who formed plane and one night we put never did. the Anza Desert Country the lights on and we went In 1967, the Borrego Club, which opened in 1956. down and decided where Springs Chamber of Com-

Burnand credited Joseph ' the airport ought to be, and merce named Burnand the DiGiorgio with bringing en- we built two runways that outstanding citizen of the ergy to Borrego Valley by night. Next morning I took community. persuading San Diego Gas them all down and' I said , & Electric Co. that power 'There's your airpor~. no~· He is surVived by a son, was ~eeded for the pumps get it oiled.'" A. A Burnand III of Barre-at the wells for irrigation. Burnand was the designer go Springs and Newport

He also liked to recall of Christmas Circle ·the Beach; three stepdaughters, how the firSt telephone line community's comm~rcial Charlotte K Hamilton of was obtained because ,.of a center. He was 8 . major· Idaho; Patricia DiGiorgio of !aw that there had to be one shareholder in the shopping San FrancisCo and Clare If there was a school with a center development and in . Lee Smith Of Rancho Santa specified ·number of. stu- a mobile. home park opened : ·Fe, and a stepson, George J. dents. late In 1967. ·. Kuhrts of Borrego Springs·

Burnand was the donor. of Grapes, which he.· had a _sister, Mrs. Charles w: Bo~rego Springs Airport. In hoped to grow in the desert ·Partridge of Santa Barbara· an mterview, he told how it ultimately were phased oui five grandchildren, anQ ~ happened: ''EVerybody was as a crop. ··great-grandchild. say.lng that we ought to be "The temperature,"· he able to ·fly in there. I lis- once explained, ''almost tened to them a long time never got beloW 41 or 42 de­and all I heard was talk and grees and the grape wants nobody was d_oing anything. to go dormant in the winter · "So I had a ~ig Cat (Cat· time and- mature." Too

A memorial. service will be conducted at il a.m. Wednesday in :the Commu· nity Methodist Church in Borrego Springs. Cren:1ation is planned.

George J. Kuhrts III Reference

SAN DIEGO llNIO!~-TRIBUNE June 6,1995

·.George J. Kuhrts ill, 72; helped . develop Borrego Springs area

George ]. Kuhrts III, a land de- Kuhrts IV. veloper who played a major role in Mr. Kuhrts was born in Los An­Borrego Springs' emergence as a geles, where his great-grandfather,

·desert resort and winter retreat, George Jacob Kuhrts, was the first died of cancer Sunday at Green fire chief, said George Kuhrts IV. Hospital of Scripps Clinic. He was Mr. Kuhrts survived the 1941 72. · attack on Pearl Harbor, where he

Mr. Kuhrts helped develop the was stationed with the Navy, 3,200-acre Rams Hill commercial ·He became president of North and residential community for the American Tru.st Co. in San Diego in Di Giorgio Development Corp. in July 1992, retiring in December 1983. · 1994. He remained on the firm's

In 1966·, he developed a shopping board of directors until his death center in the area with five stores, and acted as a consultant to its seven apartment buildings, an auto current president, Mark Fingerlin. service station· and a bank on 20 Besides son George of San Die-:· acres near Christmas Circle. go, Mr. Kuhrts is· survived by his

The following year, Mr. Kuhrts wife, Beverly; a daughter, Kyra , developed a mobile-home park with Kuhrts Moore of Borrego Springs; 300 lots centering on a golf course. two other sons,.Eric, of Woodside, There were two swimming pools and Jack, of Half Moon Bay; three and a recreational clubhouse. The sisters, Charlotte Hamilton of San~ project, built on what had been ta Barbara, Patricia Di Giorgio of. farmland,. was among the first of its San Francisco and Clara Lee Smith kind in the state. . · of Solana Beach; and t&'fee ·grand-

He. also founded· a commuter air- children. . · . line during his many years in Bar: Services are pending in Borrego rego Springs, said his son, George Springs.

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Your. television host Bob Lee personally guides you to fascinating places Cnthe great Southwest.

Families are a part of Americana, and I very proud of mine. For without theirun~~ ing gifts of time, effort, suggestio above all, their patience, our television'··· gram would never have begun.

So to Scott, Randy and Jean,ie, I dedi the months of work and research that h gone into making this booklet come alive.

The above photograph is a reproduction,~i>J our family Christmas card for 1959. It taken at the old KFSD TV studios when the gram was known as Assignment San Diego, The cast of participants are left to right, Scott, Randy, yours truly, and my lovely wife Jeanie.

Bob Lee

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Robert E. Lee, 78;pioneer San Diego television host

Robert E. Lee, a San Diego tele- Van Deerlin recalled a particular vision pioneer whose career ranged commercial for a refrigerator cele­from hosting Western movies to brated for its:"i:apacity to hold its prOducing award-winning documen-- contents in place. "When Bob taries, died early yesterday at his opened the door, everything came.

· Kensington home.. tumbling out," he said. ••But Bob He was 78 and had been ill with was totally unembarrassable. He

·.diabetes for several years. had absolutely no inhibitions. And Mr. Lee he was 3 superb salesman."' . .

worked aS.an ap- He took whimsical· pride. in the pliance salesman fact that his Robert E. Lee Produc-

, after moving tO tions Inc. Was based for ·a time in San Diego . iri the U.S. Grant Hotel. 1951 from his· Although the high point of his native. Chicago, career was in the 1960s, Mr. Lee

' where· he had remained active through the 1970s. been a nightclub In 1987, he finished the final ver-

. and · o_pera sing- sian of a documentary film; "The .. er. Search for the Lost Dutchman

He broke into · Robert Mine." It was based in Apache ]unc-i tei'evision during E L tion, Ariz. _ !. the., mid-1950s, . .- ee Mr. Lee served in the Army from: lin th~ early days -~·--,..---· 1941 to 1945, entertaining troops 1 of Channel 10. Dressed as a cow- in the China-Burma-India theater. boy, he called himself Dude Bob and . Van Deerlin recalled that actor played host to the "Dude Ranch Melvyn Douglas once said to Mr. Matine·e.". Lee, "Bob, you're· the ·only man

.. Twa· )rears later, on Channel 6, who's sung 'The Road to Mandalay'· he was-accompanied by a live chim- on the road to Mandalay.'" panzee in cowboy attire. The sub- . He is survived by his wife, Jeanie; ject matter was· the same, Western two sons, Scott 'and; Randy, both of ·movies;· ·but the show was called San Diego; a sister, Dorothy Ross "The ·Chimp and I. • . . of Los Angeles; and two grandchil­: By·· the 1960s, the rich-voiced dren. Mr. Leewas showing another facet Services are scheduled at 10 of his . talent: documentaries and a.m. Thursday at· Fort Rosecrans travelogues. National Cemetery. '!;he family ·· · His.- TV. series on Chanr{el ·10, suggests contributions to the -.. Se:i ·Power;" earned him the high- American Diabetes Association. est honor. conferred by the Navy to a civiliim; the 'Certificate of Merit, in.1961. He also was selected Navy Man of the Year by VF A W3 Squad-ron at North Island Naval Air Sta-tion. . .

His travel programs· included "'ASsignment San Diego," «Bob Lee's Outdoor World," uPassport to·· Adventure,~·· and "Bob. Lee's Open Road!' His voice· was familiar to baseball. fans ·as a color man on broadcasts of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres in 1960 and on Frigidaire commercials.

"In the days before videotape, whe;n coaimerci3ls were·done live, he was an easy ad-libber," recalled former Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin, a longtime friend.

San Diego Union, September 2, 1994.

Jeanie Lee Reference

·Jeanie Lee, 79; former model, ·owner of realty firm, com.poser of songs

·ayJeffMcDonald "Her first check from modeling She established Kensington STAFF WRITER -which she got when she was 19 Realty Co. on Adams Avenue." ".She

f, d years old - she went out and . thought if her <jad· could do it, she Despite nimble mgers an cov- bought a brand new piano," Randy I could do it, too," Randy Lee said;

ec-girllooks, it was in the world of Lee said. "Every penny of her first "And she was a natural." business that check went to that piano." ' Meanwhile, Mrs; Lee was busy Jeanie S. Lee · Just before the end· of World War, composinj! songs and practicing the lef~t~~ ~;~~ing II, she met Robert E. Lee; who was i piano. She collected . antiques and a small real es- singing and performing in clubs I especially cheri~hed, an early 18th

around Chicago. "They started get- ' century grand ptano she purchased tate brokerage ting friendly, and then they went 1

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some years ago. She P. layed it regu' in the Kensing- " h ton neighbor- over \O. Reno and eloped, er sop i larly. : hood of San Die- said. . ' In 1975, a series of her composi·

· · · th ·.· In the mid-19?0s, the couple[ tions was publishe<l in the musical :go 10 · e d t S D h t"e •·mid-1970s, she mov~ . 0 a!' tego, Y' ere. ~~ I "Nostalgia," for which she wrote

. turned a bro- telev!Slon busmess was JUst begm- the music and the lyrics her son ning to flourish. They set up a home said. . ' kerage license

into a thriving Jeanie S. Lee in Kensingtpn and raised two bpys.: Robert Lee died in 1994. · business. The family t:aveled extenst.ve)y Mrs . .Lee is survived by sons

"She was extremely successful," across the Uru(ed States as' l;Ier. Randy ·Lee and .Scott Lee, both of said Randy' -Lee,. who was still in husband filmed material for his San Diego; a brother, Howard J, high school when his mother began television projects, which he Jiad Stein of La Mesa; and two grand' buying and selling properties. "She begun. producing for local stations children. was very serious, very intelligent as well as national networks. :

'and very focused." "She was very much enthnilled Mrs. Lee died Wednesday from with my dad's television shows·and_

. complications 'of emphysema at San travel documentaries," Randy Lee Diego Hospice after a short illness. said. "We went all over . N otth She was 79. America filming." · ·

She was born Jean Marie Steiq in As her sons grew older, Mrs. Lee Chicago in 1919 and attended a began looking ·for other ways to variety of local schools before com- supplement the ·family . income; pleting her education at a Chicago which had become somewhat spa: area high school. All the. while, she radic because of the nature of her studied the· piano and wrote songs. husband's.work as an. independent

She began working at the age of television producer. · · 13, selling wood products - rnaga- .. Before too long, she· enrolled 'i!! a.· zine racks and other small pieces of real estate school, following in the furniture and doodads- alongside footsteps <if her father, who .li"d her grandmother to various retail sold real estate in the Chicago area businesses around Chicago. {or years.. · ·

By her late teens, Mrs .. Lee had

Private. memorial service~ were held at the family horne in San Die' go. Donations are suggested to San Diego Hospice, 4311 Third Ave., San Diego, CA 92.1.03.

begun modeling and appeared on· numerous magazine covers ·and in advertisements in and around the Chicago area, her son said~

San Diego Union, March 1, 1999.

Dr. Emma Webb Clarke Reference

San Diego Union, February 2, 2001.

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Laws - McAllister House Bibliography

Borrego Sun, December 17,1981.

Brans burg, Pablo, "Remembering Agua Caliente," San Diego Union, October 9, 1994.

Brigandi, Phil. Borrego Beginnings- Early Days in the Borrego Valley 1910-1960. Borrego Springs: Anza-Borrego Natural History Assn., 200 I.

Dennstedt, Alberta. Interview February 18, 2002. (Homeowner at 43 72 Ridgeway, neighbor and friend of Bertha Laws and other house occupants since the 1940s)

Inveiss,Kellie. Interview April 18, 2002.

Lee Associates, Robert E. Kensington Tour Script for Channel I 0 TV, August 1960.

McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

McAllister, Dave. Telephone Interview, February 6, 2002. (Son of Wayne McAllister)

McAllister, Don. Telephone Interview, March II, 2002. (Son of Wayne McAllister)

Minneapolis City Directories.

"Realtors- America's Homebuilders," National Real Estate Journal, n.d., San Diego Historical Society. (Documentation of Davis-Baker Kensington Heights Subdivision)

Sanborn Fire Maps, 1939 and 1956.

San Diego City and County Directories.

San Diego County Assessor's Office.

San Diego County Recorder's Office.

San Diego Historical Society Biographical Files.

San Diego Historical Society Photograph Collection.

San Diego Home/Garden, December 200 I.

San Diego Union, Aprill3, 1965, May 29, 1965, October 2, 1967, Aprill4, 1972, May 19, 1974, December 7, 1981, September 2, 1994, June 6, 1995, March I, 1999, April!, 2000, February 2, 2001, December 6, 2001.

Sedlock, Jr., Robert. Interview February 18, 2002. (Ridgeway Drive and long-time Kensington resident)

Southwest Builder and Contractor, June 12, 1931.