Archive | February 2012
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Presidio Pastimes by Candlelight
by Karen Schultz Anderson The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation is happy to join in on Santa Barbara’s First Thursday on March 1 with a brand new, free event — Presidio Pastimes by Candlelight. Enjoy a rare opportunity to visit El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park by candlelight and experience the site as [...]
Chinese Characters in the Collections of Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens
by Laina Malm-Levine Things are moving right along with the collections inventory project at Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens. So far, over one thousand objects have been photographed, cataloged and logged into the database. These objects include plates, woks, martini glasses, silverware, artwork, furniture, and much more. While some of these objects are more utilitarian in nature, [...]
Colorful Sign From an Earlier Era Resurfaces on a Presidio Neighborhood Building.
By Anne Petersen and Mike Imwalle If you have traversed the intersection of East De La Guerra and Santa Barbara Streets in the last few weeks, you will likely have noticed the reemergence of a painted sign on 131-37 East De la Guerra Street, on the Santa Barbara Street side (currently occupied by Beads). This [...]
Cate School Volunteers Touch Up Presidio’s Northeast Corner
by Mike Imwalle On Wednesday, February 8, thirteen energetic volunteers from Cate School assisted SBTHP Maintenance Supervisor Eduardo Garcia with putting the final coats of whitewash on the Presidio‘s Northeast Corner complex. Ed has been working with Santa Barbara County Probation Department workers and volunteers for months patching and repairing the hundreds of feet of [...]
Blacksmith Moises Solis
by Karen Anderson On December 31, 2011, Moises Solis retired from State Parks after 35 years of service. He worked at La Purisima Mission State Historic Park, as well as El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, technically as a Maintenance Worker 1, but more famously as blacksmith. For the Presidio and for the [...]
“Mapping the Past” – The Santa Barbara Post Office Project, Part II
by Michael Orth In Part I of the Santa Barbara Post Office Project, I wrote about the postal service windows donated by Harold Kroeger to the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. Today, I would like to discuss a part of the project that involves cataloging the buildings that occupied the site prior to the [...]
