Accession#:
1994-119
Title:
Geranium Cottage
Date:
1990
Catalog Date:
10/08/2004
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Classification:
Houses
Collection:
SBHS
Copyright:
SBHS
Description:
A sepia colored print of the entrance to "Geranium Cottage" , the entrance being 9 or 10 wooden steps leading to a covered porch and the main door straight ahead and a large window to the left. Horizontal siding is on the right of the stairs and a ground level door shows to the left. Some vines wind up the stairs and to the upstairs porch.
Film Size:
35mm
Medium:
Photographic Paper
Notes:
This is Geranium Cottage at 5 Laurel Avenue built in 1907 by Elizabeth Airey. It was , in a description by Carol Wagner, former owner, one of several "hikers cabins" when Stinson Beach was the destination of robust souls who hiked over Mount Tamalpais to the sea. Originally a redwood and batten single wall structure of about 600 square feet it has been "improved " and modestly remodelled over the years. The last surviving daughter of Stinson Family. Geneva Leinhardt, lived there till her death.
Object ID:
1994-119-01
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Orig/copy:
Original
Place:
Neighborhoods/Hill/Old Town/Stinson Beach
Print Size:
3 1/2x 4
Source:
Carol Wagner
Subjects:
Neighborhoods-Hill
Year Range from:
1990
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