September/October 2022
President's Message

We live in challenging times. The constant litany of negative news can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, those of us in the preservation community recently got some welcome relief: The City of San Diego will receive $68.5 million in state funding to help with various projects, which will include project funding fro two of San Diego's most important historic sites. ...Read more
ADVOCACY & EDUCATION
Architecture and Art - The WPA in San Diego
A Self-Guided Tour

We hope you’ve been able to take advantage of the richly illustrated, well documented online exhibits and tours that SOHO has been regularly producing with each issue of Our Heritage News. This month we invite you to explore San Diego’s best remaining examples of Works Progress Administration art and architecture, from the 1930s, when the federal government first officially embraced historic preservation. ...Read more
Stakeholders Design Summit Planned
for Friendship Park

Just weeks before Friendship Park’s 51st anniversary in August 2022, Friends of Friendship Park leaders met with Customs and Border Protection staff, and were granted an unprecedented concession unheard of among thousands of opponents of the ongoing border wall construction between the...Read more
San Diego City and County
Historic Designations

At the July 2022 meeting of the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board, two houses were designated. Due to low member attendance, the election of board officers and mandatory ethics training were postponed until the August meeting. Two designation nominations were also postponed until August and September. Staff members...Read more
What's All This?
HABS/HAER/HALS

Nestled among countless national treasures at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. are three print and photography collections of enormous value to preservationists, historians, designers, and others. In fact,...Read more
Bodegas de Santo Tomás Cultural District
20 Years a Success

Bodegas de Santo Tomás, the first Baja California winery district in Ensenada, was declared an outstanding example of the state of Baja California cultural heritage in 2001. The...Read more
This Way to Convoy Asian Cultural District

New freeway signs are making it easier for hungry folks to find their favorite Asian cuisine and specialty groceries in a triangular section of San Diego bounded by I-805 and two other freeways. The area has long held...Read more
Nominations Open For
Most Endangered

SOHO invites your input for our annual Most Endangered List (MEL) of historical resources in San Diego County. ...Read more
Refer a Business to the
Old House Resource Directory

We are always seeking professional services to keep the SOHO Old House Resource Directory useful and comprehensive. San Diego has a great need for...Read more
MUSEUMS & EVENTS
Music at the Marston
Concerts for Historic Preservation

Join us for joyful, end-of-summer music as we return to group programs at the Marston House Gardens. SOHO presents an outdoor, three-concert series of Americana, folk, country, and blues music showcasing some of San Diego’s most celebrated singer-songwriters.

The historic rose garden is a beautiful setting for the series. Performed round robin style, each concert spotlights three artists...Read more
The Marstons:
A California Story - Part 2

“Youth is wasted on the young.” Whoever made that observation, be it George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, or yet another wag, that person obviously never met George White Marston. His non-stop activities, activism, and altruism filled this extraordinary man’s life as he improved the world...Read more
Quilting for Fun & Funds

Long popular among American women and girls, quilting became easier when commercial textiles started to be manufactured in the 1840s. Instead of spending hours spinning and weaving, women could devote more...Read more
New Museum Shop Offerings Spotlight Arts and Crafts Aesthetics

The Marston House Museum Shop is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm, so spend some time in the charming old carriage house while...Read more
SOHO Welcomes Kiddos Free in October!

The San Diego Museum Council has partnered with the San Diego Tourism Authority for one of the most popular family promotions of the year—Kids Free San Diego. ...Read more
The Marston Gardens
A Magical Venue

Today the quest for unique and special spaces to celebrate or memorialize loved ones and friends is at an all-time high. The Marston House gardens fill this need and more—adding quality and a sense of place with warm echoes of history. ...Read more
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