PIC:TOURS-
Tad··Burness . . . . . .
Here) another ,''ghost Victor� . $130' ,a month. Jn. 1960, .addi-. ·
ian" ofPacific,Grove,: one which tioilal lots behind the house h_ad
has been completely r�placed by been offered. fo.r sale for only ·
two.modeni homes. · . $3,950 for the set- (which com-
•The·-�riginaI· i'Heath House" prised lbts of 15 and 16 and the
at 322 J1Jilipero was · b1i'il.t . in sou!h halyes of 13 and 14, on·
l897,.in what was then the upper block 13?)-
,.
boondocks of Pacific Grove. The \;)11ilding ;it J2� Junipero
Oyer .t�e years, .a Jew additions had. very large rooms and ,wa�
We(e made>The house was sin- wood-paneled · throughout. · Its
gularly distjnct�e because of its only 'heating wru; provided by a
Jail,' pyramid,sbaped hip _roof. fireplace and electric heaters: .
. Hip.·· roofs · were · more common . Unfortunately, after its sale, in
sever.al years later; because· a the 1960s, the housi was .rente�
siqiple gabl�d.roof was more, typ� · out · to
_
·. a .succession of. tenants,
ic;at of the. Yictorian ·era; This some of whom·neglected it badly.
!louse was, also unusually broad, By the mid-l980s; it wa_s 'iri a sad
though the gi��tic roof doroi- . state of disrepair, and was con- , . • .<' . . . . .. ·.· . : • . : ·· .•· . . .
nated. · _Tb� ongmal , owner. was ·demoed.
· · · . �• 'He� House! Victorian in-.Pacffic Grove
.· re,portedly Mrs. B.M; Hea�h- . ,In December 1984, two. of jts
··
The structure at• 322_ Junipero lo� (l'los; 17 and 19) were for
was_ to become a three-bedroom sale · for $85,000;. which repr�
house of 1,241 square feet; of septed only the'1anc,:Vatue. Then
redwoo<;I clapboa.rd co�struction the Pacific Grove · Fire Depad
(paintt!d) ,on '.a brick fo1,mdation. ment decided to clear the land
It occupied four lots (Nos. 17, by . burning this · rundown · but
18,,19 and
<
W} on bloc}c 137, be- unique old house. On July ,19,
tween 7th and 8th st�eets. The \985, it was publicly put tothe
house and itsJollr fots were on torch. I lived only a fe'Y blocks
the _market for only $16,500 early ,;1way, but didn't wish to witness
in, 1962,..with _the price reduced tile' _destruction · of .•the. He�th
to $14,500 as of April 6 of that House,.. ; th01;gh I could smell
yj:!ar. A buyer. could .move in. on . · the smoke ·and hear t�e comm�
When the fire was just about
extir)guished; I finally went to
tht'scene an:dtook a few photos
·of ,the smokirig ,· wreckage. The
mas·sive,pyrainid roof was com,.
.plete/y gone;, except' for a liny
corner tha:t ·• had fallen. to •••·the
interior, riot even a bit 6f frame
work to show ·where the various
inside. partitions h;i.d ' formerly
stood: Nothing. was left put the .
empty outer shell, filled· with a
mound of debris at what was. the
center of the house.
a lease•option plan and pay only tion.
' gr?u�d itf�tonfofthe house. AU AJter·J took.the pictures and
that 'remained · were the four left tM' rest of the ruins were
clapboard .. outer.. , walls, These pulled down. And in 1986,-·two
w�Us,;part1ally charred and now modem. one-story stucco houses
quite· rickety, .stood erect: But ·. were built along that block of-Ju�
stfatjgely; nothing was left of the nipero '(Nos, 320' a.rid 322).
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, OCR Text: PIC:TOURS-
Tad··Burness . . . . . .
Here) another ,''ghost Victor� . $130' ,a month. Jn. 1960, .addi-. ·
ian" ofPacific,Grove,: one which tioilal lots behind the house h_ad
has been completely r�placed by been offered. fo.r sale for only ·
two.modeni homes. · . $3,950 for the set- (which com-
•The·-�riginaI· i'Heath House" prised lbts of 15 and 16 and the
at 322 J1Jilipero was · b1i'il.t . in sou!h halyes of 13 and 14, on·
l897,.in what was then the upper block 13?)-
,.
boondocks of Pacific Grove. The \;)11ilding ;it J2� Junipero
Oyer .t�e years, .a Jew additions had. very large rooms and ,wa�
We(e made>The house was sin- wood-paneled · throughout. · Its
gularly distjnct�e because of its only 'heating wru; provided by a
Jail,' pyramid,sbaped hip _roof. fireplace and electric heaters: .
. Hip.·· roofs · were · more common . Unfortunately, after its sale, in
sever.al years later; because· a the 1960s, the housi was .rente�
siqiple gabl�d.roof was more, typ� · out · to
_
·. a .succession of. tenants,
ic;at of the. Yictorian ·era; This some of whom·neglected it badly.
!louse was, also unusually broad, By the mid-l980s; it wa_s 'iri a sad
though the gi��tic roof doroi- . state of disrepair, and was con- , . • .<' . . . . .. ·.· . : • . : ·· .•· . . .
nated. · _Tb� ongmal , owner. was ·demoed.
· · · . �• 'He� House! Victorian in-.Pacffic Grove
.· re,portedly Mrs. B.M; Hea�h- . ,In December 1984, two. of jts
··
The structure at• 322_ Junipero lo� (l'los; 17 and 19) were for
was_ to become a three-bedroom sale · for $85,000;. which repr�
house of 1,241 square feet; of septed only the'1anc,:Vatue. Then
redwoo<;I clapboa.rd co�struction the Pacific Grove · Fire Depad
(paintt!d) ,on '.a brick fo1,mdation. ment decided to clear the land
It occupied four lots (Nos. 17, by . burning this · rundown · but
18,,19 and
<
W} on bloc}c 137, be- unique old house. On July ,19,
tween 7th and 8th st�eets. The \985, it was publicly put tothe
house and itsJollr fots were on torch. I lived only a fe'Y blocks
the _market for only $16,500 early ,;1way, but didn't wish to witness
in, 1962,..with _the price reduced tile' _destruction · of .•the. He�th
to $14,500 as of April 6 of that House,.. ; th01;gh I could smell
yj:!ar. A buyer. could .move in. on . · the smoke ·and hear t�e comm�
When the fire was just about
extir)guished; I finally went to
tht'scene an:dtook a few photos
·of ,the smokirig ,· wreckage. The
mas·sive,pyrainid roof was com,.
.plete/y gone;, except' for a liny
corner tha:t ·• had fallen. to •••·the
interior, riot even a bit 6f frame
work to show ·where the various
inside. partitions h;i.d ' formerly
stood: Nothing. was left put the .
empty outer shell, filled· with a
mound of debris at what was. the
center of the house.
a lease•option plan and pay only tion.
' gr?u�d itf�tonfofthe house. AU AJter·J took.the pictures and
that 'remained · were the four left tM' rest of the ruins were
clapboard .. outer.. , walls, These pulled down. And in 1986,-·two
w�Us,;part1ally charred and now modem. one-story stucco houses
quite· rickety, .stood erect: But ·. were built along that block of-Ju�
stfatjgely; nothing was left of the nipero '(Nos, 320' a.rid 322).
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