A Pacific Grove Pagoda
ontrarytolocallegend,unwittinglyperpetuatedbymeina1993Boardand
Batten,thishousewasnotbuiltinChina,wasnotpartofthe1915Expositionin
SanFrancisco,anddidnotcometoPacificGroveinabarge!Thefollowingin-
formation is from a letter sent to Alan Peel by Alex Irving of Laguna Beach
backin1997.Mr.Irving'swife,Winnie,wasacousinofHelenHanna,the
daughter of the first owner, Dr. Bert Hanna.
Mr.Irvingwrites:"In1927-1928mywife(Winnie)tookayearoffbetweenhigh
schoolandenteringtheUniversityofNebraska.Thiswassoshecouldspend
that time with her cousin Helen. Helen lived in Oakland with her parents, Dr.
BertHannaandhiswife(alsonamed)Winnie.EachFridayafternoonthefamily
leftOaklandtocometoPacificGrovetotheChineseTeaHouse.Dr.Hannahad
spentsomeyearsintheOrientandwantedanauthenticteahouse.Hegotthe
plansandhadacontractorbuildtheoutershell(probablyaround1925/1926),in-
tendingtofinishtheinterioronweekends.Thebuildingwastobeaguesthouse
withthemaindwellingtobeupneartheroad.Dr.Hannadiedbeforehewas
able to finish.
Myfistvisitwasabout1940.AtthattimeWinnieHannaandhersonBoblived
there.MywifeandIstayedthereacoupleofdays,andcontinuedtovisitthem
forseveralyears.Iremembertherewasaladderonthewallthattookoneupto
the second level. Bob and I slept up there and the ladies slept on the ground
floor. My wife remembered the long drive down from Oakland in a touring car
withsidecurtainsinthewinter.In1927thatwasquiteadrive!Shealsoremem-
bered Asilomar under construction. Sometimes soldiers from Fort Ord would
break in while the Hannas were home in Oakland. As my wife Winnie is now
gone, I am likely the only one that knows the story, and thought it would be
good tojot some of it down."
1975-1980 photo courtesy of'Alex Irving.
2
, OCR Text: A Pacific Grove Pagoda
ontrarytolocallegend,unwittinglyperpetuatedbymeina1993Boardand
Batten,thishousewasnotbuiltinChina,wasnotpartofthe1915Expositionin
SanFrancisco,anddidnotcometoPacificGroveinabarge!Thefollowingin-
formation is from a letter sent to Alan Peel by Alex Irving of Laguna Beach
backin1997.Mr.Irving'swife,Winnie,wasacousinofHelenHanna,the
daughter of the first owner, Dr. Bert Hanna.
Mr.Irvingwrites:"In1927-1928mywife(Winnie)tookayearoffbetweenhigh
schoolandenteringtheUniversityofNebraska.Thiswassoshecouldspend
that time with her cousin Helen. Helen lived in Oakland with her parents, Dr.
BertHannaandhiswife(alsonamed)Winnie.EachFridayafternoonthefamily
leftOaklandtocometoPacificGrovetotheChineseTeaHouse.Dr.Hannahad
spentsomeyearsintheOrientandwantedanauthenticteahouse.Hegotthe
plansandhadacontractorbuildtheoutershell(probablyaround1925/1926),in-
tendingtofinishtheinterioronweekends.Thebuildingwastobeaguesthouse
withthemaindwellingtobeupneartheroad.Dr.Hannadiedbeforehewas
able to finish.
Myfistvisitwasabout1940.AtthattimeWinnieHannaandhersonBoblived
there.MywifeandIstayedthereacoupleofdays,andcontinuedtovisitthem
forseveralyears.Iremembertherewasaladderonthewallthattookoneupto
the second level. Bob and I slept up there and the ladies slept on the ground
floor. My wife remembered the long drive down from Oakland in a touring car
withsidecurtainsinthewinter.In1927thatwasquiteadrive!Shealsoremem-
bered Asilomar under construction. Sometimes soldiers from Fort Ord would
break in while the Hannas were home in Oakland. As my wife Winnie is now
gone, I am likely the only one that knows the story, and thought it would be
good tojot some of it down."
1975-1980 photo courtesy of'Alex Irving.
2
, Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Green Plaque Research,Green Plaque Research 300 to 400 block,420 La Calle Corte,1501 PICO - CHINESE TEA HOUSE NOW AS KNOWN AS 420 LA CALLE CORTA_001.pdf,1501 PICO - CHINESE TEA HOUSE NOW AS KNOWN AS 420 LA CALLE CORTA_001.pdf Page 1, 1501 PICO - CHINESE TEA HOUSE NOW AS KNOWN AS 420 LA CALLE CORTA_001.pdf Page 1
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