1,1 -lock 4-4 At.-4/ 3 -t- n -.--.---6---- By Prof. Toro- | A Charming Touch 1 1 ., N ./ 1 Among the charming touches to the charming old buildings in Pa- cific Grove are small plaques that adorn many of the structures, listing the year of construction · and, the first owner. The names of the first owners come from county tax records. The pl*gfje the work of the Pacific Grove Historical Society, which has been handing them out for about seven years. The total is 230. To qualify for a free plague, the building - a home, business, garage or whatever - must meet the soci- ety's criteria: it must be pre-1901 {or pre-1910 if it's been on the annual Victorian Home Tour) and it must still have its original archi- tectural style and personality. So, both a grand Victorian and a shack - and everything in between - would qualify if they haven't changed over the years. The only other requirement is that an owner ask for a plague, and that's easy to do just by contacting the Historical Society at P.O. Box 1007, Pacific Grove 90050. Recently the society awarded 10 plaques for buildings at: 135 15th St. (built in 1884, first owner was Mrs. E. Beach), 166 Carmel Ave. (1884, W.D. Armes), 118 19th St. (1884, George E. Hersey), 221 Congress Ave. (1884, Benjamin Barber), 372 Central Ave. (1893, Mrs. Rosetta Sedgeley), 306 Third St. (1893, Mrs. U.D. Rodgers), 312 Fountain Ave. (1899, Frank W. Dyer), 609 Grand Ave. (1905, A.J. Steiner), 712 Pine Ove. (1903, "Charles S. Harris) and 219 Willow St. (1905, Margaret R. Balch). The Historical Society knows very little about these first owners and would like more information. If you can help, it would be appreciated. - Remembering ... While on the 1 subject of historical Pacific Grove, we learned about a letter written to ; the Historical Society by Elizabeth , Bean Telfer of San Jose, who said: "My Quaker grandfather, James : Bean, with his brother Joel and their families, moved to California from West Branch, Iowa, in 1882. They settled in San Jose, and soon after, bought adjoining lots at the foot of Eighth Street in Pacific Grove. They built cottages, which were enlarged as the families grew, and many happy times were en- joyed there.... "Grandpa used to go down on the rocks and gather buckets full of mussels for Grandma or my mother to cook. It probably wasn't the right season for them, but they didn't seem to hurt us. "Besides spending summers there, my part of the family lived there all through 1906 and again from the summer of 1910 to the summer of 1912. I was in the first class to be graduated from the then new high school on Forest Avenue. "The two Bean cottages have been marked as Victorian, but the names on the markers are James and Joel Beans. There should be no 's' on the Bean. We are a singular family! "I am also, on the other side of my family, a niece of Willum Fiddes, who was mayor of Pacific Grove for several .years. When he retired, a tree was planted in his honor in the little park we called Berwick Park. There.was a marker on it with his name." But both the tree and marker are. now gone, she said. The Heritage Society said the i James Bean house at 113 Eighth St. and the Joel Bean house at 117 Eighth St. both were built in 1887. , .4 - , OCR Text: 1,1 -lock 4-4 At.-4/ 3 -t- n -.--.---6---- By Prof. Toro- | A Charming Touch 1 1 ., N ./ 1 Among the charming touches to the charming old buildings in Pa- cific Grove are small plaques that adorn many of the structures, listing the year of construction · and, the first owner. The names of the first owners come from county tax records. The pl*gfje the work of the Pacific Grove Historical Society, which has been handing them out for about seven years. The total is 230. To qualify for a free plague, the building - a home, business, garage or whatever - must meet the soci- ety's criteria: it must be pre-1901 {or pre-1910 if it's been on the annual Victorian Home Tour) and it must still have its original archi- tectural style and personality. So, both a grand Victorian and a shack - and everything in between - would qualify if they haven't changed over the years. The only other requirement is that an owner ask for a plague, and that's easy to do just by contacting the Historical Society at P.O. Box 1007, Pacific Grove 90050. Recently the society awarded 10 plaques for buildings at: 135 15th St. (built in 1884, first owner was Mrs. E. Beach), 166 Carmel Ave. (1884, W.D. Armes), 118 19th St. (1884, George E. Hersey), 221 Congress Ave. (1884, Benjamin Barber), 372 Central Ave. (1893, Mrs. Rosetta Sedgeley), 306 Third St. (1893, Mrs. U.D. Rodgers), 312 Fountain Ave. (1899, Frank W. Dyer), 609 Grand Ave. (1905, A.J. Steiner), 712 Pine Ove. (1903, "Charles S. Harris) and 219 Willow St. (1905, Margaret R. Balch). The Historical Society knows very little about these first owners and would like more information. If you can help, it would be appreciated. - Remembering ... While on the 1 subject of historical Pacific Grove, we learned about a letter written to ; the Historical Society by Elizabeth , Bean Telfer of San Jose, who said: "My Quaker grandfather, James : Bean, with his brother Joel and their families, moved to California from West Branch, Iowa, in 1882. They settled in San Jose, and soon after, bought adjoining lots at the foot of Eighth Street in Pacific Grove. They built cottages, which were enlarged as the families grew, and many happy times were en- joyed there.... "Grandpa used to go down on the rocks and gather buckets full of mussels for Grandma or my mother to cook. It probably wasn't the right season for them, but they didn't seem to hurt us. "Besides spending summers there, my part of the family lived there all through 1906 and again from the summer of 1910 to the summer of 1912. I was in the first class to be graduated from the then new high school on Forest Avenue. "The two Bean cottages have been marked as Victorian, but the names on the markers are James and Joel Beans. There should be no 's' on the Bean. We are a singular family! "I am also, on the other side of my family, a niece of Willum Fiddes, who was mayor of Pacific Grove for several .years. When he retired, a tree was planted in his honor in the little park we called Berwick Park. There.was a marker on it with his name." But both the tree and marker are. now gone, she said. The Heritage Society said the i James Bean house at 113 Eighth St. and the Joel Bean house at 117 Eighth St. both were built in 1887. , .4 - , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,A through B Name file,Bean,BEAN_012.pdf,BEAN_012.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: BEAN_012.PDF, BEAN_012.pdf 1 Page 1