Living in the home her grandparents bought in 1889 By JUDY HAMMOND Hemtd 84#'H'?iter *Hogerheidenhasbvedinher family home on 12th Street in Pacific Grove's Retreat neighborhood for much of her 81 years. It is the house that her grandparents bought in 1889, when it was still a Methodist camp tent Her own mother also lived in the house all of her life. Old family photographs are displayed in the living room, with a drawing of her grapdmother's home in Cornwall, Enland, in a place of honor. I.ace curtains hang in the bay window where her tabby cat Jazz nestles on an afghan, waiting to spend the afternoon with his mistress. "I'he house is just about the same as when we were growing up," said Hogerheiden, turning the pages of the family album that she calls "Evolution of a House." The decade before the turn of the century, her grandparent&·Ann Elizabeth and John Bonney, left Stockton for the healthier seaside climate of Pacific Grove. It was the era of summer religious retreats and Chautauqua lectures, and visitors flocked to the Grove. They camped in tents that were pitched on smalllots. Lke many others, the Bonney cottage on 12th Street was originally a tent 'The ist thing my grandfather did was put wood in place of the canvas," said Hogerheiden. Later, he raised the house to build a basement and added an attic. The original redwood used in the tent frame is sull in the house, she said.The rocks used around the outside of the house were brought up from the beach in a baby buggy by her grandmother. The Bonneys raised four children in the house and their two grandchildren, Betty Hogerheiden and her brother, the late Bill Lewis, also grew up there. Hogerheiden returned to live in the house while her husband, John, served in World War II. Their two children, John Jr. and Bill, spent their childhood vacations in the family house. An upstairs room, which Betty , ck '-' 1 Hogerheiden calls the "fairy room , because of its wallpaper, is a favorite hideaway. Over the years, the three-story 1, 6, 'CP €i + shingled house has been remodeled, and :,.. Hogerheidensaidshe"livesinallofit" , tf &,MRB These historic homes in Pacific Grove ,'. have become more valuable in recent' years, but Hogerheiden treasures her home for its place in her familfs history. } 2 ,-1 , "Ifs a nice feeling to be surrounded by family things," she said. "Grandma - 97 J. rid, Bonney, I'mso glad you cameto live in i, - Pacific Grove I think of that every day." " 'Ihe street looks pretty much as it did in those days, she said, bringing out a photograph of her grandmother with two of her grandchildren ridlng in a donkey .€ L WS cart. The curb was made ofwood, butthe sidewalk and street were gravel. 'These houses are still here," she said. . -4 The cottage next door was purchased 2 , 423: for $600 by her aunt Ethel Bonney. Built ; 1 '%'25. 9 11 e t 49% Please see ©otta¢e Dale 04 VERN FISHER r The Herald 1 Ik-k I m il- E-- p-4-L-=P 3-0 N 10, 206 , OCR Text: Living in the home her grandparents bought in 1889 By JUDY HAMMOND Hemtd 84#'H'?iter *Hogerheidenhasbvedinher family home on 12th Street in Pacific Grove's Retreat neighborhood for much of her 81 years. It is the house that her grandparents bought in 1889, when it was still a Methodist camp tent Her own mother also lived in the house all of her life. Old family photographs are displayed in the living room, with a drawing of her grapdmother's home in Cornwall, Enland, in a place of honor. I.ace curtains hang in the bay window where her tabby cat Jazz nestles on an afghan, waiting to spend the afternoon with his mistress. "I'he house is just about the same as when we were growing up," said Hogerheiden, turning the pages of the family album that she calls "Evolution of a House." The decade before the turn of the century, her grandparent&·Ann Elizabeth and John Bonney, left Stockton for the healthier seaside climate of Pacific Grove. It was the era of summer religious retreats and Chautauqua lectures, and visitors flocked to the Grove. They camped in tents that were pitched on smalllots. Lke many others, the Bonney cottage on 12th Street was originally a tent 'The ist thing my grandfather did was put wood in place of the canvas," said Hogerheiden. Later, he raised the house to build a basement and added an attic. The original redwood used in the tent frame is sull in the house, she said.The rocks used around the outside of the house were brought up from the beach in a baby buggy by her grandmother. The Bonneys raised four children in the house and their two grandchildren, Betty Hogerheiden and her brother, the late Bill Lewis, also grew up there. Hogerheiden returned to live in the house while her husband, John, served in World War II. Their two children, John Jr. and Bill, spent their childhood vacations in the family house. An upstairs room, which Betty , ck '-' 1 Hogerheiden calls the "fairy room , because of its wallpaper, is a favorite hideaway. Over the years, the three-story 1, 6, 'CP €i shingled house has been remodeled, and :,.. Hogerheidensaidshe"livesinallofit" , tf &,MRB These historic homes in Pacific Grove ,'. have become more valuable in recent' years, but Hogerheiden treasures her home for its place in her familfs history. } 2 ,-1 , "Ifs a nice feeling to be surrounded by family things," she said. "Grandma - 97 J. rid, Bonney, I'mso glad you cameto live in i, - Pacific Grove I think of that every day." " 'Ihe street looks pretty much as it did in those days, she said, bringing out a photograph of her grandmother with two of her grandchildren ridlng in a donkey .€ L WS cart. The curb was made ofwood, butthe sidewalk and street were gravel. 'These houses are still here," she said. . -4 The cottage next door was purchased 2 , 423: for $600 by her aunt Ethel Bonney. Built ; 1 '%'25. 9 11 e t 49% Please see ©otta¢e Dale 04 VERN FISHER r The Herald 1 Ik-k I m il- E-- p-4-L-=P 3-0 N 10, 206 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,G through H File names,Hogerheiden,HOGERHEIDEN_018.pdf,HOGERHEIDEN_018.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: HOGERHEIDEN_018.PDF, HOGERHEIDEN_018.pdf 1 Page 1