Comments for West of the Laguna

Comment on Street Battle Named Sebastopol, A Thriving Center of Agriculture by Lenora Fahy

Lenora Fahy — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:16:01 +0000

It was fun to read about my great uncle, Clarence Rose. We would see him when he came down to visit us in San Anselmo and when we came up to Sebastopol. It’s funny that I ended up living here in beautiful Sebastopol after I got married in ’75. I just got an iPad and am having a great time searching for family members! I also put the name of my great aunt (Tea McMenamin Rose) Sara MaMenamin McChristian’s sister in, but did not get any info. Is the picture of the gentleman picking apples in Sara’s apple orchard on Mill Station Rd? It’s to bad that beautiful old Gingerbread house was torn down.

Comment on An Architectural History Tour — April 28th, 9-Noon by skinnerbird

skinnerbird — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:47:32 +0000

Thanks for asking and I'm excited to find another Caulkins building!

I can suggest a couple of different resources for more info on Caulkins. The best contemporary article I've been able to find was published in Architect and Engineer, v. 143, no. 2 (Nov. 1940), p. 22-39: Architectural regions--do they exist? / by Irving F. Morrow. You might also be interested in a pair of architectural drawings digitized by the Sonoma County Library in our Sonoma Heritage Collections (the 2nd result includes a link to the Morrow article). Finally, the Sonoma County Library has a copy of a Caulkins profile by architectural historian Diana Painter (as well as a historic structures report on a structure near Santa Rosa's Railroad Square, also by Painter).

While the Caulkins profile doesn't circulate, I may be able to obtain a copy for you if you can't make it over the the Local History and Genealogy Library, located at the Santa Rosa Central Branch of the Sonoma County Library.

Comment on An Architectural History Tour — April 28th, 9-Noon by Guy Barstad

Guy Barstad — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:54:58 +0000

Would love info on C A Caulkins as I live In a home designed by him in Napa

Comment on Bunya Bunya Reprieve by michael collins

michael collins — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:38:15 +0000

Wheres root protection for construction

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Comment on Bunya Bunya Reprieve by Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:32:56 +0000

Save the tree!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on Railroad Forest Revival by skinnerbird

skinnerbird — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:58:26 +0000

Thanks! I’ll alert Lynn Deedler

Comment on Railroad Forest Revival by john mcdonnell

john mcdonnell — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:27:09 +0000

If there’s a call for more volunteers, I’ll be glad to work on this project.

Comment on English Hill Cidery by skinnerbird

skinnerbird — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:25 +0000

Heck yeah!

Comment on English Hill Cidery by David Lee Ingersoll

David Lee Ingersoll — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:37 +0000

If you need another label designed just let me know. You can pay me back in cider

Comment on Street Smart Crossings — Unintended Consequences? by James Wayne McCullough

James Wayne McCullough — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:27:36 +0000

I think that Healdsburg Ave south should be the beginnings of a traffic calming with a sign (preferably flashing), that would warn of 25 mph the next block then 20mph (or less); then 15 mph on Gravenstein Hwy S at McKinley St. past Calder and work the speed back up .