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The Heritage, San Francisco, California(1925)*

Artist/Designer: Julia Morgan

Project Location: San Francisco, California, United States

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Style/Period(s):
Colonial Revival

Primary Material(s):
Brick

Function(s):
Hospitality, Health Facility

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1920-1929, 1925

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Dearborn, Valerie Jean. The rise and fall of an art form: Architectural terra cotta on California's coast from the early 1900s to 1930s. California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2010.

Favro, Diane. "Sincere And Good: The Architectural Practice Of Julia Morgan." Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 9, no. 2 (1992): 112-28.

Irwin, Mary Ann. "" Going About and Doing Good": The Politics of Benevolence, Welfare, and Gender in San Francisco, 1850-1880." The Pacific Historical Review 68, no. 3 (1999): 365-396.

Mcneill, Karen. “‘WOMEN WHO BUILD’: Julia Morgan & Women's Institutions.” California History 89, no. 3 (January 1, 2012): 41–74.

Wilson, Mark Anthony. Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2013.



Building Address: 3400 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94123



Significant Dates: 1922 Julia Morgan was enlisted to design a home for San Francisco's elderly women. 1925 the building is complete.



Supporting Staff/ Designers:



Tags: History and Interiors, San Francisco, California, Colonial Revival, 20th Century, 1920-1929, 1925, Brick, Hospitality, Health Facility

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