San Diego’s Marston House
This Arts and Crafts masterpiece on the edge of San Diego’s Balboa Park was the home of George and Anna Marston and their five children. Marston, a philanthropist, civic leader and owner of the city’s premier department store, commissioned architects William S. Hebbard and Irving Gill to build an English Tudor-style home. Mid-project, Gill visited his old friend Frank Lloyd Wright and was inspired to change the design. The result is this 1905 Craftsman masterpiece. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Flush butterfly joints hold together the old-growth redwood paneling in the living room. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A bust is displayed in one of the home’s 16 rooms. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Inside the library. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Guests tour the kitchen. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A portrait of Mary Marston and period lamp in her room. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A fountain at Marston House. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)