Author: NELSON, JANET
Title: Ranchos Victorian
Description: Hillsborough, CA: Janet Nelson, 1966. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with self covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet covers have some foxing and toning. The text pages are clean and bright. "Hillsborough is located on the Rancho San Mateo Mexican land grant which was purchased by William Davis Merry Howard, son of a wealthy Hillsborough, New Hampshire, shipping magnate, in 1846. Howard settled his family in this area, which attracted wealthy San Franciscans. On May 5, 1910, Hillsborough residents voted to incorporate. From the town's foundation until 1963, it was an exclusive community for wealthy whites. That all changed in 1963 when Jack and Betty Ken, the first-generation children of Chinese Immigrants, purchased land in the town. This made them the first non-white people to own land in the town, which effectively desegregated Hillsborough. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

Keywords: Californiana Janet Nelson San Mateo, CA Victorian Architecture California Ranchos


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