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Lucy Killea
American politician, Bankers Hill Resident Lucy Killea (born Lucy Gold Lytle ; [1] July 31, 1922 – January 18, 2017) was an American...


Jack Murphy
Sportswriter, Bankers Hill resident Jack Murphy (February 5, 1923 – September 24, 1980) was a sports editor and columnist for the San...


Spruce Street Suspension Bridge
The Spruce Street Suspension Bridge , colloquially known as the Wiggly Bridge , is a historic 375Â ft (114Â m) long footbridge in the...


Vice Admiral Levering Smith
Developer of the Polaris , Poseidon  and Trident  missiles for ballistic missile submarines . Bankers Hill Resident Vice Admiral ...


Kate Sessions
Katherine Olivia Sessions (November 8, 1857 – March 24, 1940) was an American botanist , horticulturalist , and landscape architect ...


Ralph E. Hurlburt
Ralph E. Hurlburt was born in 1888 in Nebraska. He was trained by his grandfather in the construction trade. In 1916, he married and...


Carleton Monroe Winslow
Carleton Monroe Winslow (December 27, 1876 – 1946), also known as Carleton Winslow Sr. , was an American architect, and key proponent of...

William Templeton Johnson
William Templeton Johnson (1877 – 1957) was a notable San Diego architect. He was a fellow to the American Institute of Architects ...


Frank Mead
Born: 8/11/1865, Died: 1940 Although Frank Mead later established a firm with Richard Requa in San Diego, CA, he began studying and...


Richard Requa
Richard Smith Requa (March 27, 1881 – June 10, 1941) was an American architect, largely known for his work in San Diego , California ....


Emmor Brooke (E.B.) Weaver
Emmor Brooke (E.B.) Weaver (1876 Iowa–1968 San Diego) The Craftsman movement in architect with examples throughout San Diego County in...


William S. Hebbard
William Sterling Hebbard (1863–1930) was an American architect most noted for his work in San Diego County , California . More...


Hazel Wood Waterman
Hazel Wood Waterman (1865–1948) was an early 20th-century American architect working in an Arts and Crafts —inspired style in Southern...


Louis John Gill
Louis John Gill FAIA (May 9, 1885 – August 19, 1969) was a San Diego -based architect and the nephew and one-time business partner of...


Irving Gill
Irving John Gill (April 26, 1870 – October 7, 1936), was an American architect , known professionally as Irving J. Gill. He did most of...


Alice Lee (civic leader)
Alice Lee was born on May 27, 1853, in Westport , Essex County, New York, and died on February 18, 1943, in Cambridge , Middlesex...

Clifford Magee May
1908 – 1989 Master Architect Clifford Magee May, undisputed father of the modern ranch house, was a sixth-generation San Diego native,...


Adelbert Hiram Sweet (A.H. Sweet)
Built the A. H. SWEET RESIDENCE at 435 W. Spruce St in 1914. ADELBERT HIRAM SWFET CAME TO SAN DIEGO IN JULY 1 885 -t (l) AS A, YOUNG...
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