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"This is the Presidio neighborhood circa 1820."

Bob ran an archaeology field school at the Presidio for several years. He is an expert on early California archaeology.

My map points out the little things I notice each day that I work in the Presidio Neighborhood that makes this area unique and magical.

A simple map of the Presidio boundaries with buildings.

Cecily Johns moved to Santa Barbara in 1985 after accepting a position as Associate Librarian at UCSB. After several years of getting to know the city, she decided to pursue her interests in historic preservation and began to volunteer with SBTHP.…

I often wonder how cities and civilizations grow and die. I know my impressions are influenced by both where I live now and where I have lived in the past. It has been almost ten years since I left my home town Oxnard, a place that I compare to…

Just as today, several downtown locations acted as hubs of Fiesta activities. From Casa de la Guerra to the Santa Barbara Courthouse, residents and visitors alike donned Spanish costumes of the finest fabrics.

Photo taken behind the Presidio Chapel at the 2012 Annual meeting of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.

Pressed flower on a handwritten note.

This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper clippings collected by Delfina. Clippings date from 1871-1918. Two sample pages of the scrapbook are included. There are fourteen other pages of the scrapbook that include clippings.

Pressed flower on a handwritten note.