Sandee Wilhoit

In Honor of the Year of the Fire Horse.

by Sandee Wilhoit • Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation  Dec. 27, 2025 The Minear Building/Paris Hotel (1910)    759 Fourth Avenue SE Corner of Fourth Ave. & F St. Architect & Builder: Edward L. Rambo Architectural Style: 20th Century Commercial Throughout the years, what started out as a reasonably plain, but serviceable, building has blossomed into quite a variety of businesses. Although William L. Minear purchased his lots (both A & B of Block 69)  from Alonzo Horton in 1869, he did not...

by Sandee Wilhoit • Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation Dec. 12, 2025 The F. C. Sheldon House (1886)    1233 Island Avenue Architects: Comstock and Trotsche Architectural Style: Queen Anne San Diego in the 1880s, was a city booming with growth, a burgeoning population and infinite possibilities. It was even being touted as a rival of San Francisco, not only because of its natural harbor and trading opportunities, but also because of the new transcontinental railroad, which brought...