The Coronado Historical Association and Museum of History & Art Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1; Spring 2011


2011 HISTORIC HOME TOUR


CALENDAR April 21


Board of Directors Meeting 5:30 p.m.


May 8 Historic Home Tour


11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. May 19


Board of Directors Meeting 5:30 p.m.


May 20


Preservation Month Lecture 7:00 p.m.


This lovely Coronado home to be featured on our tour was the hub of social life for many naval officers stationed at North Island during the 1940s and 50s.


Six historic Coronado homes will be featured on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., during the CHA’s 2011 Historic Home Tour. In conjunction with our newest exhibit, WINGS OF GOLD: CORONADO AND NAVAL AVIATION, this year’s tour will showcase very special homes lived in by naval aviators during different time periods.


Five were lived in by prominent leaders like Vice Admirals James Stockdale and John Sidney McCain. Admiral McCain was Commander of the North Island base from 1939-41, and was present at the surrender of the Japanese in 1945. Admiral Stockdale was shot down and imprisoned with the grandson of Admiral McCain during the Vietnam War. Of special note in the Stockdale home is the dining room table where Mrs. Stockdale organized the other wives of P.O.W.s, imprisoned like her husband James. Sybil Stockdale is the Honorary Chairperson of CHA’s 2011 Home Tour and will be at her home greeting guests on May 8.


Admiral John Sidney McCain, a major figure during WWII, lived in Coronado. His home (above) will be on our Historic Home Tour.


The homes, built between 1910 and 1940, include a mix of California Craftsman, Spanish Eclectic (built in 1926), a Santa Fe Territorial built in 1919, and a 1940 Modern. An elegant Mediterranean was designed in 1923, by noted architect Richard Requa. The oldest home on this year’s tour, dating back 100 years, was lived in by Captain Henry Mustin, Naval Aviator #11, the first to successfully catapult a plane off of a ship while underway. The most architecturally and historically significant home is that of Captain John Wells, built in 1919. Utilizing a continued on page 10


Honoring Naval Aviation


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