COURTESY OF HOOVER FAMILY
14 San Diego Reader April 21, 2016
NEWS NEIGHBORHOOD Continued from page 6
City Council voted unanimously, allowing Palomar (and Lucky Lady Card Room at 5526 El Cajon Boulevard) to add two more tables. This was done after lobbying of coun- cilmembers Todd Gloria (District 3) and Marti Emerald (District 9) by Alan Ziegaus, principal of Southwest Strategies, LLC. As for Palomar’s possible reopening and
any recent lobbying efforts from Southwest Strategies, Adrian Granda, Gloria’s director of communications, told the Reader that “Councilmember Gloria is waiting for the results of the FBI investigation. Our office has not met with anyone recently on this issue.”
DAVID BATTERSON SANTA YSABEL
Good ol’ fashioned barn savin’ Structure next to historic store built in 1890s The Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) is in the midst of restoring one of the largest barns in San Diego. In spring 2015, the group bought the land the barn sits on for $30,000 from the county. The
Dutch-style structure sits next to the circa- 1884 Santa Ysabel Store property that the organization purchased in 2011. SOHO executive director Bruce Coons said, ”The restoration started about six
of barn. Of course, the Whaley House that we oversee [in Old Town] has a barn.” The H-frame barn sits on Washington
Street — the original street name when David Leonard Hoover built the barn out of Doug-
It still has the original tack room. The horse stalls are gone but you can see where they had the windows for the horses to look out.” Coons said SOHO is working on regis-
tering both the barn and the store on the National Register of Historic Places. As far as the process, Coons said, “While
The Hoovers’ barn in 1896, when the town was first surveyed
months ago and we are about half done. We still need to do the electrical, carpentry of the outside, the roof, and to paint the barn. We hope to have it all done by mid- summer.” Coons expects the full restoration to cost $100,000. “It’s one of the largest barns in San
Diego,” said Coons. “It’s also the biggest landmark in the area; you can’t miss it off in the distance. There are only a handful of 19th-century barns left in San Diego. In 1800s San Diego, barns were very common, even in town with carriage barns. Most resi- dents of any good-sized home had some kind
Restoration expected to cost $100,000
las fir and redwood imported from Northern California. Hoover worked as the store’s druggist and also as a rancher, according to a 2011 county historic report. Coons said that Hoover’s descendants
have made historic photos available to help in the restoration. After the restora- tion, Coons said that the barn will house a recently donated turn-of-the-century car- riage as well as other historic vehicles in the barn’s former horse stalls. When asked if anything special has been
found in the barn during restoration, Coons replied, “The barn is the special thing. The most unusual thing is the split-level loft area.
public sentiment matters, the structure has to meet stringent criteria first. Once the appli- cation is accepted, it goes to a hearing at the state historic preservation commission. If it gets national recognition, then the state and local registrations are mostly a formality. The categories are important — why mat- ters as much as what. Whether it be to the community or person or for an architecture or events. Also, the structure has to have sufficient integrity.” Coons said his organization is grateful to
lifelong Santa Ysabel resident Bob McDaniel, for getting the ball rolling. McDaniel died in February 2016 at the age of 86, but not before knowing he had helped save the barn. It was personal for McDaniel, as his
family managed the store next to the barn for decades. McDaniel even worked at the store as a little boy. Coons said the McDaniel family has donated historic items from the store’s past that will be on display once the restoration is finished.
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