HistoTic Context Statement - Final Historic Context (1903 - 1926) City of Pacifc Grove Pacific Grove, California In addition to Pacific Grove High School and City Hall-as well as the Bank of Pacific Grove and the Thomas A. Work block previously discussed-Weeks' work in Pacific Grove included the Post Office on Forest Avenue (1901), and Thomas Work's residence at 176 Central Avenue (1909).307 The Osborne House (now known as the Beacon House) at 468 Pine Street (1902) has also been attributed to Weeks, although local historian Kent Seavey states that it is actually Plan #6 designed by architects Wolfe & McKenzie of San Jose.308 Point Pinos Lighthouse Damage caused by the Great Earthquake of April 1906 was not nearly as severe in Pacific Grove as it was in cities farther to the north. On the whole, damage in Pacific Grove was described as "trifting," and mainly consisted of fallen chimneys.309 Perhaps the building most affected was the Point Pinos Ughthouse, where the one-foot-thick masonry walls were badly cracked and the prisms jarred in the lens. The Lighthouse Board reported that the damage was so severe that the tower had to be rebuilt with reinforced concrete, which was accomplished in 1907. A new two-inch water pipe was also installed and connected with a 4,000 gallon redwood tank.310 In 1915, the lighthouse was finally electrified, increasing the gength of its beam. An article from the 1930s described the light as a "29,000-candlepower alternatinglidam, visible in clear weather from a distance of 15 miles, across four-fifths of the horizon. Its light, 189 feet above high tide, is intensified by powerful catadiptric lenses. The diaphragin of its foghorn is operated by compressed air. i,311 Around the same time that electricity was installed, the long-time lighthouse keeper, Emily Fish, retired from service. She subsequently purchased a home at 691 Sinex Avenue in Pacific Grove.312 Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Grove's Chautauqua Museum had formed in the 1880s around a collection of natural specimens-many of which were used during Chautauqua lectures held in the Grove. Sanborn maps indicate that by 1892 the Museum collections were housed in an octagonal shaped building on the grounds of the El Carmelo Hotel that had formerly been used as a "smoking room" That building was moved to the present site o f the Pacific Grove Museum by 1897, and sometime be fore 1905 the building was augmented by connecting it at the rear to one of the old Retreat cottages that had stood on the west side of Grand Avenue. Around the same time, the old museum organization dissolved in 1900, and the Pacific Grove Museum Association incorporated with officers that included Mary Norton, Bedson A. Eardley and Dr. Oliver Trimmer.313 In 1902, the PIC donated the half-block lot on which the present museum stands, and in 1916 management of the museum was transferred to the City of Pacific Grove through a charter election.314 31 October 2011 Page e Turnbull, Inc. n71nn111-111IlUUUM.80DOwWal11UL , OCR Text: HistoTic Context Statement - Final Historic Context (1903 - 1926) City of Pacifc Grove Pacific Grove, California In addition to Pacific Grove High School and City Hall-as well as the Bank of Pacific Grove and the Thomas A. Work block previously discussed-Weeks' work in Pacific Grove included the Post Office on Forest Avenue (1901), and Thomas Work's residence at 176 Central Avenue (1909).307 The Osborne House (now known as the Beacon House) at 468 Pine Street (1902) has also been attributed to Weeks, although local historian Kent Seavey states that it is actually Plan #6 designed by architects Wolfe & McKenzie of San Jose.308 Point Pinos Lighthouse Damage caused by the Great Earthquake of April 1906 was not nearly as severe in Pacific Grove as it was in cities farther to the north. On the whole, damage in Pacific Grove was described as "trifting," and mainly consisted of fallen chimneys.309 Perhaps the building most affected was the Point Pinos Ughthouse, where the one-foot-thick masonry walls were badly cracked and the prisms jarred in the lens. The Lighthouse Board reported that the damage was so severe that the tower had to be rebuilt with reinforced concrete, which was accomplished in 1907. A new two-inch water pipe was also installed and connected with a 4,000 gallon redwood tank.310 In 1915, the lighthouse was finally electrified, increasing the gength of its beam. An article from the 1930s described the light as a "29,000-candlepower alternatinglidam, visible in clear weather from a distance of 15 miles, across four-fifths of the horizon. Its light, 189 feet above high tide, is intensified by powerful catadiptric lenses. The diaphragin of its foghorn is operated by compressed air. i,311 Around the same time that electricity was installed, the long-time lighthouse keeper, Emily Fish, retired from service. She subsequently purchased a home at 691 Sinex Avenue in Pacific Grove.312 Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Grove's Chautauqua Museum had formed in the 1880s around a collection of natural specimens-many of which were used during Chautauqua lectures held in the Grove. Sanborn maps indicate that by 1892 the Museum collections were housed in an octagonal shaped building on the grounds of the El Carmelo Hotel that had formerly been used as a "smoking room" That building was moved to the present site o f the Pacific Grove Museum by 1897, and sometime be fore 1905 the building was augmented by connecting it at the rear to one of the old Retreat cottages that had stood on the west side of Grand Avenue. Around the same time, the old museum organization dissolved in 1900, and the Pacific Grove Museum Association incorporated with officers that included Mary Norton, Bedson A. Eardley and Dr. Oliver Trimmer.313 In 1902, the PIC donated the half-block lot on which the present museum stands, and in 1916 management of the museum was transferred to the City of Pacific Grove through a charter election.314 31 October 2011 Page e Turnbull, Inc. n71nn111-111IlUUUM.80DOwWal11UL , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,V through Z File names,Weeks History,WEEKS, WM._008.pdf,WEEKS, WM._008.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: WEEKS,WM._008.PDF, WEEKS, WM._008.pdf 1 Page 1