8 (1 f- The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove P. O. Box 1007 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 January 19, 2000 Stephen Dirk 602 Larkin Street Monterey, CA 93940 RE: 325 Eardley Dear Stephen, Here is some information in response to your recent letter. According to the official records at the Tax Assessor's and Recorder's offices in Salinas, no one by the name of Dirk ever owned any property in Pacific Grove between 1874 and 1926. The house at 325 Eardley was indeed built for, notby, H. C. Cummings. H.C Cummings was ajeweler bytrade andhad ajewelry shop on Lighthouse avenue called Cummings and Co. Mr. Cummings lived in the house from 1908 through 1911. For some reason, the Bank of E. Cooke Smith took over the house in late 1911 or early 1912. I suspect this is when the Dirks rented the house from the bank. The bank sold the house in 1914 to Edward Amolsch who soon thereafter took up residence in the house. The Amolsch family lived in the house through at least 1926. I suspect your father remembers living in the house and assumed they owned it, but they did not. I am also enclosing a page from the 1907 City Directory which shows R.F. Dirk residing at 132 4th Street in Pacific Grove. He did not own the house, but rented the house from the owner, John L. Birks, who owned a few other rentals in the area at that time. I hope the above helps you. Sincerely, Adam Weiland Research Director Work: Home: , OCR Text: 8 (1 f- The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove P. O. Box 1007 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 January 19, 2000 Stephen Dirk 602 Larkin Street Monterey, CA 93940 RE: 325 Eardley Dear Stephen, Here is some information in response to your recent letter. According to the official records at the Tax Assessor's and Recorder's offices in Salinas, no one by the name of Dirk ever owned any property in Pacific Grove between 1874 and 1926. The house at 325 Eardley was indeed built for, notby, H. C. Cummings. H.C Cummings was ajeweler bytrade andhad ajewelry shop on Lighthouse avenue called Cummings and Co. Mr. Cummings lived in the house from 1908 through 1911. For some reason, the Bank of E. Cooke Smith took over the house in late 1911 or early 1912. I suspect this is when the Dirks rented the house from the bank. The bank sold the house in 1914 to Edward Amolsch who soon thereafter took up residence in the house. The Amolsch family lived in the house through at least 1926. I suspect your father remembers living in the house and assumed they owned it, but they did not. I am also enclosing a page from the 1907 City Directory which shows R.F. Dirk residing at 132 4th Street in Pacific Grove. He did not own the house, but rented the house from the owner, John L. Birks, who owned a few other rentals in the area at that time. I hope the above helps you. Sincerely, Adam Weiland Research Director Work: Home: , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Eardley,325 Eardley,EARDLEY_059_redacted.pdf,EARDLEY_059_redacted.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: EARDLEY_059_REDACTED.PDF, EARDLEY_059_redacted.pdf 1 Page 1