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Photograph detail from Remnants of Rincon Hill Marker
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: March 20, 2014
Caption: Photograph detail from Remnants of Rincon Hill Marker
Additional Description: Photograph: Top row, left

There were no typical Rincon Hill estates – for the Victorians, one’s house expressed individual personality. The Gothic style appealed to this ideal. A next door neighbor, Evelyn Breeze, remembers this Gothic home when she played there , a little girl: “When Jerome Lincoln lived there the estate had a black and white marble sidewalk, flanked at each end with two cast-iron lions couchant, which were great favorites with the young... In front was a fountain which played on festive occasions, and in the garden proper were statues of Apollo, Diana, two deer and dogs of varied kinds. There was a round summer house covered with ivy and honeysuckle where lunch was occasionally served. Near the stables, was an aviary where quail called to each other morning and evening. A large green parrot shrieked on his perch and gave military orders in French, much to the delight of the young.”
Submitted: March 31, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p269699
File Size: 3.281 Megabytes

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