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281 Magnolia St., Eastside. This California Spanish Bungalow was built in 1929 and lovingly restored and expanded. This image marks the month of June in the calendar.

New 2022 Calendar Highlights Historic Costa Mesa Homes

Post author:CMHS Staff
Post published:February 5, 2022
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A new volunteer at the Costa Mesa Historical Society, Renee Pina, has spearheaded a new, full-color calendar of 12 vintage Eastside Costa Mesa homes. All homes featured were built, or believed to have been built, between 1900 and 1930, and have been loved and cared for by their present owners. The Society hopes to learn more of the history of each of these homes. 12 local businesses have helped to sponsor the pages in the calendar. They…

Passing of Art Goddard

Post author:Program Director
Post published:March 8, 2021
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Dear Fellow Members - It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you of the passing of Art Goddard, one of our long time volunteers, due to cancer on February 13, 2021. He was 78. Art and his wife Mary Ellen moved to Costa Mesa in 1977 and she started volunteering at the Society shortly after that. "Art began volunteering for computer stuff, when we first got our Apple (the little one with the tiny…

Fairview Register April 2020

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Post published:April 13, 2020
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Our April 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "Preserving History in a Pandemic", " Our Historic Moment", "Full House for House Talk", "Now That We Have Time", and more!

Fairview Register March 2020

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Our March 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "A Very Special Event at OCC’s Planetarium", "Mildred Matthews: An Oral History", "Changing Harbor Boulevard", "Visiting Dick Church’s" and more!

Fairview Register February 2020

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Our February 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "Chris Lukather on Cinderella Homes", "Phil Brigandi's Memorial", "Putting History on the Map", new board installations and more!

Fairview Register January 2020

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Our January 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "Letty Rodella on Spanish Patriots in the Revolution", "Remembering Phil Brigandi", A4-M Dedication, adobe news and more!

Fairview Register December 2019

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Post published:April 13, 2020
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Our December 2019 newsletter is now online. Topics include "The Year in Review", "Spanish Patriots in the American Revolution", "Making Spirits Bright: Alvin 'Pink' Pinkley’s 1978 Oral History", news & more!

Free Talk: Chris Lukather on Cinderella Homes

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Post published:January 26, 2020
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Architecture fans are in for a treat. This February 23rd at 2 p.m., author Chris Lukather will talk about his new book, The Cinderella Homes of Jean Vandruff. Cinderella homes are a whimsical variation on traditional tract homes that turn suburban neighborhoods into storybook lands, complete with swooping gables, shake shingle roofs, and faux medieval designs. Never seen one? You don’t have to go far to find them. Costa Mesa has its own set of Cinderella homes…

Bernardo de Gálvez at the Siege of Pensacola by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau. Image courtesy wikimedia.

Spanish Patriots during the American Revolution – Installation Dinner 2020

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Post published:November 30, 2019
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Join us for one of our most popular events of the year: the 2020 installation dinner! This year, guest speaker Letty Rodella, President of the Society of Hispanic, Historical and Ancestral Research, will discuss an under-studied part of our nation’s history, “Spanish Patriots during the American Revolution.”

Fairview Register November 2019

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Post published:November 14, 2019
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In the November 2019 Fairview Register, we look at Thanksgivings before the Pilgrims, Costa Mesa's Civil War veterans, Captain Gary Barnhill on the Vietnam War’s “Rolling Thunder”, and more! Fairview Register November 2019

New 2022 Calendar Highlights Historic Costa Mesa Homes

Passing of Art Goddard

Fairview Register April 2020

Fairview Register March 2020

Fairview Register February 2020

Fairview Register January 2020

Fairview Register December 2019

Free Talk: Chris Lukather on Cinderella Homes

Spanish Patriots during the American Revolution – Installation Dinner 2020

Fairview Register November 2019

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