Fairview Register September 2021
Our September 2021 newsletter is now online! Topics include "Peggy Gardner," "Down Memory Lane", and "The Gibson's and Their Jersey Dairy". Fairview Register September 2021
Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in WWII
From the OC Fair & Event Center: "On display Feb. 16 through Sept. 18, 2022 On Feb. 16, 2022, Heroes Hall Museum will open a new special exhibit called Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II. Produced by The National WWII Museum, the exhibit features artifacts, photographs and oral histories to highlight some of the extraordinary achievements and challenges of African Americans during World War II, both overseas and on the Home…
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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