By Christine Lampert Virgil Westbrook, blueprints in hand, during construction of the community pool in 1928. Imagine San Clemente in the 1920s as a small village where nearly every building reflected Spanish style architecture. At one time, the town had over 500...
By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB Photo courtesy of the San Clemente Historical Society There once was a beautiful Spanish Colonial Revival mansion on the hill just south of the San Clemente Pier, right above the Beachcomber Motel. It was built in 1928 by...
El Caminante Bar & Bungalows in Capo Beach El Caminante Bar & Bungalows was once the famous Swallows Motel, hangout to the rich and famous in the 1940s, but it fell into disrepair in the late 1900s. The recent renovation and upgrades to the hotel have...
Pictured is a map of a 12-acre parcel of land, just above where T-Street is today. It shows San Clemente’s lost resort that Ole Hanson intended to build were it not for The Great Depression. Photo: Courtesy of the San Clemente Historical Society Historical...
HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS: The History of Stanford Court Antique Store on Avenida Del Mar By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB In Downtown San Clemente, at the top of Avenida Del Mar next to the old hotel, is a large antique store called Stanford Court,...
