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Spreckels Theatre is a performing arts center in San Diego, California. It was touted as "the first modern commercial playhouse west of the Mississippi". [ 3 ] It was designed for philanthropist John D. Spreckels , and was meant to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal .
[10] [11] John D. Spreckels built the Ocean Boulevard beach house for his son Claus as a wedding present in 1910 and Claus's widow, Ellis, lived there until her death in 1967. [12] The nearby mansion at 1015 Ocean is the location of the 2011 accidental death of 6-year-old Max Shacknai , son of Jonah Shacknai, former CEO of Medicis ...
Spreckels chose Harrison Albright to design the organ pavilion. Albright was a self-taught Los Angeles architect, who previously designed the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The semicircular pavilion was built by the F. Wurster Construction Company in an ornate Italian-Renaissance design.
Save these dates for fun local events throughout November. ... Nov. 10. The walk will include 17 participating shops with wine tastings and shopping for holiday gifts. Tickets are on sale online ...
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The Spreckels Mansion in San Francisco. Adolph Bernard Spreckels (January 5, 1857 – June 28, 1924) was a California businessman who ran the Spreckels Sugar Company and who donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor art museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924. His wife, Alma, was called the "great grandmother of San Francisco". [1]
7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, the Maiden Vermont Chorus presents its newest program “The Maiden Show!” in two performances, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. $10-$20. www ...
Spreckelsville was founded in 1878 as a company town by German-American businessman Claus Spreckels, who later founded the Spreckels Sugar Company. Spreckels already ran the most successful sugar refinery in California [ 3 ] (and was the namesake of the town of Spreckels in Monterey County, California ).