Reading the published books on this subject is mandatory, No web-site can replace books, and I won't try. These pages will offer what the electronic media does best: news, links, previously unreprinted Material, and Items of a Trivial, Professional or Time-sensitive interest. Most of the material contained is on the pages referenced above.
Demolitions since mid 2000 include:
The Hugo Klauber Residence (1908) 2626 6th Ave. Gill.
The E. Milton Barber House #1 (1904) 108 West Robinson. Hebbard & Gill.
The Bertha B. Mitchell House (1904/5) 4th at Nutmeg. Hebbard & Gill.
The Mary C. Johnson House (1905) 2233 Front. Hebbard & Gill.
The Edmund F. Parmelee House. (1906) 202 West Ivy, at Front. Hebbard & Gill.
Errata and new discoveries from the Hines list:
John H. Klein House #2, Lakeside (1906). It should be stated that this home was moved several blocks to its 9707 Channel Road location.
Propagating House for Ellen B. Scripps (1908). It should be noted that this structure was destroyed in the fire along with the main Queen Anne style house.
Doctor Hearne Office (1894) The structure, as built, was designed by the Quayle Brothers firm. The Gill design was not built.
Guest Cottage for Ellen Scripps (1908?). Was moved to 2491 Horizon Street, but not destroyed as stated.
Ella Giles Ruddy House (1912) Los Angeles. Hines has this on the "unbuilt" list but the home is shown complete and furnished in the August, 1916 Bungalow magazine issue. Exact location and current status unknown. Probably was on Western Ave, near Beverly.
The Wednesday Club Clubhouse (1900). This building has been discovered intact at 3680 6th Ave. A current project may threaten its integrity however. Not to be confused with the later Hazel Waterman building just South of it.
The San Diego Country Club (1910). The building as built (now demolished) was build by others. Gill's design was not built.
The Cottage at 3709 Albatross Street should be described as "altered."
The Cottage at 3703 Albatross Street (1903), Gill's residence address of several years, seems to have no material from the pre-1910 era in this writer's opinion, having been examined inside, around back, in the attic, etc. More research is wanted on this one.
New discoveries and thoughts:
A 1898 Mission Revival Episcopal church, moved in 1924 to 30th Street, North Park, from its 6th Ave location (having been moved within its lot before that) is quite likely a Hebbard & Gill project, based on its style and the fact that both architects were members of the small congregation at the time if its construction.
A second set of "Workmen's cottages" extremely similar, but different, to the homes on Robinson Mews are pictured in the August, 1915 issue of Bungalow magazine. Gill had noted in a letter that he was planning more of these. These are also certainly not the 25th and "L" houses.
An original outhouse for the Mr. Gail Nichols house, Coronado, survived the fire in the 1980s and was moved to a nearby location.
Gill designed a home in Memphis, Tennessee for Henry and Emma Craft, 1357 Union St. near Pine, circa 1910 as seen on drawings in the Moravian Tile Co. archives.
Gill, with Alfono Ianelli, did an unbuilt design for the well known Spaulding family, in Point Loma, as referenced in their March, 1916 correspondence.
A house on Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Los Angeles circa 1924 is rumored to have been started by Gill for his own use and abandoned and finished by others due to Gill's health issues. This is a "maybe" so far, more info later.
A 19th century house in Coronado, billed as a Hebbard & Gill in a public tour and looking exactly like their work of this era, is in need of better documentation.
The 1914/15 Adelide Chapin house, listed by Hines as an unbuilt project has been located built, but in now altered form at 1326 Lucile Ave. Los Angeles. (Ref: Nov.12, 1914 Builder and Contractor) The house was occupied by Miss Chapin's relations, the McKinlay, family until about 1960.
Several houses have been declared historic Irving Gill houses by the San Diego and the Coronado Historic Site Boards, but with no good proof. Those in this category include the "Trant Manor" and a home at 1125 Flora Ave. in Coronado..
