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Historic Landmark No. 569 Kensington Community Historical Landmark No. 569 - Designated January 2003 |
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The Forbes-Requa Model House is associated with persons significant in the early 20th century history of San Diego’s real estate, architecture, and legal professions. George Forbes created the Kensington Heights subdivision in 1926 and commissioned Master Architect Richard Requa in 1930 to design this model home. Forbes sold it to land speculators Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bowers of Guthrie County, Iowa in 1933 and they then sold it to Judge Clarence Harden three months later. Judge Harden and his wife Sarah Fitzpatrick Harden were pillars of the San Diego legal system. Sarah was a pioneer woman attorney in San Diego history. The house embodies distinctive elements of Richard Requa’s use of Spanish Revival architecture and is an important example of his architectural creations in 1930. Roughly mid-point in Requa’s career, the Forbes-Harden House allowed Requa to apply design elements he had observed during field research in Spain and Mexico in the early years of his career. | ||
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