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John Marsh House, Marsh Creek Road, Brentwood, Contra Costa County, CA
LocationMarsh Creek Road,
Brentwood vicinity, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1500
Building/structure dates:
1856 initial construction
Significance: Built by a pioneer physician between 1853 and 1856, its history has been ill-starred. Dr. Marsh (possessed of only a BA, not an MD) was murdered soon after the completion of the house; his wife, Abby Tuck Marsh, died slightly earlier from the results of child-birth. The house was designed by Thomas Boyod (Pierce and Wood contractors). It was constructed of native sandstone and brick made on the property. Once the center of a vast cattle empire, the house has gradually declined into a derelict state in the 20th century. Stylistically a cross between a Victorian Gothic "cottage" and a Italian Villa, it now sits in lonely isolation amidst the valleys and hills of northeast Mount Diablo...
Related Names
Boyd, Thomas
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey From 'John Marsh, Pioneer', by Dr. George D. Lyman Taken: Late 1850's
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Gleason Collection - S.F. College for Women Taken about: 1870 TOWER RESTORED AFTER EARTHQUAKE OF 1868
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Courtesy of the Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley, California Photo: ca. 1920 EAST ELEVATION
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Taken: January 23, 1921
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Sacramento Chamber of Commerce Taken: 1925
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