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Delos E. Goldsmith
Born
Delos E. Goldsmith

(1828-09-03)September 3, 1828
Painesville, Ohio, US
Died3 July 1921(1921-07-03) (aged 92)
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Occupation Master builder
SpouseAnna Barbara Stenner
Children3

Delos E. Goldsmith (September 3, 1828–July 3, 1921), was an American master builder in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. For over fifty years, Goldsmith was a resident of Carmel and had a significant influence in constructing many of the early homes in the area. He erected the first hotel in Carmel called the Pine Inn, and established the first Carmel Bathhouse. [1]

Early life

Delos E Goldsmith was born in Painesville, Ohio, on September 3, 1828. [2] He was the son of architect Jonathan Gillett Goldsmith (1784-1847) of Milford, Connecticut. His mother, Abigail Jones (1787-1887), was born of English parents in Massachusetts in 1787. [1] [3]

Career

Goldsmith went to work with his brother-in-law, Charles W. Heard, in Cleveland. [4] In 1846, Goldsmith left Ohio for New Orleans. He then moved to San Francisco in 1850, via Panama, and was a witness to the San Francisco Fire of 1851. He was a carpenter for two years in San Francisco and worked on the first building of the Presidio of San Francisco. [1] [3]

From 1855 to 1859, Goldsmith left for Marysville, and later went to Yuma, Arizona. He worked in the oil business until the outbreak of the American Civil War, when he was appointed citizen wagon master of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Union Army. [5] [3] Goldsmith was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry by the Confederates and endured hardships until he escaped. In 1865, he went south on a lumber expedition. [1] By 1872, he was selling real estate in Ohio. [6] In 1879, he became an agent for Dr. Stockton, who was involved in oil. [1] Goldsmith left Ohio and moved back to San Francisco in late 1886. Goldsmith completed his voter registration on October 16, 1888 in at 355 First Street in San Francisco. [7]

Carmel City

Goldsmith, Abbie Jane Hunter, and her son Wesley R. Hunter moved to Carmel City in late 1888, where they started buying lots and built the first seven houses in Carmel City, a Catholic retreat, before the name Carmel-by-the-Sea was created. [8] [9] [3] Goldsmith purchased five lots in March 1890. Over time, Goldsmith and Hunter each acquired more property. He became the first builder in Carmel City. [10] [1]

Goldsmith's own residence was the first house constructed in Carmel City on the intersection of Carpenter and Third Streets. [8] He constructed multiple small houses on the appropriately named Carpenter Street. [11] In 1888, Goldsmith built a one-story vernacular side-gabled redwood residence for Duckworth, now known as the Santiago Duckworth House, on Carpenter Street. [12] [13] It was the second house built in town. [1]: p5  In 1888, Goldsmith and Hunter carried water from the Carmel River until a well was made. [2]

During the same time, Goldsmith built Carmel City's first two-story American Craftsman-style 18-room Hotel Carmelo, now the present Pine Inn, with the help of Hunter and her son, Wesley Hunter. [1]: p11 

Carmel bathhouse

Carmel Bathhouse built by Delos Goldsmith in 1889.

In 1889, Hunter and Goldsmith built the first community beach and bathhouse on a dune at the end of Ocean Avenue at the Carmel beach, with the help of her son, Wesley Hunter. They built it with a cupola and windows across the front to see the Carmel Bay. [14] [15]

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Between 1892 and 1894, Goldsmith worked with Hunter to build homes. By 1892, Hunter sent out postcards promoting Carmel City as Carmel-by-the-Sea. [14] Goldsmith built two identical historic Queen Anne-style cottages, designed by contractor Douglas Knox Fraiser. [12] The first house was the home for Hunter and her son, now known as the Abbie Jane Hunter House. [16] The second became the Goldsmiths' home. Goldsmith built a home for his wife's sister's daughter, Augusta Robertson, where he lived while he constructed other homes for early residents. Goldsmith built a carpenter shop, Carmel's first business, on the southwest corner of Ocean Avenue and San Carlos Street, behind the Carmel Development Store. [11] It was later used as Carmel's first public school. [2] [1]: p6, 19 

In 1890, Goldsmith did the design for the Farm Center building at the entrance of Robinson Canyon in Carmel Valley. [17] [1]: p119  In 1905, Goldsmith built a vernacular cabin on Monte Verde Street NW of 9th Avenue, now called the Sinclair Lewis House. [13]

Death and legacy

Goldsmith died at the Carmel Peninsula hospital on July 3, 1921. [5] Many of the homes in Carmel that were designed or constructed by Goldsmith still exists and are listed on the Carmel Inventory of Historic Resources. [18]

Selected works

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A tribute to yesterday: The history of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. p. 6. ISBN  9780913548738. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. ^ a b c Grimes, Teresa; Heumann, Leslie. "Historic Context Statement Carmel-by-the-Sea" (PDF). Leslie Heumann and Associates1994. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  3. ^ a b c d "A Resident of Whom Carmel Should Be Proud. Delos E. Goldsmith, the Town's Oldest Citizen" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea. October 6, 1915. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  4. ^ Jonathan Goldsmith, Pioneer Master Builder in the Western Reserve. Western Reserve Historical Society. 1980. ISBN  091170423X. 9780911704235. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Pioneer Of Carmel Dead. Delos Goldsmith Passes At 92 Years". Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American. Monterey, California. July 5, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  6. ^ "Real Estate Transfers". Northern Ohio Journal. Painesville, Ohio. January 27, 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  7. ^ California Great Registers, 1850-1920, San Francisco, California, 16 Oct 1888{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  8. ^ a b "The Editor's Column". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea. July 6, 1945. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  9. ^ "Wesley Hunter". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1966-06-23. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  10. ^ Neal Hotelling (12 Jul 2019). "The early days of developing the town and the mysterious Abbie Jane Hunter" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  11. ^ a b Temple, Sydney; Temple, Marguerite M. (1987). Carmel-by-the-Sea From Aborigines to Coastal Commission. Angel Press. p. 59, 82. ISBN  9780912216324. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  12. ^ a b Seavey, Kent (2007). Carmel, A History in Architecture. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Pub. pp. 30–31. ISBN  9780738547053. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  13. ^ a b Dramov, Alissandra; Momboisse, Lynn A. (2016). Historic Homes and Inns of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Publishing. p. 38. ISBN  9781439656747. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  14. ^ a b Gilliam, Harold; Gilliam, Ann (1992). Creating Carmel: the Enduring Vision. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books. p. 62. ISBN  9780879053970. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  15. ^ "Carmel Beach and bath house, Carmel, Cal". SDSU University Library. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  16. ^ "Carmel Inventory Of Historic Resources Database" (PDF). City Of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  17. ^ Fink, Augusta (2000). Monterey County: The Dramatic Story of its Past. Valley Publishers. p. 202. ISBN  9780913548622. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  18. ^ a b c "Carmel Inventory Of Historic Resources Database" (PDF). Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: The City of Carmel. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  19. ^ "Old building too important to move, Carmel Valley residents sayn" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea. February 2, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

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