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'''Robert K. [Kirk] Whidden''' was a downtown Santa Cruz developer in the 1870s. The 1877 structure that survives today as [[Santa Cruz Hotel]] was a Whidden project. | '''Robert K. [Kirk] Whidden''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160103462/robert-kirk-whidden 1827-1889]), born in Nova Scotia (Canada), was a downtown Santa Cruz developer in the 1870s. The 1877 structure that survives today as [[Santa Cruz Hotel]] was a Whidden project. Two Whidden commercial buildings stood On Pacific Avenue; 1515 (at the corner of Pacific and Locust Street), and 15-17-19 (adjacent to the north). Both of those have been replaced. | ||
* John L. Chase, ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', | * John L. Chase, ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', three entries: Chapter Three, item (7), page 58; Chapter Five, items (9) and (10), page 136-37. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 5 October 2025
Robert K. [Kirk] Whidden (1827-1889), born in Nova Scotia (Canada), was a downtown Santa Cruz developer in the 1870s. The 1877 structure that survives today as Santa Cruz Hotel was a Whidden project. Two Whidden commercial buildings stood On Pacific Avenue; 1515 (at the corner of Pacific and Locust Street), and 15-17-19 (adjacent to the north). Both of those have been replaced.
- John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), three entries: Chapter Three, item (7), page 58; Chapter Five, items (9) and (10), page 136-37.