Scott, Joseph

Joseph Scott (1824-1901), native of England, was a partner in a downtown livery stable, with Albert Jones, operating as Scott & Co. and built in 1876. Renamed City Stable (often written in the plural as City Stables) by later owners (drawing in Elliott, right), the building was demolished in 1910 to make way for the Hagemann-McPherson building.

• John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Five, item (34), page 152.

City Stables timeline

• 1877. First Sentinel ad
• 1879. Elliott drawing
• 1883. A June Sentinel ad states: "Ferguson Bros. Proprietors; Successors to Scott and Jones"
• 1886. First Sentinel ad naming F. E. Witherly as proprietor.
• 1890. A Sentinel "Jottings" item states that "W. C. Wilson, of Bakersfield, has purchased the City Stables of F. E. Witherly".
• 1892. Sentinel ad includes "Wilson & Berry, Props."
• 1892. The 1892 Sanborn map includes the label "W. C. Wilson's City Stables".
• 1890s. "Hopkins & Ede" acquire the stables.
• 1909. City Stables closed; all goods sold at auction by owner M. C. Hopkins. Story says Hopkins will "devote his attention to catering to tourists to Big Trees".