Long-Waterman House
The Long-Waterman House in San Diego is one of the grandest of the great Bankers’ Hill mansions built during the boom period of the 1880s. It was constructed in 1889 by John S. Long, one of the founders of the Coronado Fruit Package Company, designed in what is called the American or California Queen Anne style. In 1891 the mansion was purchased by Robert Whitney Waterman, who’d just finished a term as Governor of California. He planned to spend his retirement there, but died only a few months later. It was subsequently purchased in 1897 by Fred R. Hart and remained in his family’s possession for almost a century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
San Diego, San Diego County
Photographer: John Bare