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In addition to undertaking regular project work, Left Coast Architectural History pursues interesting extracurricular opportunities in an effort to gain and share knowledge about historic architecture and its preservation. Here is the latest:
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March 2026
Caitlin Hibma's efforts to nominate the John Haley Studio-House in Point Richmond, California to the Richmond Historical Register were rewarded with formal designation of the property by the Richmond City Council. The Haley Studio-House (1932) was the Second Bay Tradition style house and art studio of pioneering Modern artist John Haley and his wife, Monica, a local school arts administrator. Read the Richmond Register documentation here.
April 2025
Caitlin Hibma successfully nominated Alf's Blacksmith Shop, located in Daggett, California, to the National Register of Historic Places (formally listed 4/11/25). The blacksmith shop was owned and operated by her great-great-grandfather, Seymore Alf, from 1890-1916 and was the location where some of the famed 20 Mule Team borax wagons were built and where teams, laborers, and equipment were headquartered for the building of early railroads and roads throughout San Bernardino County, including that which would become Route 66. Caitlin represented the Daggett & Calico Historical Society at the State Historic Resources Commission meeting at which the nomination was presented. Read the National Register documentation here.
January 2023
The Stone Hotel, an 1880s railroad hotel and eating house, in Daggett, California was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places (designation pending). Caitlin Hibma assisted with the writing of the nomination and represented the Daggett & Calico Historical Society at the State Historic Resources Commission meeting at which the nomination was presented. (The Stone Hotel was once owned by Caitlin's great-great-grandfather.)
September 2022
The City of Richmond Historic Preservation Commission developed the "Rooted in Richmond" walking and biking multi-media tour app, which features significant historic sites throughout Richmond. Caitlin Hibma, as a member of the HPC, assisted with planning and public outreach, and provided content for the app. The project was honored with a California Preservation Award from the California Preservation Foundation and a Governor's Historic Preservation Award from California State Parks/Office of Historic Preservation.
May 2022
Caitlin Hibma was elected Vice-Chair of the City of Richmond Historic Preservation Commission, on which she has served since 2017.
June 2018
Caitlin Hibma volunteered with HistoriCorps; a non-profit organization that partners with public agencies to preserve historic structures on public lands throughout the U.S. She assisted in the restoration of the Bodie-Benton Railroad Office and the Hoist House at Bodie State Historic Park.
November 2017
Caitlin Hibma was appointed to the City of Richmond's Historic Preservation Commission.
May 2017
Caitlin Harvey traveled to the town of Daggett in Southern California's high desert to present the Daggett & Calico Historical Society with a talk about her ancestors, the Alf family, who were early and influential residents of the town. Caitlin is also assisting the Historical Society with creation of a Historic Structure Report for the Old Stone Hotel (once owned by to her great-great-grandfather) which will contribute to the restoration and rehabilitation of the hotel building and its eventual use as a museum and community center.
May 2016
Caitlin Harvey was elected Board Secretary of the Point Richmond History Association and gave a talk at the organization's annual membership meeting about Richmond's Smoky Row railroad cottages.
Caitlin Hibma's efforts to nominate the John Haley Studio-House in Point Richmond, California to the Richmond Historical Register were rewarded with formal designation of the property by the Richmond City Council. The Haley Studio-House (1932) was the Second Bay Tradition style house and art studio of pioneering Modern artist John Haley and his wife, Monica, a local school arts administrator. Read the Richmond Register documentation here.
April 2025
Caitlin Hibma successfully nominated Alf's Blacksmith Shop, located in Daggett, California, to the National Register of Historic Places (formally listed 4/11/25). The blacksmith shop was owned and operated by her great-great-grandfather, Seymore Alf, from 1890-1916 and was the location where some of the famed 20 Mule Team borax wagons were built and where teams, laborers, and equipment were headquartered for the building of early railroads and roads throughout San Bernardino County, including that which would become Route 66. Caitlin represented the Daggett & Calico Historical Society at the State Historic Resources Commission meeting at which the nomination was presented. Read the National Register documentation here.
January 2023
The Stone Hotel, an 1880s railroad hotel and eating house, in Daggett, California was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places (designation pending). Caitlin Hibma assisted with the writing of the nomination and represented the Daggett & Calico Historical Society at the State Historic Resources Commission meeting at which the nomination was presented. (The Stone Hotel was once owned by Caitlin's great-great-grandfather.)
September 2022
The City of Richmond Historic Preservation Commission developed the "Rooted in Richmond" walking and biking multi-media tour app, which features significant historic sites throughout Richmond. Caitlin Hibma, as a member of the HPC, assisted with planning and public outreach, and provided content for the app. The project was honored with a California Preservation Award from the California Preservation Foundation and a Governor's Historic Preservation Award from California State Parks/Office of Historic Preservation.
May 2022
Caitlin Hibma was elected Vice-Chair of the City of Richmond Historic Preservation Commission, on which she has served since 2017.
June 2018
Caitlin Hibma volunteered with HistoriCorps; a non-profit organization that partners with public agencies to preserve historic structures on public lands throughout the U.S. She assisted in the restoration of the Bodie-Benton Railroad Office and the Hoist House at Bodie State Historic Park.
November 2017
Caitlin Hibma was appointed to the City of Richmond's Historic Preservation Commission.
May 2017
Caitlin Harvey traveled to the town of Daggett in Southern California's high desert to present the Daggett & Calico Historical Society with a talk about her ancestors, the Alf family, who were early and influential residents of the town. Caitlin is also assisting the Historical Society with creation of a Historic Structure Report for the Old Stone Hotel (once owned by to her great-great-grandfather) which will contribute to the restoration and rehabilitation of the hotel building and its eventual use as a museum and community center.
May 2016
Caitlin Harvey was elected Board Secretary of the Point Richmond History Association and gave a talk at the organization's annual membership meeting about Richmond's Smoky Row railroad cottages.
