Marston House

The Marston House Museum is one of San Diego�s finest examples of the Arts and Crafts architectural movement. Completed in 1905 for prominent merchant and civic leader, George W. Marston and his family, this 8,500 square-foot home is surrounded by four acres of rolling lawns, manicured formal gardens, and canyon pathways. Designed by renowned architects, William Sterling Hebbard and Irving John Gill, the home�s exterior demonstrates the transitional phase from the structure and rigidity of the Victorian age and the English Tudor intent of its original design to the simplicity, ease of maintenance, and �form follows function� philosophy of the Craftsman period. The interior features spacious hallways juxtaposed with close, intimate living areas that evoke the �hearth and home� aesthetic of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It is furnished with Mission style pieces like those designed by brothers, Gustav, Leopold and John George Stickley, and a variety of decorative pottery, paintings, and t