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House & 
Garden 
The house is built of adobe with blue door linings and window sills. The projecting beams are a characteristic of the style. The 
house looks out over Glorietta Bay and behind are the Mexican Mountains, affording just the right environment 
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ADOBE 
The Residence of Dent Hayes Robert, Esq., at Coronado, California, Built in 
the Mexican Style. Templeton Johnson, Architect 
An open fireplace 
made in the Santa 
Fe manner with a 
chimney niche, 
arched fire hole and 
concrete fender com¬ 
mands the living 
room. The walls 
are rough plaster. 
Hand-adzed beams 
are left open 
The entrance is marked by a deep, well shaded porch. Rough tim- All the rooms open on the court. Around the wall runs a carved 
bers support the lintel. Extended roof beams cast interesting shadows timber string-piece with heavy timbers let into the wall to support it 
