Scavenger Hunt Answer Key
Answers
ROBINSON ROSE HOUSE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER
1) What year does the model of Old Town represent? 1872
2) Find the Robinson Rose house on the model. What number is it on the photo key? #23
Is it historic building or modern reconstruction? Reconstruction in the same location as the original building.
MCCOY HOUSE
1) What job did James McCoy have? Sheriff
2) What was found beneath the foundation of the McCoy house? Archeologists found the footings for two adobe buildings.
SAN DIEGO HOUSE
Who was Richard Freeman? An African American who opened this saloon in 1847. Richard Freeman was a deputy city marshal and entrepreneur during the Mexican period of San Diego’s History.
Who was Allen Light? A freeborn African American ship steward. Allen Light was a mariner who hunted sea otters, gained Mexican citizenship and guarded the California coastline against poachers.
Is this building a historic building or modern reconstruction? Reconstruction
LA CASA MACHADO Y SILVAS/COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT
1) What objects were famously discovered hidden in the wall? Allen Light’s freedom papers. The “free papers” of Allen Light and a letter from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado authorizing Light to pursue a ship known to be poaching sea otters were found within the walls of this adobe home.
2) What year was this adobe home built? 1843
3) Is this building a historic building or modern reconstruction? Historic Building
SEELEY STABLE MUSEUM
What was the barn used for? It was used to stable horses and store stagecoaches for Albert Seeley’s stageline.
What places did the stageline go? Los Angeles to San Diego
Historic or reconstruction? Reconstruction in 1974
LAND OF THE FIRST PEOPLE EXHIBIT
1) What name do the ancestral people of San Diego call themselves? Kumeyaay
2) What is the native word for the north star? Kwellyap Ketuul
3) Find an e’ waas, a Kumeyaay hut, in the park and take a picture with it. Where is it located? (Hint: it’s not in the land
of the first people!) At the Kosay Kumeyaay market in the plaza next to Rust and the Johnson house.
MASON STREET SCHOOL
What year was the very first public school in San Diego opened? 1865
Is this building a historic building or modern reconstruction? Historic Building, but not in it’s original location.
LA CASA DE MACHADO Y STEWART
In what year was it built? 1835
What material is the home made from? Adobe bricks
What were they eating at the table? Tortillas, Beans, beef, and peppers.
What year did the Machado family move out of this home? 1966
Is this building a historic building or modern reconstruction? Historic Building
SAN DIEGO UNION NEWSPAPER MUSEUM
Where is there an engraving of Washington? On the printing press
What is the name of the press used for the newspaper? Washington Press
Names of the two partners who began publishing the San Diego Union? Colonel William Jeff Gatewood and Edward W. Bushyhead.
When was the first issue of the San Diego Union printed? The first issue was printed on October 10, 1868.
Is this building a historic building or modern reconstruction? Historic Building
LA CASA DE ESTUDILLO
What year was the Estudillo home built? 1829
This building is the” fictional wedding place” from a famous novel written in 1884. What is the name of the book? Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
Who was the architect that restored this building after the turn of the century? Hazel Waterman
Is this building a historic building or modern reconstruction? Historic Building
LA PLAZA DE ARMAS
In what year was the American flag raised? 1846 by Stephen C Rowan and a squadron of Marines
What color is the first level of the Cosmopolitan? Pink
BLACKHAWK LIVERY & BLACKSMITH
What did Seeley Store in the Blackhawk Livery Stable? Horse-drawn vehicles
Why are they called “blacksmiths”? Blacksmiths work with iron called the “black metal”, which is where the name blacksmith comes from.