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Over time this database will grow with more historical photographs of the North Star House as well as photographs of the restoration project as it progresses.
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There is a significant historic photograph record of the North Star House created by A.D. Foote and later by his son A.B. Foote. Both were avid photographers and over their life times developed a large body of photographic work in which they documented all aspects of life in the gold mining regions of California. These photographs were taken between about 1905 and into the 1950's.
Some of the Foote family photos of the North Star House (digitally scanned and enhanced by North Star Foundation) follow in somewhat of a chronological order.
Copyright
2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All Rights Reserved.
From Sara Holmes Boutelle's book "Julia
Morgan Architect," Published by Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1995
Copyright 2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All
Rights Reserved.
Copyright
2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All Rights Reserved.
From Sara Holmes Boutelle's book "Julia
Morgan Architect," Published by Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1995
Copyright 2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All
Rights Reserved.
Copyright
2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All Rights Reserved.
Copyright
2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All Rights Reserved.
Copyright
2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All
Rights Reserved.
The Union, Date Unknown.
Copyright 2000, A.B. Foote Collection, All
Rights Reserved.
Current photos of the house (1995 to present)
Current
photos of the house compared to historic photos (April 2003)
As-built drawings of the North Star House and Hague House
Evelyn Foote Gardiner (Granddaughter of Mary Hallock and
A.D. Foote) sketched the extensive grounds surrounding the North Star House and the
layout of the interior of the house
Excerpt
from Sara Holmes Boutelle's definitive book on Julia Morgan "Julia
Morgan Architect," published by Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1995,
describes the North Star House.
Some photographs are courtesy of Evelyn Foote Gardiner. The historic North Star House photographs are the property of the Foote family. They have been provided to North Star Foundation for the purpose of public education and for the promotion of the restoration project, any other use of these photos without the Foote family permission is prohibited.