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Hugh Comstock- Floorplan for Fables Cottage
On June 5th, 1928, Hugh agrees to build yet another residence for W.O. Swain. Fables, as it is later named, is estimated to cost $2,600 and build in 2 months time. Like most of the Comstock Cottages,...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S-OBERS
After Hugh built Hansel and Gretel for his wife’s business, “the unexpected and immediate success of his whimsical caricature of the popular Tudor style put him into the contracting business almost...
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I AM INVITED TO TOUR HUGH COMSTOCK’S COTTAGE
Finally those darn cards I leave on the door pay off. The current owners of The Comstock Cottage ( sometimes called Obers) give permission for us to tour the cottage. The Obers family once lived in...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S “CURTAIN CALL”
I am still “Comstock hunting” when I discover Curtain Call. The little cottage is being renovated and so I slip in through the gate and start toward the front door. What a captivating roof line , very...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S- MAJOR RALPH COOTE HOUSE
Born in London, England on Sept. 22, 1874, Major Coote was a career army officer and a veteran of both the Boer War and WWI. Upon retiring from the military, he inherited the Coote estate at...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S PINK AND BROWNE COTTAGE
It is June 2011 and I am on a mission to find and photograph Hugh Comstock’s Fairytale Cottages. I find the Comstock “Historic District” quite by accident and see 7 homes in one morning. My cup...
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THE HOMESTEAD- HOTEL ROOMS & COTTAGES
Catty-corner from our Carmel cottage is my good neighbor,”The Homestead”. It is originally built in the 1900’s as a private home but has grown over the years into 12 guest rooms in cottage-like...
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Cottages by the Sea – The Handmade Homes of Carmel
When we first move to Carmel, I know very little about the history of the homes and cottages I walk by every day. But I do know that they enchant me. No two are alike and the variety and character of...
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HUGH COMSTOCK BUILDS A COUNTRY MANOR HOUSE ON CARMEL POINT
I love photographing Carmel’s cottages and accumulate quite a collection . I take photos of a beautiful Manor House on Carmel Point and name it “Stately Manor” for lack of a name on the gate. I would...
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PRESERVING CARMEL’S ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES
For such a young community, founded in 1902 and incorporated in 1916, Carmel has a rich legacy of historic properties and works hard to preserve them. Much of the credit for this goes to the now...
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Garden Cottage
This charming cottage and its garden catch my eye for the first time in August 2007. I post this photo on Flickr and it rises to Explore Interesting. This spring I am doing some research on Carmel’s...
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HUGH COMSTOCK”S GREAT EXPECTATIONS
In 1927, Hugh Comstock builds Great Expectations. It is the first cottage he builds outside the City limits. I discover it by accident. One would think that in such a small town, any house would be...
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THE FAIRYTALE COTTAGES OF CARMEL- A SLIDESHOW
Play Pause Mute Unmute Max Volume Shuffle Shuffle Off Repeat Repeat Off Update Required To Play MediaUpdate your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. After 20 years in Carmel, I am...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S THE JORDAN HOUSE – ON CARMEL’S HISTORIC REGISTER
“By 1929 designer/builder Comstock was beginning to move away from his signature ‘fairy tale’ Tudor derived cottages, into a broader regionalist expression…. Sylvia Jordan was a school teacher who...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S “THE ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG COTTAGE”
Elizabeth Armstrong has been watching Hugh Comstock build homes and she likes what she sees. In 1928 , she asks him to build her a cottage. It will cost $1,900 and be 18 by 36 feet in size. She builds...
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HUGH COMSTOCK’S NELSON-KROUGH COTTAGE
I am wandering around the area where Hugh Comstock built several of his Post Adobe ranches when I turn and see this. This has to be a Comstock. I approach the red gate as a neighbor walks by. I ask if...
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HOW DOES CARMEL MEASURE ON THE “LIVABILITY SCALE”?
The longer we are in Carmel, the more I compare its “livability” with that of my Kansas City suburb a product of urban sprawl. It is a beautiful neighborhood – treed lots, large homes, and a “gated...
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BOOKS ABOUT CARMEL
I collect books about Carmel. I find them at garage sales, on e-Bay, Amazon, Google Play, Biblio.com ,and even the Carmel Chamber of Commerce Store, Here is an alphabetical list of my favorites.. Two...
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THE STORY OF “TALES FROM CARMEL”
I started writing “Tales From Carmel” in January 2011. I wanted to know the history and stories of this place I have come to love. I wrote of Carmel’s curious customs, its unique courtyards, shops...
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