Magee House
258 Beech Avenue, Carlsbad CA 92008

Courtesy St. Michaels by the Sea

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THE VICTORIAN STYLE MAGEE HOUSE was originally built by Samuel Church Smith (one of the founders of Carlsbad Land and Water Company) in 1887 and is now home to the Carlsbad Historical Society and its archives. The cottage was built from pre-cut lumber, ordered from a midwestern catalog of pre-designed homes. Florence Shipley Magee left the house and land (about 5 acres) in 1974 to the City of Carlsbad to be used as a park and historical museum. The house is furnished in a turn-of-the-century style reflecting the life of the early settlers who once owned it. Surrounding the 1887 Historic Magee house is a major garden of about 225 rose bushes representing 15 families of the rose.

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