On May 19, 2025, the Coronado Historical Association hosted author Taylor Baldwin Kiland for a discussion about her book Murder of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Coronado Cold Case.
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The flat-roofed, Spanish-style home on 874 A Ave., has seen many families come and go over the past 102 years. Among them are many officers from both the Navy and the Marines.
When businessman Howard Baker decided to build a home in Coronado in 1915, he turned to one of his classmates from Cornell University, William Sterling Hebbard. Baker wanted something with an East Coast feel and a place where he could entertain. The result was a 16-room estate clad in brick on the lower half and shingles on the second floor. The design, with distinctive cross gables, has both Craftsman and Tudor Revival influences. It also had a host of modern conveniences for its day, including seven separate furnaces to heat each of the living spaces separately and a telephone connection in each room.
