Locals try to stall Briones demolition

The building in question is part of the strong Hispanic (Spanish, Mexican and Native American) heritage of our state, the cultural substratum from which California's tolerance for racial, national, religious, sexual and personal differences originated. Having become not only the most populous state, but the quintessence, and in many ways the trend setter of our nation, we have a responsibility to maintain those sites which give tangible evidence of this heritage. Our nation did not spring only from Plymouth Rock, Williamsburg and Philadelphia. California must not allow sites such as this to disappear!

V. Guerrero, author of "The Anza Trail and the Settling of California"

No to demolition.

It's beyond me why people buy historic houses with the intent to tear them down. Is there no other property these people could have bought? I hope they will sell this to someone who will preserve it.

Anithing that represents our roots and heritage in this country should be preserved especialy something so tangible as a building,so defenitly NO TO DEMOLITION!

If the family owning the property wished to have it torn down without delay they would have accomplished the task easily by making a case for it being a holy site revered by Evangelical Christians.

Docents welcomed visitors to tour the Briones House for many years until the current owners totally ABANDONED the place and allowed NATURE to take over! This indicates that the current owners NEVER intended to live in the house--they had their own selfish agenda--Destroy the House. Demolition of the House will hurt the wild animal & plant life & rob us of California history.

any of you good folk make an offer to buy the place?

I had the pleasure of living in that home for one year, and the memories of that time are etched into my heart as well as my mind. What a loss this is for all Californians. Is there no chance for a stay of execution?

Dear Kristina,
Thank you for this article. In the online version I am viewing, could you please include a link to our webstie, which is www.brioneshouse.org
??
We would really appreciate it!
Thank you.
Sally Wiatrolik, webmaster
JBHF

So much of our Californio history has been lost to development--please, let's preserve what little we do have left. The Juana Briones house should remain as a tribute to the resilience, creativity, and courage of a great California pioneer.

I'm with eric on this. Sorry, eric.

Vladimir Guerrero wrote:

The building in question is part of the strong Hispanic (Spanish, Mexican and Native American) heritage of our state, the cultural substratum from which California's tolerance for racial, national, religious, sexual and personal differences originated.

Sexual...from the Briones house? Who knew.

Please find a solution to protect and preserve this home. It is a part of our history. Although raised in the Bay Area, and now living in San Diego, I support preserving and protecting this home.