Reading the Inscriptions at Yung See San Fong One of the pleasures of studying a historic house is discovering the small, intentional details that shape the experience of entering it. At Yung See San Fong, that experience includes a pair of vertical Chinese inscriptions placed on bamboo shaped posts beside an opening placed their by …
We are the stewards of a house, and of a statue, that ask hard questions. Yung See San Fong was built by Ruth and Sanborn Young in the Chinese style, and on its grounds stands a Buddha carved by Robert Treat Paine for the Chinese pageants Los Gatos staged from 1919 to 1947. Neither the …
After Establishing His House In Los Gatos, Sanborn felt compelled to run for State Senate Sanborn ran a successful campaign as a Republican, but many things in his campaign were remarkable progressive for his age. Both he and his wife believed strongly in the mind set of independance from government, but considering his campaign was …
On January 12, 1918, the San Jose Mercury Herald devoted a full editorial-page feature to a single house call: “We started, on that Sunday afternoon to call on our first celebrity.” The celebrity was Ruth Comfort Mitchell: the poet, playwright, and short story writer living in her Chinese-styled hillside home above Los Gatos, Yung See …
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At the time color film was reserved for a very small part of the population. This shows the Senator and his wife enjoying the front porch. Note at the end, the kitchen area is shown with the current Skylight. The Skylight was extremely advanced technology at the time. Contemporaries noted Ms. Mitchell’s clothes, jewelry, stationery, …
When Beatrice comes to the property with her crew, you know that she’s the boss. So, why is it called Carlo’s Tree Service? Because her Dad, now retired, started the company 20 years ago. Since he retired, she has been running it solo, with her two crews of tree experts. The Yung See San Fong …
Some professionals rely on flashy marketing and aggressive networking to get your attention. Fernando Sirias just relies on his results. He is so consistently in demand that he has never actually taken the time to print a business card—and frankly, he hasn’t needed to. His reputation is built entirely on word-of-mouth, unwavering client trust, and …
To say that beauty from the ground up is part of Tony and Otoneil Lopez’s life would be an understatement. This father-and-son team knows their stuff, and they were thrilled to recently become the Master Gardeners for the Yung See San Fong House. It’s fortunate for the property that they love their work, because there …