September 9, 2014
Today, we drove to Escalante, a 45 minute drive from our campground.
We spent several hours exploring the many rooms of Philip & Harriet Priska's gallery. Jonathan spent most of the time in the "Rock Room". Me in "Rachel Bentley's room". Philip shared stories about his visits with Rachel and how he acquired some of her paintings.
http://menlopark.org/DocumentCenter/View/4341
http://www.serenidadgallery.com
The following photos are from a walking tour of Esclanate. According to the brochure: "Escalante has been largely spared the ravages of demolition, and over 50% of its historically and architecturally significant buildings remain intact." We saw about 1/2 of the buildings described in the brochure!
The two story home was built in the 1880's.
It is built of brick, a common building material in Escalanate.
This street used to be the "main street".
The "Escalante Showhouse" was built in 1938. The front wall is inset with petrified wood. The roof was painted with "Escalante" for early aviators.
This is a photo of what the building and the street looked like in the 1950s.
This home was built in 1915 with cinder like bricks, made by a brick making machine. The back house is from 1900. We noticed several homes in Esclanate had back houses. This one was labeled "granary".
This back house was built in 1890. It is built with sandstone.
This image is on the main street of Escalante.
Several issues: culturally appropriate? historically accurate?
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