Bed & Breakfast Inns

HISTORY OF THE ARTIST: Debbie Patrick started drawing Bay Area Victorians in 1975, selling her hand water colored lithographs from a street-artist booth on Jefferson Street in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. In 1978, she and her husband, Jim, opened a small retail store called the Victorian Shoppe in a San Francisco waterfront shopping complex - Pier 39, and she began displaying needlepoint and cross-stitch Victorians the following year to complement her lithographs. Debbie has done over one hundred different Victorian designs, and this is her second cross-stitch book - (the first is called Victorian Homes #1) - in a continuing series which will eventually include Victorian Wineries, Victorian Mansions, Victorian Interiors and Gold Country Victorians. DESIGN NO. 23 - The Spencer House HISTORY: Designed by German architect Fred P. Rabin, this Queen Anne tower house was built in 1896 for Dr. John C. Spencer. At one time it boasted its own plant for distilling and purifying water and a children's playhouse which was converted into a garage in 1909. The Queen Anne Tower has a lofty polygonal accent plus Palladian windows and a triple-arched porch. It is now a picturesque bed and breakfast called the Spencer House run by Barbara and Jack Chambers. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 96 W x 108 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 13" x 14" 14 count: 11" x 12" 18 count: 9-1/2" x 10" DESIGN NO. 24 - The Morey Mansion HISTORY: David Morey and his wife Sarah, came to Redlands in 1882 to start a small orange ranch and retire. In 1889 they sold their ranch and set aside $20,000.00 to build their dream which is known today as the "Morey Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn". The architecture includes the Saracenic onion dome often seen in Eastern Europe, French mansard roof, Roman and Gothic arched windows, Ilalianate balustrades, and a Chinese traceried veranda. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 130 W x 94 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 12" x 15" 14 count: 10" x 12-1/2" 18 count: 9" x 11" DESIGN NO. 25 - Victorian Rose Inn HISTORY: Originally built as a homestead for a large walnut farm, the Rose Victorian Inn has made a beautiful transition to a delightful Bed & Breakfast. The four-storey home, built in 1855 for Charles & Henrietta Pitkin is located in the quite rural community of Arroyo Grande on California's Central Coast. Appropriately, the Inn is painted four shades of rose and two hundred rose bushes of various hues surround the mansion. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 100 W x 135 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 13" x 17" 14 count: 11" x 15" 18 count: 9-1/2" x 14" DESIGN NO. 18 - Gingerbread Mansion HISTORY: The Gingerbread Mansion is located in the fairytale town of Ferndale in Humboldt County. Built in 1899 as a doctor's residence, the Gingerbread Mansion was expanded to twice its size in the 192's and made into a hospital. When purchased in 1981 by Wendy Hatfield and Ken Torbert, the original portion of the building had been restored as a residence and the hospital annex was divided into large apartments. Gingerbread Mansion is now one large and very elegant mansion. DESIGN DIMENSIONS: 125 W x 100 H FABRIC CLOTH SIZE: 11 count: 12" x 14" 14 count: 11" x 13" 18 count: 8" x 10"