North San Diego County Adobe Builders
Between 1950 and the mid-1980’s a number of architects, designers, developers and builders made use of locally available adobe blocks to build homes and commercial buildings throughout the area. A few of the more prominent ones are listed here, click on them for more info:
Don Burton Master Adobe Builder
Arrowsmith-Burton Adobe project list address draft 4
burton block invoice for 2805 ross lane
This is a partial Weir Bros. project list
Mike and Steve Goodbody; builders, designer’s, brickyard owners:
Articles about Forrest Holly, a blind adobe brick-maker and builder from Ramona:
Holly Blind Man adobe SDU 03 21 1951
Holly Adobe Mt Helix area SDU 08 24 1952
James Skidmore, Artist and Carpenter
Bob Minkler, Home Designer and Draftsman
Robert Gordon, Vista, Escondido, Fallbrook, and Pauma Valley Architect
One of the first builders of Modern Adobe residential in South Escondido: Ismael D. Sanchez, Adobe Builder 1894-1967
Central Valley builders:
http://www.valcomnews.com/remembering-les-meinzer-the-arden-area%E2%80%99s-adobe-builder/
