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The Marston House Museum & Gardens is a historic site in San Diego that was home to one of the most prominent and philanthropic families in the region. In this presentation by the Save Our Heritage Organisation, information will be presented about the historic Marston family, Marston’s Department Store and the exhibit that celebrates their accomplishments.
Highlights of the Marston family's progressive social and political views, leadership, legacy, as well as George Marston's business success will be showcased. The patriarch of this remarkable family helped shape San Diego as we know it today by fostering and directing the creation of Balboa Park and the two expositions held there. Marston also had the foresight to create Presidio Park (and its Serra Museum), Torrey Pines State Park and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. We will emphasize why George Marston is known as one of San Diego's earliest, most prominent historic preservationists and environmentalists, as well as a lifelong supporter of the arts, architecture, and landscape design. The Marston family's commitment to well-educated, cultured living underscored by a strong public consciousness continues to this day, thanks to Marston's generous, civic-minded descendants.