{"nrhp_refnum":"98000700","name":"Fleming, Guy and Margaret, House","other_names":["Torrey Pines Reserve Ranger Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12279 Torrey Pines Park Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.92206488900007,"lon":-117.25584303699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Conservation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, owner-built Pueblo Revival style house with a detached garage at 12279 Torrey Pines Park Road in San Diego, California, completed in 1927 within what became Torrey Pines State Reserve.","why_significant":"The house served as the Torrey Pines Preserve's park administration office (1927-1932) and then as the first headquarters of the state park system's Southern California District (1933-1948). It was the home of naturalist Guy L. Fleming, called the 'Father of Torrey Pines Reserve,' and his wife Margaret, a conservationist and landscape artist. It is also a rare surviving vernacular example of Pueblo Revival architecture, hand-built by Fleming and his carpenter father.","narrative":"Built in 1927 on a ledge cut into a hillside overlooking the Soledad Valley estuary and the Pacific, this two-story wood-frame house in San Diego's Torrey Pines area reflects a vernacular Pueblo Revival style. Naturalist Guy L. Fleming and his carpenter father, John A. J. Fleming, built it by hand. Rough tawny stucco, rounded parapets, projecting vigas and stepped flat roofs evoke adobe construction, and a detached garage repeats the look. The house also served the reserve. It was the Torrey Pines Preserve's park administration office from 1927 to 1932 and the first headquarters of the state park system's Southern California District from 1933 to 1948. Guy Fleming, regarded as the Father of Torrey Pines Reserve, and his wife Margaret, a conservationist and landscape artist, welcomed visiting botanists and naturalists there. Few examples of the style survive, even modest ones. After a threat of demolition, the house remains a ranger residence in the reserve.","period_of_significance":"1927-1948","architect_builder":"Builders: Fleming, John Angel James and Fleming, Guy L.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Pueblo Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently occupied as the residence of the Torrey Pines State Reserve's resident ranger; it was once threatened with demolition and has had roof leaks and bee infestations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.339654-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/98000700.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000700/188f9b0b2d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000700/188f9b0b2d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Racoats","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guy_and_Margaret_Fleming_House_-_Built_1927._Torrey_Pines_State_Reserve,_San_Diego,_CA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Racoats</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guy_and_Margaret_Fleming_House_-_Built_1927._Torrey_Pines_State_Reserve,_San_Diego,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860859","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_and_Margaret_Fleming_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/fleming-guy-and-margaret-house-98000700/"}