Timeline of Tustin business history and fire loss
Chronicle of local commerce from 1885 through 2011 detailing Dr James Sheldon founding a clinic later sold to Dr James Patton Boyd, Crawford’s Frock Shop in the late 1930s, a 250 square foot addition in 1914, Florence Stone as post mistress in the 1920s and 30s, The Jabberwocky opening in 1959, 1940s lodging lean-to for defense workers, Pottenger ownership in 1964, and a 2011 candle fire that destroyed most of the building and displaced The Vintage Lady gift shop.
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James Sheldon
Tustin
James Patton Boyd
Pottenger
Nathan Menard
Gretchen Whisler
Tustin Area
Vintage Lady
Jabberwocky in Historic Tustin Eyes Window Revival
Margaret Pottenger recalls the Jabberwocky store in downtown Tustin opened in 1959 with two front bay windows that drew teenage shoppers. A December 2011 fire nearly destroyed the 128 year old building. reconstruction aims to preserve the original facade and the famed windows while meeting modern codes.
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Margaret Pottenger
Tustin
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Ernie Crawford
Crawford
Florence Stone
BY Joshua Stewart
Orange County Register
Elizabeth Binsack
Teen Dress Shop
Whisler
Peppertree Park
Kevin Lara
Jim Shumar
Amiy Wong