The Albert H Beach House

This is the original owner and builder.

​

The property where the house is located was originally owned by the Escondido Land and Town Company and was purchased by A. H. Beach from the Stanley Heights Addition in 1887 and the house was built in 1896. A Times-Advocate article February 7, 1896 stated that Albert H. and Annie Beach were at home in their new house. Beach was a real estate agent and representative of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company. He invested heavily in land during the railroad boom of the 1880s and at one time was an agent and manager of the Escondido and San Marcos Abstract and Title Company. When the first telephone was installed in Escondido in 1886, one small switchboard served the entire community. Beach was the agent. Beach was secretary of a committee working during 1893 for the split of San Diego County into North County and San Diego County. Beach faded from the scene about 1897 and local stories indicate he may have lost the house and other real estate through over investment.