Hi Everyone, A little while back, I posted a query to the lists for information on the HARLAN family. I owe a big thank you to "Carol" for checking her research notes and sending me what information she had on the family. Benjamin Caleb HARLAN was the owner of the property who commissioned pioneer California architect William Henry WEEKS to build a Queen Anne style house in ca. 1898-1900 in Salinas. The Kumar Construction Company saved the house from demolition by donating the structure to the Monterey County Historical Society. The house is now located at the Society's five-acre History Center. With the information supplied by "Carol" I got on the Internet and discovered that Benjamin Caleb HARLAN was a direct descendant of George HARLAN, a member of William PENN's original Quaker colony in Pennsylvania in 1687. The serendiptious part of it all (thanks to the lists) is that now the Society has a pair of houses built by direct descendants of original settlers. The HARLAN-commissioned Victorian Queen Anne house is nearby the Historical Landmark BORONDA Adobe, commissioned by a direct descendant of one of California's earliest settlers. Both men were born in California to parents who emigrated from elsewhere, and are representative of two major periods of California history. I'm still working on the rest of the owners of the house and have so far discovered that the next owner was a member of a pioneer Monterey County family who originated in Canada and England. Descendants still live in the county and still own the business their great great grandfather started. The third owner of the house was Ell K. DUDA. I plan to locate his obituary tomorrow to learn more about him, but it appears that he might have originated in Eastern Europe. The Society plans to open the Queen Anne house as a Victorian House Museum, to complement the BORONDA Adobe, which depicts typical home life during the pre-statehood period of California. If anyone has ever lived at 459 Soledad Street, Salinas, or knows of someone who has lived in the house, please contact me. Happy Thanksgiving! Anita C. Monterey County