If the Judge and Mrs. Logan had been as busy as usual, Brookdale might not have happened. Unseated in the 1896 election, James Harvey Logan could not return to his previous job as bank president because a close friend was doing it. Meanwhile, the former Catherine Murphy was experiencing a serious case of empty nest syndrome.
With its majestic Redwood trees and rolling hills, the Santa Cruz Mountains are ideally perfect for building a “Hobbit” home. And that is exactly why Anna Pissanetzky and her husband Pablo decided to begin the endeavor of building one on their property in Scotts Valley.