Historic Julia Morgan cottages on Angel Island to be rebuilt (The Ark)

November 8, 2023

By Gretchen Lang

In 1971, firefighters deliberately torched 12 small cottages at the Angel Island Immigration Station as part of a training exercise. No one seemed to care that the cottages had been designed by renowned California architect Julia Morgan. The cottages burned to the ground with only their cement foundations remaining.

Now Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation officials have secured a $1-million state grant to rebuild two of the free-standing cottages using Morgan’s surviving drawings.

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Hannah Schoenberger