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here to Read January 2023 Point Loma OB Monthly
article on the Assembly's history
Nov 6, 1911 - Twenty-eight civic-minded Point Loma ladies
assembled to organize a local improvement society creating
Point Loma Assembly.
May, 1913 - Mr. Jennings offered four lots to the
Assembly for free provided the Assembly would
incorporate and build within one year at a cost not less
than $2,000.
August 30, 1913 - Point Loma Assembly was incorporated.
June, 1914 - Work began on the new clubhouse.
September 21, 1914 - The 41 members held the first
Assembly meeting in the new building. The clubhouse soon
hosted a variety of functions -- Campfire Girls, Sunday
School and Church services, parties, civic meetings,
election polls, dancing classes, plays, city library
deposit station, and a Christmas party for school
children -- as well as the Assembly meetings.
January 4, 1915 - Formal opening of the Point Loma
Assembly clubhouse.
1917 - The clubhouse was turned into Red Cross work
rooms for sewing and knitting. Many dances were given
for service men during World War I.
November 26, 1935 - Upon Frank Jenning's death, his
sons generously wrote a new grant deed stipulating that
the property could be sold to Point Loma Assembly on
January 1, 1946 for $5 if all prevailing terms had been
met.
December 7, 1941 - At the beginning of World War II,
Assembly again became a Red Cross Distribution Center
for all of Point Loma.
January 1, 1946 - Point Loma Assembly gets full title
to the property per grant deed from 1935.
The next 50 years saw the Point Loma Assembly
membership grow to over 160 members. Gardening classes,
annual flower shows, art exhibitions, music, square
dancing, philanthropic work, Mr. Benjamin's dance
lessons, and social times continued.
2004 - The clubhouse was given an overall
upgrade/update with painting, new carpet, window
coverings, chairs and kitchen appliances. Its palm tree
was sold and replaced with an orchid tree.
The future looks bright for Point Loma Assembly as it
continues to be "where the community likes to meet".
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