Jerry's Mom's vacation house, Austin Creek, Cazadero, CA

Exact address in unknown.

Up on "Austin Creek" is the vacation home Jerry's Mom bought in Cazadero, CA.


Jerry rehearsed here in
Winter 1958  Daniel Garcia
"Up on "Austin Creek", (about 60 miles north of San Francisco), near the "Russian River" town of Cazadero; Daniel & Jerry played guitar for hours in the family room of the vacation home Jerry's mom bought.(2)

"Tiff Garcia, Jerry's brother, said that the house was "rustic but modern". "It had a nice big living room, a lot of windows; it was in a really pretty area."(1)


Cousin Daniel Garcia recalls, "We used to go up to Cazadero and sit in the family room and smoke Bull Durham cigarettes and play our guitars for hours. Hours and hours until my fingers literally bled. We'd play Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, everything".(1)




1.)^Jackson, Blair, Garcia: An American Life, pg. 23.
2.)^Allan, Alex,  Robert Greenfield's "Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia, pg. 36, 63-64
3.)^Scully, Rock,  Living With The Dead, pg. 70.

Pilgrimage Theater, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. E., Los Angeles, CA

Entrance to The Pilgrimage Theater, 1923

Capacity 1245

The Theosophical Society’s 1918 production of ”The Light of Asia,” a pageant based on Edwin Arnold’s epic poem on the life of the Buddha. That hit led it's Theosophist organizers to search for a permanent amphitheater for large-scale and (they hoped) inspirational pageants. One of the pageant’s stars, H. Ellis Reed, soon discovered in nearby Daisy Dell not just a larger version of Beachwood Canyon but the largest natural amphitheater in the United States. Christine Wetherill Stevenson (Mrs. William Yorke Stevenson(1908) and formerly the wife of John V. Rice, Jr.(1902)) and another wealthy arts patron, Mrs. Chauncey D. Clarke (Marie Rankin Clarke) each contributed $21,000 toward the $47,500 purchase price, with the remaining funds donated by other Alliance members. Once the land was purchased, construction began on what would become the Hollywood Bowl.
Although Stevenson ended her involvement (and was reimbursed for her share of the
purchase) when other organizers decided the Bowl would fulfill a civic rather than religious function, she must have been pleased by the Bowl’s first large-scale event: the Easter Sunrise Service of 1921.(5)   
Stevenson, heiress to the Pittsburgh Paint Company fortune, purchased 29 acres of land across the street from the Hollywood Bowl and built the Pilgrimage Theater.  The Amphitheater was constructed in 1920 before there was even a theatre at the Hollywood Bowl.

Designed in Judaic architecture to resemble the gates of Jerusalem, it was originally built as the site of the "Pilgrimage Play Theatre" where an annual twelve-part Passion Play depicting the life and death of Jesus Christ was presented, with a short break during WWII when the theatre was used to house servicemen.

Many local actors and actresses performed in the annual Pilgrimage Play. While attending Hollywood High School, Fay Wray appeared in the Play. Exhilarated by this brush with show business, she decided to try her luck as a film actress.

The music for the Pilgrimage Play was written by noted composer of that era, Arthur Farwell, with additional "scenic" music by Dane Rudhyar, noted mysticist proclaimed as "the father of karmic astrology."(1)

As a sidenote, Christine Wetherill Stevenson founded the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1915, it is housed in the former Samuel Price Wetherill mansion — he was a descendant of Samuel Wetherill, who along with Betsy Ross was a member of the Free Quaker Meeting House.(6)

Christine Wetherill Stevenson at The Pilgrimage Theater, 1921

When she died in 1922, Christine Wetherill Stevenson was remembered with a stone cross, which stood atop the hill over-looking the Pilgrimage Theater. The cross stood tall and was lit only during Easter when the "Pilgrimage Play" was performed. The public soon grew to appreciate the cross illuminated at night. For a while, Southern California Edison footed the bill that kept the cross lit.
The Pilgrimage Play was performed until 1964 when a lawsuit forced its closure — the argument against it was that public funds were being expended on a religious play. Thereafter, the structure slowly deteriorated. The following year the cross was damaged by fire and was replaced by a new cross, made of steel and Plexiglas. 
By 1980 church and state politics again got in the way of the county's support of the cross. This prompted Hollywood Heritage to step in and purchase the site. Within four years the cross suffered the detrimental effects of vandalism, followed by a windstorm, which knocked it over.
In 1985, volunteers erected a new cross 17-feet in height.
In 1993 High Adventure Ministries built the current cross standing 33 feet tall.
Finally, in 1997, the Church on the Way took over the care and maintenance of the cross on the Cahuenga Pass.(4)

Photo courtesy of Charles Richard Lester
Copyright ©2012
www.1377731.com/ford

The original wooden theatre burned down in 1929 and was rebuilt in concrete by the WPA and reopened in 1931.(3)

The late, previous County Supervisor John Anson Ford, who lived to be 100,  got funding for capital development in the early 1970s.

Renamed in 1976, the John Anson Ford Amphitheater, located in the Hollywood Hills, is owned and controlled by the County of Los Angeles and located in a county regional park. The Amphitheatre is considered to be one of the oldest performing arts sites in Los Angeles still in use.

Photo courtesy of Charles Richard Lester
Copyright ©2012
www.1377731.com/ford

The open-air amphitheater sits on a forty-five acre park located in the Cahuenga Pass, nestled against a backdrop of cypress and chaparral. It is fairly intimate — no patron is more than ninety-six feet away from the stage. The Amphitheater offers a wide array of performances featuring world music, jazz, dance chamber music, theater, pop music, and family events during the months of May through October. (2)

In 2000, a 1.6 million-dollar renewal of the entryway to the theatres was commenced. The new entryway features winding paths that create a more ongoing climb from the box office, a waterfall, two dozen species of trees and plants, and pocket picnic areas. At the top of the entryway is Edison Plaza, a gathering place where customers can eat, shop and pick up information about the theater.(2) For daytime performances, the seating area is usually shaded by a parachute-like awning which is withdrawn for night-time concerts.(3)

Dancing in the aisles by performers and audience members is common.

Photo courtesy of Charles Richard Lester
Copyright ©2012
www.1377731.com/ford

Jerry performed here on
4/20/74 Great American String Band (this band only played three gigs, this was the first).

Jerry Garcia - banjo, vocals

David Grisman - mandolin, vocals

Richard Greene - guitar, fiddle

Taj Mahal - bass

or

Buell Neidlinger - bass

David Nichtern - guitar, vocals(7)

1.)^A Brief History of the John Anson Ford Amphitheater, http://www.1377731.com/ford/page5.html
2.)^http://www.1377731.com/ford/page5.html 
3.)^Deioma, Kayte, An Intimate Theatre Under the Stars, http://golosangeles.about.com/od/performingartsinla/qt/Ford_Theatre.htm
4.)^Frances, Hope, The Cross at Cahuenga" - Shining God's love down upon Hollywood, 2006-10-17, http://lightscameragod.blogspot.com/2006/10/cross-at-cahuenga-shining-gods-love.html
5.)^When Shakespeare Came to Beachwood Canyon: “Julius Caesar,” 1916, http://underthehollywoodsign.wordpress.com/tag/christine-weatherill-stevenson/
6.)^http://www.ushistory.org/districts/rittenhouse/alltogether.htm
7.)^Westover, Bryce W., http://www.dead101.com/1280.htm
Henken, John. The Hollywood Bowl. Balcony Press, Los Angeles. 1996.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tinzhaven&id=I2584

Jerry's house, 1339 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA

 1339 Willow Road in Menlo Park, near Hamilton Avenue(though not the Hamilton Ave in Palo Alto), was on the opposite side of the 101 (Bayshore) freeway from the residential part of Menlo Park. It was essentially East Menlo Park (as the locals called it), paralleling East Palo Alto (a "location" but not yet a town) just a few blocks over.(2)

East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park were both rundown areas, unincorporated San Mateo County land for the most part. As recently as the 1950s, people had kept sheep and other animals in their backyards in East Palo Alto. I don't know if they still did so in the 60s, but it was pretty quiet. The relatively few African Americans in the South Bay lived in the East MP/East PA area. The notorious 'Whisky Gulch', the nearest place to Palo Alto where you could buy liquor, was on University Ave in East PA, just West of where the Ikea is now.(2)

This address appears to now be condos.

"Under a brooding photo of Paul Speegle Jr.,was a headline that read "Speegle's Son Killed In Crash", and the accompanying story gave the vital stats on the car's other occupants, mentioning "Jerry Garcia, 18, 1339 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, "fair condition with a shoulder injury".(1)


Jerry practiced here in
1961



1.)^Jackson, Blair, Garcia: An American Life, pg 33.
2.)^Arnold, Corry, comments, 2012-08-10,  http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1614349165198514057#editor/target=post;postID=8967634660624810531

Jerry's mother's apartment above The 400 Club, 400 1st Street and Harrison, San Francisco, CA

...the "400 Club" neighborhood of Rincon Hill in SOMA (South of Market) in San Francisco.


"I grew up in a bar," Jerry said. "And that was back in the days when the Orient was still the Orient, and it hadn't been completely Americanized yet. They'd bring back all these weird things. Like one guy had the largest private collection of photographs of square-riggers. He was an old sea captain, and he had a mint condition '47 Packard that he parked out front. And he had a huge wardrobe of these beautifully tailored double-breasted suits from the '30s. And he'd tell these incredible stories. That was one of the reasons I couldn't stay in school [later]. School was a little too boring. These guys gave me a glimpse into a larger universe that seemed attractive and fun and, you know, crazy."



Jerry practiced here at least, on
August 1, 1957






1.)^http://www.darkstarpalace.com/2010/07/jerry-garcia-and-400-club.html

John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus, 118 Hofstra University, West Hempstead, NY

In 1942, John Cranford Adams published a book, The Globe Playhouse, Its Design and Equipment.

John Cranford Adams

Since 1958 the Shakespeare Festival has been held in the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, originally known as The Hofstra Playhouse. In most years the replica of the Globe has been used as the setting for the Shakespeare Festival.(1)

John Cranford Adams Playhouse includes a complete stage with its own box office. The dance and drama departments also have offices in the 40,504 square foot building. The structure was designed by Aymar Embury who also did the early alterations in 1961-1963.

In 1974 the building was dedicated to Hofstra President John Cranford Adams. Dr. Adams was President of Hofstra University from 1944 to 1964.

Jerry performed here on
11/21/77 early and late shows JGB






1.)^https://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges/Hclas/DD/dd_shakespearefestival.html

Jerry's room, 710 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, CA

Since most records were lost when city hall burned in the 1906 earthquake and fire, we do not know who designed and built many of the city’s Victorian era structures, or if indeed anybody did design them as we define that term today. The fact that some of the buildings did, indeed, have architects is today almost incidental; it is not in their origins that value exists but in the fact that they survived the 1906 earthquake and fire and, in many cases, misguided improvements, years of neglect, and looming demolition for newer construction.
The Haight survived the 1906 earthquake and fire relatively unscathed. During the Depression of the 1930s, many of the respectable Victorian era homes were turned into low-rent rooming houses.(2)

Since most of the neighborhood was built up during the late Victorian era, gables, plasterworks and towers with finials dominate the architectural landscape. In 1976 about 1,160 Victorian era structures remained in the Haight-Ashbury, roughly three-quarters of them in the Queen Anne style.(2)

Page 127, middle: Mountain Girl's guided tour of 710 Ashbury:
"You come in the front door and on your left is the dining room/front parlor with big sliding doors that are open, so it's two rooms made into one. There are beautiful stained glass borders on these bay windows that look out into the street. In that room is Weir's bed and a big green, fold-out lounge chair that Bob Matthews lived in. There was another set of sliding doors at the end and that led into Pigpen's dark little room. He had another door going in there from the kitchen. The dining room had a big table and that's where a lot of the business got done, and a lot of the interviews were done there. The kitchen was straight back, and the staircase went up to the right. On the upper floor was Rock's room, which had a few stairs going out onto a little gravel-roof deck over the kitchen, and there was Jerry's room, which was the one you see in the pictures with the American flag on the wall. So I moved in Jerry's room there. And then there was the front room, with a beautiful old Victorian fireplace and old curtains that were falling apart, and really ancient rugs on the floor that were crumbling but you could still faintly see these gorgeous designs on them. Danny lived in the basement apartment with Laird, and sometimes Laird lived in the attic."(1)

Page 140, bottom; Rosie McGee's 710 bust story:
"I was not living at the house at the time; I was living up the hill with Phil, but I got my mail there. So I came down to the house, which was also the band office at the time, and as I was coming up the stairs, I saw Sue Swanson motioning me away — 'Don't come in, don't come in!' — but it was too late and they came out on the stairs and pulled me into the house and arrested me. The bust was happening inside at that moment. They put everybody in the tiny little kitchen while they were waiting for the wagon to come. I was pretty nervous because I had a giant ball of hash in my purse, which I had over my shoulder but under a poncho. So we were sitting in the kitchen and they had one cop watching us in the doorway, though his back was to us — I mean, we weren't going anywhere! Meanwhile they're searching the house upstairs. Sue Swanson asks me if I want some ice cream, so she goes in the freezer and ladles out these bowls of vanilla ice cream. So while the cop wasn't looking, I took the ball of hash, crumbled it in my hand, put it in my vanilla ice cream and ate it; I ate the whole thing, because I didn't want it to be found on me."
By the time a paddy wagon arrived to take the arrested down to the Hall of Justice, a large crowd had gathered outside the house and they cheered as Pigpen and the others were led out, grinning and raising their arms in mock triumph. "As we were driving downtown," Rosie says, picking up her saga, "I started coming on to the hash, and I got very, very, very loaded; this was a lot of hash. I remember Sue Swanson propping me up on one side and Veronica propping me up on the other as we sat on the booking bench, because I was threatening to slide onto the floor into a puddle. Miraculously, I made it through the night, we got out early the next morning, and they dropped the charges on me because I wasn't actually there when the bust happened. But I literally couldn't speak for three days, and I was stoned for about two weeks."(1)

Photo by Herb Greene

Jerry must have played/practiced here quite a bit in 
October 1966-March 1968!

On the 2nd of October, 1967, narcotics agents raided 710 Ashbury Street with a dozen reporters and television crews tagging along. Pigpen, Bob Weir and nine others were arrested for possession of marijuana. Charges were later dropped, but the case got national attention when it was covered in the first issue of “Rolling Stone”. 

The landlord's name was Ellis Dee when they lived here.
 



1.)^Jackson, Blair, Garcia:An American Life, pg.127, 140
2.)^Kenning, Kaleene, Architecture Overview: Haight-Ashbury, 2011-01-09, http://www.examiner.com/article/architecture-overview-haight-ashbury
3.)^Fellowship Of Intentional Community, http://www.ic.org/wiki/710a-ashbury-st-grateful-dead-house/#The_raid_on_710_and_the_end_of_the_communal_house