Dingee, William J.

William J. [Jackson] Dingee was an entrepreneur with a particular interest in cement production. In the 1900s, he bought and sold several properties in Santa Cruz, including the J. A. McGuire residence on "the Cliff Drive" and the adjacent property of Christian Hoffman. The combined West Cliff Drive properties were later subdivided as "Cliff Manor". Today's three branches of Manor Avenue were created to access the subdivision lots.

• John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter One, item (8), page 6. Speculates that the 1880s house now at 135 Gharkey Street was the McGuire house, moved here from "the Cliff Drive" after that property was bought by Dingee.
• "Dingee Purchases M'Guire Property on Cliff Drive", Evening Sentinel, 17 Aug 1907, 1:3.

In 1906, Dingee built the Davenport cement plant in Davenport, but went broke the following year. The plant had various later owners before shutting down