Foster, Edward

Edward Foster (1839-1920, Harrison p.299), a native of Germany, bought half-interest in a Front Street (NE corner of Cooper) blacksmith shop in 1865, and the other half in 1870. He later entered the Foster & Lake partnership with George Lake. By 1900, the shop (as seen in the photo detail at right) had changed name and ownership (Ely).

In later remembrances, Elihu Anthony noted that this corner was the southern limit of the land he had purchased and subdivided in 1847-48.

• The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Four, item (9), page 86.

Son Oscar Albert Foster (1868-1955) is also profiled in Harrison, p.276.