Guild, Jonathan H.

Jonathan H. [Harwood] Guild (1814-1870), a native of Connecticut, came to California during the Gold Rush and to Santa Cruz in the 1850s. In the 1860s, the family lived on upper Locust Street, but the 1866 map shows that Guild owned several other parcels in Santa Cruz by that time. Guild donated Locust Street land for the first Baptist church (noted in Elliott, p.69). The church building was later moved down the hill to Walnut Avenue.

• The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Four, entry (47), page 108