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Revision as of 17:11, 27 June 2023
The Leibbrandt brothers, John and (Jacob?), built the Dolphin Bath House adjacent to Main Beach - one of the first year-round tourist-oriented businesses on the beach, a predecessor of today’s Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Competitor C. F. Miller built the Neptune Baths nearby. The competitors later became partners, before selling their "natatorium" to Fred Swanton in 1903.
There's disagreement among sources about when the structure shown in the photo was built, but my guess is that it was soon after the SCR rails were laid in 1875 (it was right next to the tracks). The brothers (and the route of the streetcar line) are remembered in the area by today’s Leibrandt Street which, in another of those curious local spelling mishaps, dropped one “b”.
- John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter One, item (40), page 26.
