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'''Sedgwick Lynch''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24679675/s-j-lynch 1822-1881]) was a very active builder/contractor in Santa Cruz County from the 1850s through the 1870s. He built the 1866 County Courthouse, several buildings along Pacific Avenue and probably both the Davis & Cowell and railroad wharfs. He did a lot of business with both Davis & Cowell and Frederick Hihn. The 1877 house at 174 West Cliff Drive was designed by [[Morrow, John|John Morrow]], and survives today as a B&B. After the 1910 death of widow Jane Lynch ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24679711/jane-lynch 1842-1910]), the house was leased by [[Hanly, Mary J.|Mary Jane Hanly]] for her "sanitorium", prior to construction of the Hanly Hospital next door. Elliott has an 1879 drawing of the recently-built house - which looks nearly the same today, though everything around it in the drawing has changed. 
*[[History Pages: 33 - When Santa Cruz Had Four Wharfs]] 
* John L. Chase, ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter One, item (11), page 6. 

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