Address: 1528 Cliff Drive
It is easy to miss the home at 1528 Cliff Drive as you cruise along the Mesa’s main thoroughfare. The house sits above the road, surrounded by lush greenery. But it’s worth slowing down and looking up the hill at this high-style Spanish Colonial Revival house. In addition to the colorful flowers in the gardens, it has been home to several colorful residents in its 95 years of existence.
This home is one of five adobes built on either side of La Vista del Oceano, on the north side of Cliff Drive, in the mid-1920s. Fred Roskop was the builder. He had lived in Mexico for several years, where he learned adobe construction, before he settled in Santa Barbara in 1919. In addition to building homes, he was responsible for building the adobe Monterey-style Mihran Studio Building at 17-21 East Carrillo Street.