A free centennial celebration will take place today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the heart of the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
When visiting the lodge at Torrey Pines you may think of taking a relaxing spa, golf clubs and ogling romantic California craftsman architecture popularized by Greene and Greene designers in Pasadena.That’s because there are two equally magnificent Torrey Pines lodges almost next door to each other on Southern California’s scenic coastOne is the AAA Five Diamond resort known as the Lodge at Torrey Pines.
The lodge has been many things in its life — a restaurant, tea house, residence , and more. Today it serves as a museum, visitor information center, park ranger office and gathering place for hikers. At that time, the lodge offered a concession stand, where her grandparents sold candy, sodas, souvenirs and postcards of California and the reserve.
The Torrey pines are only found in San Diego County in their natural habitat and a subspecies of a Torrey pine discovered on Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara. Unlike most pine trees, which have three needles in each sheath, or bundle, Torrey pines produce five long needles, an adaptation to the desert climate to draw in more life-sustaining moisture from fog and dew.
The Southwestern-style lodge was built with a beehive-shaped kiva fireplace and decorative pole ladder in of Hopi Native American style. Meals were served in the lodge restaurant into the early-’50s, however, the restaurant’s heyday was 1923-1933 before Torrey Pines Road was re-routed.
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