The Tom Cozens Home
(112 C street)
In
1890, pioneer E.G. Hammond helped his son-in-law and daughter, Tom
and Annie Cozens, build a new home along the bluff near G street.
Ten years later, with droughts deepening, Mr. Cozens sought a way of
insuring their household would always have a reliable water supply.
His solution was to move the house to the bluff overlooking
Cottonwood Creek, then dig a well in the canyon below. In time, he
added a protective cover around it... the discarded metal bar
enclosure of the town's jail.
With the completion of Lake Hodges Dam in 1922,
running water became available to townspeople and the Cozens were
the first to install an indoor bathtub.
“I remember when the only bathtub we had in
Encinitas was the Pacific Oceanâ€. - Bert Cozens, son of Tom and
Annie Cozens