HENRY ALLEN RISPIN & 1920S CAPITOLA
"The Capitola Company . . . [is] making preparations to give a few free outdoor exhibitions to stimulate a little life into the general routine of things during the season, and commencing Sunday a company of cowboys with horses, mules, and bulls, will give a bucking exhibition." --Santa Cruz Evening News, June 29, 1920
Quiz Questions
(Only one correct answer per question. Answers at end.)
1. Capitola-by-the-Sea is
A. A name used since Capitola's founding in the early 1870s
B. A name widely used by H. A. Rispin
C. The official name of the town
D. Was used at incorporation but later changed to just Capitola
2. Rispin wanted to build a golf course
A. At Opal Cliffs
B. At Capitola Heights
C. On Depot Hill
D. In the Riverview Terrace neighborhood
3. What famous actor sold real estate for Rispin before becoming famous?
A. Walter Brennan
C. William S. Hart
D. Frank Morgan
E. Gary Cooper
4. As a young man, Rispin
A. Sold insurance
B. Sold some of the first automobiles
E. Played the tuba in an orchestra
D. Managed a theater
5. In 1923 Rispin offered to trade the town of Capitola for
A. An amusement park at Coney Island
B. Stock in Coca-Cola
C. Oil wells in Wyoming
D. Sutro Baths in San Francisco
6. Construction of the Rispin mansion took
A. Six months
B. Almost a year
C. Over a year
D. Almost three years
7. One of Rispin’s early plans was to
A. Replace the Hotel Capitola with one in the Spanish style
B. Build a permanent dam at the mouth of the creek
C. Build a breakwater to create a harbor
D. Move the Catholic Church to another location
8. According to census records, Rispin was born in
A. England
B. Canada
C. New York
D. San Francisco
9. Rispin invited which president to make Capitola his summer home?
A. Wilson
B. Harding
C. Coolidge
D. Hoover
10. In the early 1930s, when the Rispin Mansion was owned by the Smith family, they named it
A. Creekview
B. Bayview Terrace
C. Spanish Gables
D. Capitola Place
11. In the late 1930s there was a proposal to use the Rispin Mansion as a
A. Sanitarium
B. Movie company headquarters
C. Fancy restaurant
D. Private school
Answers
1. (B) Capitola-by-the-Sea was a name widely used by Rispin.
2. (D) Rispin wanted to build a golf course in the Riverview Terrace neighborhood. Instead, he built one at Monterey Bay Heights.
3. (A) Walter Brennan briefly sold real estate for Rispin.
4. (D) As a young man, Rispin worked as a theater manager.
5. (C) In 1923, Rispin offered to trade the town for oil wells in Wyoming.
6. (C) Mansion construction took over a year.
7. (A) Rispin wanted to replace the Hotel Capitola.
8. (B) Rispin was born in Ontario, Canada.
9. (C) Rispin offered his house to President Calvin Coolidge.
10. (D) Capitola Place
11. (B) A movie company wanted to make its headquarters there.
(Only one correct answer per question. Answers at end.)
1. Capitola-by-the-Sea is
A. A name used since Capitola's founding in the early 1870s
B. A name widely used by H. A. Rispin
C. The official name of the town
D. Was used at incorporation but later changed to just Capitola
2. Rispin wanted to build a golf course
A. At Opal Cliffs
B. At Capitola Heights
C. On Depot Hill
D. In the Riverview Terrace neighborhood
3. What famous actor sold real estate for Rispin before becoming famous?
A. Walter Brennan
C. William S. Hart
D. Frank Morgan
E. Gary Cooper
4. As a young man, Rispin
A. Sold insurance
B. Sold some of the first automobiles
E. Played the tuba in an orchestra
D. Managed a theater
5. In 1923 Rispin offered to trade the town of Capitola for
A. An amusement park at Coney Island
B. Stock in Coca-Cola
C. Oil wells in Wyoming
D. Sutro Baths in San Francisco
6. Construction of the Rispin mansion took
A. Six months
B. Almost a year
C. Over a year
D. Almost three years
7. One of Rispin’s early plans was to
A. Replace the Hotel Capitola with one in the Spanish style
B. Build a permanent dam at the mouth of the creek
C. Build a breakwater to create a harbor
D. Move the Catholic Church to another location
8. According to census records, Rispin was born in
A. England
B. Canada
C. New York
D. San Francisco
9. Rispin invited which president to make Capitola his summer home?
A. Wilson
B. Harding
C. Coolidge
D. Hoover
10. In the early 1930s, when the Rispin Mansion was owned by the Smith family, they named it
A. Creekview
B. Bayview Terrace
C. Spanish Gables
D. Capitola Place
11. In the late 1930s there was a proposal to use the Rispin Mansion as a
A. Sanitarium
B. Movie company headquarters
C. Fancy restaurant
D. Private school
Answers
1. (B) Capitola-by-the-Sea was a name widely used by Rispin.
2. (D) Rispin wanted to build a golf course in the Riverview Terrace neighborhood. Instead, he built one at Monterey Bay Heights.
3. (A) Walter Brennan briefly sold real estate for Rispin.
4. (D) As a young man, Rispin worked as a theater manager.
5. (C) In 1923, Rispin offered to trade the town for oil wells in Wyoming.
6. (C) Mansion construction took over a year.
7. (A) Rispin wanted to replace the Hotel Capitola.
8. (B) Rispin was born in Ontario, Canada.
9. (C) Rispin offered his house to President Calvin Coolidge.
10. (D) Capitola Place
11. (B) A movie company wanted to make its headquarters there.