Spreckels Beach House is an early twentieth century mansion and private residence in Coronado, California. The Spanish Colonial house is the location of the death of six year Maxfield Aaron Shacknai and his father's girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1908/00/00 | Harrison Albright | Architect | Spreckels beach House is built per plans by Harrison Albright for John D Spreckels. | |||
| 1910/00/00 | John D Spreckels | Home | Claus and Ellis Spreckels receive "the beach house" as a wedding present from the grooms father, John D Spreckels. | |||
| 1928/00/00 | Richard S Requa | Architect | Claus works with architect Richard Requa in designing a guesthouse and garage with two apartments above it. | |||
| 2011/07/11 | Max Shacknai, six year son of Jonah Shacknai, falls head-first over a second-floor banister, suffering injuries to his head and spinal cord. Max, critically injured and unresponsive, is rushed to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. | |||||
| 2011/07/13 | Max Shacknai's uncle, Adam Shacknai, finds Rebecca Zahau, 32, hanging naked from the second-story balcony of her boyfriend's mansion in Coronado, Calif. The death will be ruled a suicide. | |||||
| 2011/07/16 | Maxfield Aaron Shacknai, age 6, dies at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego due to brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation resulting from his fall. | |||||
| 2011/09/02 | San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore declares Rebecca Zahau's death a suicide and Max Shacknai's death an accident, and that neither was the result of foul play. | |||||
| 2018/11/00 | County of San Diego's Chief Medical Examiner concludes that extensive investigative findings had been "correctly concluded" and that the "cause and manner of" Zahau's death was suicide. |
| Particulars for Spreckels Beach House: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Building Type | Mansion |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Architectural Style | Spanish Colonial Revival |
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