Stop 19 - Magnolia House

Magnolia House

Tour Highlights

• Magnolia House, home to the Office of Admissions and Board of Trustee offices, was originally built in 1913 by the Williams Family for their daughter Corona on the event of her marriage
• The original house was 3,000 sq. ft. and in 1926, the house was doubled when the library wing was added
• In 1974, the property changed hands, and the new owners restored the property
• In 2007 Dominican acquired the property
• A four car garage and workshop behind the house called, The Carriage House houses the University’s HR department

Built in 1918 as a gift to Corona Williams and Robert Anderson. The house had colonial mansion decoration, and the inside of the house resembled east coast architecture. In 1983 the house was sold to Peggy W. Woodring, Robert Bell and, JoAnne Fabian. Unfortunately the house was empty and ran down that they had to remodel everything. After remodeling the house had an increase in the number of bedrooms to 11 and bathrooms to 5 and a half. In 2006 the house was placed on the market and the executive committee of the Board of Trustees of Dominican University of California became interested in the house.

The interest for Magnolia house was due to its close proximity to campus, Caleruega, and the availability of more office space. In February 15, 2007 Dominican purchased Magnolia house for $5.4 million. Magnolia house is now home to admissions and Human Resources.