No. 3 - Cordrey House

210 Davidson Street

This home was built in 1888 for Alfred Haines, a noted attorney and judge. He served as vice president of the California State Bar Association and was a recognized authority on legal questions pertaining to water. In 1900, he appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue for Chula Vista growers in what became known as the Chula Vista Water Rate Case. Judge Haines surrounded this orchard house with citrus trees.

Another important owner of this house was Hancil Cordrey, who purchased the property around 1919. Cordrey worked as a carpenter and later became a chiropractor. When he purchased this house, Cordrey converted a barn on the property into a manufacturing plant where he created and produced specialty hardware.

This house is significant as the home of the Haines and Cordrey families and as one of the few remaining Victorian orchard houses in Chula Vista.