Abbey San Encino Tour

Highland Park, CA - August 21, 2011 -  The Highland Park Heritage Trust held a wine and cheese fundraiser and tour to raise funds for preservation advocacy at Abbey San Encino. The Abbey San Encino was built by early pioneer and printer Abbot Clyde Browne, who envisioned a lay monastery of creative artisans. There he hoped to gather the best printers, bookbinders, and graphic artists of his day, all of them living there and working together. Browne was the grandfather of current resident, Severin Browne and brother Jackson Browne. Below, at center, local historian Charlie Fisher does docent duty as Severin and another local tour goer listens.