Kimberly Crest

Mary Kimberly Shirk, an advocate for women's education and acting president of Scripps College during World War II, gave her home, Kimberly Crest, to the people of Redlands. The house, an excellent example of Chateauesque architecture designed by the firm of Dennis and Farwell, was constructed in 1897. Her parents purchased it in 1905 and added the magnificent Italian style gardens, designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom, in 1909. Her father, J. Alfred Kimberly, was a founder of the Kimberly-Clark Paper Company, and her mother, Helen Cheney Kimberly, was a strong supporter of the woman's club movement.

Redlands, California · United States