Qualla: Encinitas Boathouses

Encinitas Boathouses: Introduction

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

On a quiet street in Encinitas, two houses sit facing the world like ships that never left port. The S.S. Encinitas and S.S. Moonlight were built in 1929 to look exactly like ocean-going vessels — complete with portholes, rounded bows, and the unmistakable silhouette of a boat hull — yet they have never touched water. They are the legacy of Miles Minor Kellogg, a builder whose father captained ships at sea, and whose own imagination apparently refused to stay landlocked.

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Encinitas Boathouses: A Sea Captain's Son Builds His Dream

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Miles Minor Kellogg grew up with the ocean in his blood. His father was a sea captain, and when Kellogg turned his hand to construction in Encinitas — a coastal town whose very name nods to the oaks that once shaded its hillsides — he decided that the Pacific setting deserved som...

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Encinitas Boathouses: From Novelty to National Register

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

For most of their life the boathouses served as private residences, quietly delighting the neighborhood while the rest of Encinitas grew up around them. When the Encinitas Preservation Association recognized their irreplaceable character, the organization made the considerable fi...

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Encinitas Boathouses: What Endures

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The story of the boathouses is partly about eccentricity and partly about affection. Kellogg did not build them to attract tourists or generate press coverage; he built them because he was inspired by the ocean setting of the town where he chose to live and work. That the structu...

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