A few weeks ago I made a short trip to San Diego, and I visited the Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park. Along with the beautiful art in the galleries, I was fixated on the doors (big surprise, right?!), which had SO MANY Fixed-it Friday fixes. I have never seen so many dutch doors in one place – there was even a sliding dutch door (terrible idea). It made me wonder why there were so many dutch doors…was it a stable at one point during the last 100ish years?
Any theories?
Here’s the slider in the open position…
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Weren’t Dutch doors developed to keep kids inside and animals outside?
I read this about their origin:
Inspired by stable doors, Dutch doors were first used on working farms in the Netherlands in the 17th century. They kept animals in, predators out, and air flowing through barns and stables. As the Dutch settled in the American Colonies, they brought these doors along, using them as entry doors in both barn and home architecture.
All I know is – I WANT ONE! 🙂
– Lori
I grew up in San Diego
Love all of Balboa area
Cannot answer the Dutch door question
It might have been for sales or showing the customs of each shop. Or more because of climate and away to circulate cool air