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History · Pasatiempo

11% of Pasatiempo’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1955 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Pasatiempo’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Pasatiempo’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Pasatiempo’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pasatiempo’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewResidence of Wm. Kerr, near Santa Cruz,…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Pasatiempo came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pasatiempo.

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Pasatiempo was founded by Marion Hollins, winner of the 1921 Women's U.S. Amateur Golf title and captain of the US Curtis Cup team in 1932. Marion Hollins came to California in the mid-1920s to work for Samuel Morse, owner of the Pebble Beach company, and given responsibility for establishing Cypress Point golf club. After Seth Raynor died, she hired Alister MacKenzie to design the course. MacKenzie gives her credit for designing Cypress Point's famous par 3 16th hole.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Pasatiempo, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Residence of Wm. Kerr, near Santa Cruz, California1892Residence of Wm. Kerr, near Santa Cruz, California
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Pasatiempo on the map, 1955 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pasatiempo. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pasatiempo on the 1955 USGS mapPasatiempo on the 1968 USGS mapPasatiempo on the 1980 USGS mapPasatiempo on the 1991 USGS map1955Felton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pasatiempo.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Residence of Wm. Kerr, near Santa Cruz, California
Retake this viewResidence of Wm. Kerr, near Santa Cruz, California, 1892

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pasatiempo’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pasatiempo

Nobody well known was born in Pasatiempo itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Adam ScottAmerican actor · b. 1973
Marisa MillerAmerican model · b. 1978
Beverly GarlandAmerican actress · b. 1926
Luke RockholdAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1984
Edmund McMillenAmerican video game designer · b. 1980
Lynden GoochAmerican soccer player · b. 1995
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Beulah Park

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Santa Cruz20 historic placesA

Questions about Pasatiempo’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.