Gene Dryden of the San Marino Historical Society surveys the interior of the Michael White Adobe, a historical structure dating from 1845 on the campus of the city’s high school. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
An exposed section of the adobe. The empty one-bedroom home has rotted away throughout where the original umber-colored sun-dried bricks made of clay and straw peek through the facade. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
San Marino High School, founded in 1955, has grown up around the 1845 Michael White Adobe. Last year, school officials proposed removing the adobe, one of a few dozen remaining in the county, so that the oddly configured L-shaped swimming pool wedged around it could be expanded. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
San Marino High School students walk past the Michael White Adobe on campus. Most students don’t care about its fate. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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“It would be a real shame to destroy a symbol of history that we have here,” said Eugene Dryden, former mayor and city councilman and current member of the San Marino Historical Society, shown inside the adobe. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
