Monochrome photo of museum guests on second floor

Architect Frederick C. Gjessing and Elmer Adler, the museum's founder and first executive director, transformed 225 Cristo St. from a multi-family Spanish colonial house to a small museum, becoming the first restored house on the islet, and one of the first museums to open in this street. Balconies, and semi-circular transoms above doorways, are characteristic of this architectural style.