The house by the Malaga Cove Library

The Realtor thought the location of the old Brashear residence was the reason it remained vacant for so many years. John and Jan Cartwright thought of the library as an asset by Stephanie Cartozian photos by Tony Labruno When John and Jan Cartwright purchased the storied Malaga Cove “Brashears' Residence” in November, 1972 for $92,500, the Mediterranean Revival style house had been vacant for several years. But it was exactly what the Cartwright’s had been looking for, a fixer-upper