Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of courtyard with oak tree and fountain, Montecito, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of courtyard with oak tree and fountain, Montecito, 1931

Alternative title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

March 28, 1931

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

View of courtyard with fountain beneath large oak tree, brick pavement, a stone bench, terracotta pots with flowers and two terracotta olive jars.
Handwriting on back of photograph: W.S. Luddington [sic]- Montecito
Handwriting on back of photograph: photo by Ralph D. Cornell
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
The Val Verde estate was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic print

Dimensions

10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Subject topic

Environment
People
gardens
landscape architecture
planters (containers)
fountains
trees

Names

Val Verde (Montecito, Calif.)

Location

California--Montecito

Resource type

still image