Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of wisteria lined terrace with round pedestal table, Montecito, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of wisteria lined terrace with round pedestal table, Montecito, 1931

Alternative title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

March 28, 1931

Date

1931-03-28

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

Wisteria lined terrace with brick pavement and bowl of gourds on round pedestal table, in corner with potted plants on low retaining wall
Handwriting on back of photograph: Wisteria & purple petunias W.S. Luddington[sic] - Montecito-3/28/1931
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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic print

Dimensions

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

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Val Verde (Montecito, Calif.)

Location

California--Montecito

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
planters (containers)
gardens
Wisteria
Environment

garden furniture
landscape architecture