Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of small reflecting pool, Montecito, 1931

Title: Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of small reflecting pool, Montecito, 1931
Alternative title: Wright Saltus Ludington residence
Photographer: Cornell, Ralph D.
Date Created: March 28, 1931
Language: English
Collection: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description: Narrow, rectangular reflecting pool bordered by brick walkways, shrubs and hedges.
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.
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: W. S. Luddington [Ludington]. Montecito. 3/28/1931.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1411_0403
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002b6b5b
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.