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

Item Overview

Title

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

Alternative title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

March 28, 1931

Date

1931-03-28

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

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.
View of the oval reflecting pool with its box hedge border, and hedges and trees beyond.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: W. S. Luddington [Ludington]. Montecito. 3/28/1931.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Location

California--Montecito

Longitude

34.440712183525086

Latitude

-119.64924573898315

Resource type

still image

Subjects

reflecting pools
People
hedges
trees
gardens
Environment

landscape architecture