Courtyard enclosed by potted flowers, cypress trees and a semicircular wall incorporating an exedra, and with a drum-shaped fountain (?) with a sculptural relief of dancing maenads in the center
Completed in 1920, the estate was destroyed by a forest fire in 1940. A note on photo ark no. 21198/zz00090mkj states that the architect was Carleton Winslow. Charles G. Adams was the consulting architect for planting only (Architect and engineer, vol. 78-79, July-Dec. 1924).
Completed in 1920, the estate was destroyed by a forest fire in 1940. A note on photo ark no. 21198/zz00090mkj states that the architect was Carleton Winslow. Charles G. Adams was the consulting architect for planting only (Architect and engineer, vol. 78-79, July-Dec. 1924).
Completed in 1920, the estate was destroyed by a forest fire in 1940. A note on photo ark no. 21198/zz00090mkj states that the architect was Carleton Winslow. Charles G. Adams was the consulting architect for planting only (Architect and engineer, vol. 78-79, July-Dec. 1924).
The house is located at 905 Orlando Road. The permit was issued on August 3, 1926. The architectural firm was Martson, Van Pelt & Maybury, Pasadena, job #613. The builder was John H. Simpson, Pasadena.
The house is located at 905 Orlando Road. The permit was issued on August 3, 1926. The architectural firm was Martson, Van Pelt & Maybury, Pasadena, job #613. The builder was John H. Simpson, Pasadena.
Walkway bisecting courtyard enclosed by potted flowers, cypress trees and a semicircular wall incorporating an exedra, and with a drum-shaped fountain (?) with a sculptural relief of dancing maenads in the center
The Jefferson estate was donated to the Music Academy of the West in 1950.The original Macmonnies Bacchante statue belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The statue was so popular that numerous reproductions of it were cast.
Wikipedia entry for Culver Crest neighborhood, Culver City, Calif.: "Youngworth Road was named for the early developer, whose home is still on the Marycrest Manor property."
An exterior elevation of the house and garden appears above the garden plan. The address of the residence is 376 S. Hudson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020.
Left: view from terrace with pond towards steps and garden terrace next to house with potted plants and planting beds with trees, hedges, and shrubs. Right: walkway through arched passage next to house lined by planting beds with trees and shrubs
The Heberton residence, also known as the as Casa Dracaena and El Hogar, was built by the architect George Washington Smith for himself in 1917. It was an immediate success and commissions for similar houses soon began. Ultimately Smith designed 80 houses (of which 54 were built) in the Santa Barbara area and he is often credited as starting the Spanish-Colonial Revival style of architecture in the United States.
Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
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 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 San Marcos building is located at the corner of State Street and Anapamu Street. The building was partially destroyed in the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake. After the earthquake, the State street portion was demolished and the third story was removed from the Anapamu section
Courtyard enclosed by potted flowers, cypress trees and a semicircular wall incorporating an exedra, and with a drum-shaped fountain (?) with a sculptural relief of dancing maenads in the center
Two views of the cutting garden area during site preparation with boards used as walkways placed on the ground: looking towards the house and the upper level walled garden (above) and looking away from the house (below)
View of the wooden parterre, walkway and lathhouse frames of cutting garden during construction of the cutting garden, with man visible in the lathhouse area in the background
Two pictures of a woman named "Robie" holding baby Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell. Rumpus is Rosita Dee's nickname. Text on nitrate negative sleeve seems to identify Robie as Ruth, but the woman pictured in the photograph is definitely not Ralph D. Cornell's wife Ruth Iva.
Ruth Iva Cornell, wife of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell, standing on the deck of a ship wearing a stack of leis. An island is visible across the water in the background
Landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell standing on the deck of a ship wearing a suit and a stack of leis. An island is visible across the water in the background
View towards lawn and planting beds along the exterior house wall with shrubs, trees, including Italian cypress, and trees in wooden containers. The address of the residence is 376 S. Hudson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020.
Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
Bettye K. Cree (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Cree) was born March 24, 1879. She married Raymond Cree, a founder and developer of Palm Springs, but the marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Cree then maintained an art gallery in Palm Springs. She died in Pasadena on March 16, 1944.
Small urn fountain and pool in center of planting beds with tulips, roses and other plants, divided by unpaved paths. In the left background is a lathhouse with bamboo walls
General Jose Castro House in San Juan Bautista State Historic Park. The adobe house was built by Jose Castro in 1840 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It was opened to the public in 1935.
Baby Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell, sitting on the ground outside by the side of a house next to a planting bed.
Two pictures of Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell, in one she is sitting cross-legged on the floor; in the other she is holding a housecat