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Title
Ferdinand Bain mansion
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Located on 90 acre La Lomita Ranch where Mr. Bain raised Jerseys, the property also included 3 frame cottages, barn, milk shed and storage buildings. Mr. Bain was also president of the Southern Counties Gas Co. In 1939, Paramount Pictures bought the property for a new studio. The property was acquired by the Sisters of Notre Dame in 1945. On April 1, 1946, they opened an elementary school, Notre Dame Academy Elementary School, on the site. Initially, the school had only three grades; however, the following September more sisters joined the faculty and the school grew to have a Grade 1-6 configuration. In September 1949, the high school opened.
A view through leafless trees of the west side of the Ferdinand R. Bain southern-style mansion, a two-story brick residence with 12 rooms and servants quarters, completed in 1925. Photograph dated March 10, 1939.; See photos #00068312-00068340 for complete series on La Lomita Ranch.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00068325
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Streets-Overland
CARL0000071753
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/106936
Subject
Bain, Ferdinand R.--Homes and haunts
Architecture, Domestic--California--Palms (Los Angeles)
Colonial revival (Architecture)--California--Palms (Los Angeles)
Mansions--California--Palms (Los Angeles)
Gardens--California--Palms (Los Angeles)
La Lomita Ranch (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Palms (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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