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Title
El Encanto, exterior view, Monterey Park
Alternative Title
El Encanto
Contributor
Cornell, Ralph D.
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Exterior view of Spanish-revival style building, with three arched entrances, porch, Spanish tile roof, wall lamps, neon-lighted sign near roof reading El Encanto, smaller sign on wall reading Midwick View Estates, with shrubs and flowers in midground, low wavy wall in foreground
El Encanto is at 700 El Mercado Avenue, Monterey Park, repurposed as the Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce. It was built in about 1929 by Peter N. Snyder as part of Midwick View Estates.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0145
ark:/21198/zz002b618j
Language
English
Subject
Wall lamps
Environment
El Encanto (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Gardens
Spanish Colonial Revival
Spanish tile
Landscape architecture
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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