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Title
George Owen Knapp residence, stairs ascending to fountain framed by eucalyptus trees with mountains in background, Montecito, 1931
Alternative Title
George Owen Knapp residence
Contributor
Cornell, Ralph D.
Winslow, Carleton M., 1919-
Date Created and/or Issued
March 28, 1931
1931-03-28
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.
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).
View towards semicircular stairs ascending to fountain with statues framed by eucalyptus trees with mountains in background
Note on back of photograph: Knapp garden -- Montecito 3/28/1931 Carleton Winslow - Arch.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: George O. Knapp, Montecito, 3/28/1931
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0431
ark:/21198/zz002b6c49
Language
English
Subject
Environment
Trees
Fountains
Gardens
Stairs
Statues
Landscape architecture
George Owen Knapp Residence (Montecito, Calif.)
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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