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Title
George Owen Knapp residence, reflecting pool with Aphrodite statue, 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 reflecting pool with statue of Aphrodite standing on a scallop shell in the center, with cypress trees and other trees visible beyond
Type
image
Identifier
432
uclamss_1411_0432
ark:/21198/zz002b6c5t
Language
English
Subject
Reflecting pools
Landmarks
People
Trees
Gardens
Statues
Environment
Landscape architecture
George Owen Knapp Residence (Montecito, Calif.)
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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