Montecito -- El Fureidis

Object Details

Varying Form: Also known as Gillespie Palace and the James Waldron Gillespie Estate.
General: 001: "El Fureides," Santa Barbara, Cal. Postcard circa 1915-1930. 002: El Fureides, near Santa Barbara, Cal. Postcard circa 1901-1915. 003: 13183 View from "El Fureides" near Santa Barbara, California. Postcard circa 1915-1930. 004: El Fureides, The Gillespie Home, Santa Barbara, Cal. Postcard circa 1901-1915.; Bertram Goodhue was the architect of the garden and house. The Mediterranean style house was completed in 1906 and the central courtyard resembles a Roman villa. The formal gardens were laid out in a Persian manner containing exotic trees, shrubs and a variety of palms.

Place: United States of America -- California -- Santa Barbara County -- Montecito; El Fureidis (Montecito, California)

Topic: Gardens -- California -- Montecito; Mansions; Architecture, Spanish; Water gardens; Fountains; Palms; Columns; Stairs; Canals

See more items in: Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides); Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides) / California

Sponsor: A project to describe images in this finding aid in this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.

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