PC-002-410

View from "El Fureides" near Santa Barbara, California

View from "El Fureidis," Montecito, California

circa 1909

 

 

This is part of the 33-acre Joseph W. Gillespie residence in the Montecito neighborhood, translated as "pleasure gardens" from the Spanish. The correct spelling is "El Fureidis." Shown here is the view from a terrace with three cement benches and two twisted pillars with ornate capitals, as well as one of the palm trees of the 125 varieties said to be collected by the owners. "The Gillespie place," designed by Bertram Goodhue and finished by 1910, allowed tourists to visit. The publisher was in business until 1936, and cards with white borders were in use from about 1915 to the 1930s. The publisher's number 13183 precedes the title in the bottom left border, from which the date was derived.

Santa Barbara; Montecito; Gillespie residence; El Fureides; Residences; Homes; Mansions; El Fureidis; Bertram Goodhue

631 Parra Grande Lane

California - Santa Barbara - Montecito

 

 

MS-0008

 

Detroit Publishing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

Garnett, Porter, Stately Homes of California, Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1915, pp. 53-61. (Internet Archive book)

 

 

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