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English: Arthur Letts residence, also called Holmby House, Hollywood, ca.1905
Photograph of the Arthur Letts residence and gardens, also called "Holmby House," in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles (eastern Hollywood area), ca.1905.
  • The 1890s Category:Tudor Revival style three-story house situated on a hill features dormer windows, cant windows, stone masonry walls, a covered porch, several chimneys, and window awnings.
  • An garden adorned with tress, shrubs, and well-manicured lawns precedes the house. The long walkway approaches the mansion through the garden.


"Six years later, wealthy retailer Arthur Letts bought the entire property for $100 an acre ($2,000,000). Letts, an Englishman, was the founder of the Broadway Department Store and was an initial investor in a similar enterprise founded by his former employee, John G. Bullock. Letts' interest and involvement in Los Angeles retailing made him very comfortable financially. He owned a large estate in Hollywood, a Tudor mansion surrounded by formal gardens filled with statuary. Always interested in downtown real estate development, he also invested in ranch land and subdivisions in Hollywood as well. He was particularly attracted to the Wolfskill ranch because its diversity made it suitable for a variety of uses. Unlike Wolfskill and the Santa Monica Land and Water Company, whose activities had been based around the Beverly Glen/Santa Monica Boulevard area, Letts was primarily interested in developing estate parcels, which he called 'Holmby Hills' after his birthplace, on the northwestern edge of the rancho near Beverly Hills." -- unknown author.


Call number: CHS-5523
Legacy record ID: chs-m3281; USC-1-1-1-3353
Photographer:
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887
:Filename: CHS-5523
Coverage date: circa 1905
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Hollywood; Los Angeles
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5523
Microfiche number: 1-31-46
Archival file: chs_Volume40/CHS-5523.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): residential sites
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1905
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Domestic (identified)
Format: glass plate negatives
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Geographic subject (roadway): Franklin Avenue
Subject (lcsh): Dwellings; Architecture, Domestic
Subject: Letts, Arthur
Date circa 1905
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/4238
Author
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887

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