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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. North arrow labeled "approximate North" drawn on the bottom right corner. Plan showing a country estate including a home with a patio in the center and a garage. The home was surrounded by orchards and lawns. The home was decorated with reflecting pools and a rose garden. The country estate was designed for Ernest de Koven Leffingwell. Leffingwell was an arctic explorer and geologist. He also served as a Seaman on the US battleship Oregon during the Spanish-American War. He retired to Whittier, California and moved to Carmel, California 20 years later. He died in 1971 and at that time was believed to have been the oldest surviving polar explorer. Country estate of E. de K. Leffingwell, Esq., Whittier, California. General plan by Cook and Hall. I.W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles. Wilbur D. Cook, George D. Hall, Ralph D. Cornell. Landscape Architects, City Planning, Consultants. Scale: 1"=10'. September 1925. Plan 525-8. Labels on plan: garage, laundry, drying yard, garage court, walk, bath, bedroom, loggia, bath, maid, closet, patio, living room, lawn, kitchen, pantry, dining room, flowers, seats, sunken turf panel, pool, terrace, roses, orchard. Signed: Des. W.D.C., Del. R.D.C.
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Image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0031 ark:/21198/zz002b5wb6
Language
English
Subject
Kitchens Bathrooms Environment Garages People Bedrooms Patios Reflecting pools Laundry rooms Landscape architecture Country houses Living rooms Sunken gardens Dining rooms Lawns (landscaped grass) Servants' quarters Orchards Rose gardens Terraces (landscaped-site elements) Loggias Drying yards Closets (storage spaces) Flower gardens Forecourts Garden seats Pantries Walkways Ernest de Koven Leffingwell Residence (Whittier, Calif.)
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