"Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montecito, California. (LOC)
Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.
["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montecito, California. View to outdoor theater stage]
[1917 spring]
1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Notes:
Site History. House Architecture: Italianate villa by F. Garvin
Hudson, begun 1914 for Henry Ernest Bothin. Bothin purchased the
property in 1910 from Daniel E. Richardson. Landscape: John J. Whipple
and James Wilkinson Elliott on 25 acres, 1901-1910; Robert Armstrong;
Daniel E. Richardson. Associated Name: Jennie Whittier (Mrs. Henry E.)
Bothin. Other: Gardens designed for Daniel E. Richardson and acquired
from his widow Julia by Henry Ernest Bothin in April 1910.
Slide used with lecture "California Gardens" as no. 44.
On slide: Red line mark.
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011.
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances
Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York:
Acanthus Press, 2012. Plate 143.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16028
Call Number: LC-J717-X97- 29
Comments and faves
pennylrichardsca (8 months ago | reply)
Apparently the Santa Barbara Tea Fire in 2008 started on the grounds at Piranhurst, where there was a famous tea garden.
cartas.typepad.com/main/2008/11/santa-barbara -tea-fire---...
Recent photo of the Piranhurst Estate gate:
two cups of tea, hereonearth, rosaria rubini, pauhaus, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.
swanq (3 months ago | reply)
www.sourisseauacademy.org/archon/?p=digitalli brary/digita...
is another photo of the open air theater -- which is captioned "from the stage", so may be it's in the opposite direction from this one which says "to outdoor theater stage."
swanq (3 months ago | reply)
Here's a photo that matches this one better
cdm268001.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collecti on/p268001co...
with a companion picture in the other direction -- from the stage
cdm268001.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collecti on/p268001co...
And here these photos are, published in Lousise Shelton's Beautiful Gardens of America
books.google.com/books?id=yBQwAAAAYAAJ&pg =PA311&l...
swanq (3 months ago | reply)
An "urban hiker" provides some history about Piranhurst.
www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=84240
articles.latimes.com/1985-10-20/realestate/re -14391_1_act...
shows that actor Gene Hackman sold Piranhurst in 1985. It was bought by Texas billionaire Harold Clark Simmons.
Ryan (LOC P&P) (3 months ago | reply)
Thank you swanq for your excellent research into other images of, and details about this magnificent property.
artolog (3 months ago | reply)
Here's a good history of the property as well:
www.sbphototours.com/data/static/georgelogan/ marycel.php
According to this, the gardens were heavily damaged in a 1925 earthquake, then rebuilt.
MarillaAnne added this photo to their favorites. (2 weeks ago)