File:Arthur Letts residence, also called Holmby House, Hollywood, ca.1905 (CHS-5523).jpg

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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)
Alternative names	Charles C.
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	22 November 1861	7 November 1946
Location of birth	Springfield
Authority file	: Q61995887 VIAF: 68114291 LCCN: n91108254 KulturNav: f9c3334b-1519-4337-9154-3f8b9aa79695 WorldCat

: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 created)

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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/4238

Author

C. C. Pierce (1861–1946)
Alternative names	Charles C.
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	22 November 1861	7 November 1946
Location of birth	Springfield
Authority file	: Q61995887 VIAF: 68114291 LCCN: n91108254 KulturNav: f9c3334b-1519-4337-9154-3f8b9aa79695 WorldCat

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