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The Wattles Estate, originally known as Jualita, is a historic house and park in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was built in 1907 by wealthy Omaha, Nebraska, banker Gurdon Wattles as a winter home. It has been split into several areas, including the Wattles Mansion, Wattles Park, and Wattles Gardens. The estate has been recognized as "the only remaining intact example of the once plentiful Hollywood estates from the period preceding the film industry, when Hollywood was primarily agricultural and was a wintering home for wealthy Easterners and Midwesterners."〔("Wattles Estate" ), California Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2/12/08.〕 According to the City of Los Angeles, "'Jualita' is one of the few remaining landscapes reminiscent of another era and tradition, possessing a genuine integrity of setting, design, workmanship, and association."〔("Wattles Mansion" ), City of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved 2/9/08.〕 ==History== Noted local architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey designed the Mission Revival residence in 1907 with grounds featuring a Japanese garden, an Italian Rose garden, a formal Spanish garden, a palm court and orchards. It was one of Hollywood's first tourist attractions.〔("Wattles Mansion" ), Herecomestheguide.com. Retrieved 2/6/08.〕 Wattles was responsible for gradually transforming of agricultural land intoorchards, thematic gardens and naturalistic landscapes. After Wattles' death in 1932, his wife and his son continued to live on the property. Gurdon Wallace Wattles, Jr. negotiated the sale of the residence to the City of Los Angeles in 1965. In March of that year, the City of Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Parks Commission adopted Resolution 5135, designating the Wattles estate as an acquisition area, and purchased the property for $1,917,000 in June 1968.〔("Jualita: a fond memory for a JLS graduate" ), The US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School Archival Project. Retrieved 2/7/08.〕 Hollywood Heritage, a private non-profit preservation organization, began restoration efforts in 1983, and the estate served as their headquarters until May 22, 2009 when control of the property reverted to the Los Angeles Department of Parks & Recreation. Over the first decade volunteers with the Hollywood Heritage organization removed several feet of mud from the garden, replanted landscaping, and repainted and refinished the interior woodwork. Through their dedicated efforts, the Wattles Mansion was returned to its original state. In 1993 the Wattles Mansion was designated as City of Los Angeles Cultural Monument No. 579. In 2000, the J. Paul Getty Trust donated $75,000 towards a Preserve L.A. planning project designed to further the site's preservation.〔("Getty Announces $1.4 Million in Grants for Architectural Preservation of Historic Buildings and Sites in Los Angeles County" ), BusinessWire. July 27, 2000. Retrieved 2/7/08.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wattles Mansion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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