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Montecito (archaic use of Spanish for woodland or countryside) [6] is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Located on the Central Coast of California , Montecito sits between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean .
Casa del Herrero (also known as the Steedman Estate) is a historic house museum and botanical garden located in Montecito near Santa Barbara, California.It was designed by George Washington Smith, and is considered one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States of America. [3]
El Fureidis (Arabic for "Little Paradise") is a 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2) historic estate built in 1906 on 10 acres (4.0 ha) in Montecito, California. [1] Originally called the James Waldron Gillespie Estate or Gillespie Palace [2] after its original owner, the Spanish Baroque & Neo-Mudéjar architecture [3] is one of only five houses designed by the American architect Bertram Grosvenor ...
An account from the Santa Barbara History Museum states that six months later, after bathing in the hot springs and drinking its water Curtiss was "rejuvenated" and purchased the property, [5] whereas the Santa Barbara Independent newspaper states that his "health began to improve remarkable, enough so that six years later, still alive and ...
Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States. The (15 ha / 37 acres) [1] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska. The County of Santa Barbara restricts visitation via a conditional use permit: Lotusland botanic garden is open to ...
Santa Barbara County Parks [1] Shalawa Meadow (also called Hammond's Meadow ) is a 3-acre (0.012 km 2 ) seaside meadow in the community of Montecito, California . Used in ancient times as a burial site by the Chumash people and adjoining a formerly large Chumash community, it is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Santa Barbara .
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Westmont College is located a few miles off of U.S. Route 101 just to the east of Santa Barbara. The city of Santa Barbara is on the central California coast and is 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles and 330 miles south of San Francisco. The campus itself resides in the hills of Montecito and features 110 acres (45 ha) of hills, gardens, and trees.