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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 .
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 ...
After the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake the main house was demolished. After Stanley McCormick's death in 1947, Katharine sold the estate in 1949 to one real estate developer, who sold it to another developer in 1950. The second one subdivided the estate into 34 smaller parcels and put them up for sale. [4]
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 ...
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The 2018 mudflows that tore through Montecito, killing 23 people, followed the Thomas Fire, at the time the largest wildfire in California’s history, which incinerated trees and plants.
Pages in category "Montecito, California" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...