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Jones built the first railroad (Los Angeles and Independence Railroad) from Los Angeles to Santa Monica. Due to financial pressures, Jones was forced to sell the railroad to Southern Pacific in 1877. [11] Miramar, Jones' famous Santa Monica home, in 1890. Since 2000, there has been a nightclub in Santa Monica called Senator Jones. [12]
In 1875, Jones and Baker co-founded Santa Monica. [2] Senator Jones Residence in Santa Monica, ca.1890-1920. In 1889 Jones built a Victorian-style mansion as his family's residence, and named it Miramar, Spanish for "view of the ocean". [1] His wife, Georgina, planted a rose garden near the house, and also planted trees along Santa Monica's ...
The Barn is a house built by architect A. Quincy Jones in 1950 as his personal home and office. In 2009 Jones' wife sold the house for US$2,000,000 to the Annenberg Foundation , [ 1 ] which uses the building as office space and for private events.
Jones was born in Santa Monica, California, and attended Santa Monica High School. [5] He studied motion picture production at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. While at UCLA, he also played end for the Bruins and was named to the 1952 All-Pacific Coast Conference team. [5]
The Santa Monica Camera Obscura is a publicly accessible historical camera obscura, located in Palisades Park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica Camera Obscura was installed (and perhaps constructed) by Santa Monica mayor Robert F. Jones on April 21, 1899. [1] [2] Jones was the nephew of Santa Monica ...
Jones built the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, which connected Santa Monica and Los Angeles, and a wharf out into the bay. The first town hall was a modest 1873 brick building, later a beer hall, and now part of the Santa Monica Hostel .
“Cholesterol level is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease," says Clifford Segil, DO, a neurologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. As a result, high ...
The Long Wharf in Santa Monica, also known as Port Los Angeles or the Mile Long Pier, was an extensive pier wharf constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in Santa Monica Bay from 1892 to 1894. When it opened in 1894, it was the longest wharf in the world, measuring approximately 4,700 feet (1,400 m).