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Casa Loma (Spanish for "Hill House") is a Gothic Revival castle-style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for financier Sir Henry Pellatt .
Major-General Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, CVO (January 6, 1859 – March 8, 1939) was a Canadian financier and soldier. [1] He is notable for his role in bringing hydro-electricity to Toronto for the first time, and also for his large château in Toronto, called Casa Loma, which was the biggest private residence ever constructed in Canada.
Edward James Lennox (September 12, 1854 – April 15, 1933) was a Toronto-based architect who designed several of the city's most notable landmarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Old City Hall and Casa Loma. He designed over 70 buildings in the city of Toronto.
The band assembled in 1927 as the Orange Blossoms, [1] one of several Detroit groups that came out of the Jean Goldkette office. The band adopted the name "Casa Loma" by the time of its first recordings in 1929, shortly after it played an eight-month engagement at Casa Loma in Toronto, which was being operated as a hotel at the time. [1]
Casa Loma (Spanish for "Hill House") is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. [1] Casa Loma is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) east of Dutch Flat. [2] It lies at an elevation of 4032 feet (1229 m). [1] Casa Loma began around 1910-11 as a summer resort operated by the Unitarian Society.
The area's name comes from Casa Loma, a Gothic Revival mansion in the neighbourhood. The mansion was completed in 1914. The mansion was completed in 1914. Casa Loma was constructed in the early 1900s for over three million dollars and was given to the city by its heavily debt-laden owner only a decade after it was put up.
Wagner was a member of Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, doing arranging and composing for the band [1] between the years 1938 and 1942. [2] " No Name Jive", which was a hit (#9) [ 12 ] for Gray and his orchestra, was written by Wagner and in 1954, he recorded the song for A440 Records as the leader of a studio orchestra.
Casa Loma is a historic house in Toronto, Canada. Casa Loma may also refer to: Casa Loma (neighbourhood), in Toronto; Casa Loma, Kern County, California;