Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of wisteria lined terrace with round pedestal table, Montecito, 1931
Description
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: W. S. Luddington [Ludington]. Montecito. 3/28/1931., Wisteria lined terrace with brick pavement and bowl of gourds on round pedestal table, in corner with potted plants on low retaining wall, The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.