Villa Dar Marroc, the studio and home of painter Gordon Coutts, with crenelated roofline, dome, and horseshoe arches, Palm Springs, 1924-1937

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House on dirt road, with crenelated roofline, roof dome, and horseshoe arches framing windows and carved door, with wire gate, with shrubs in foreground and palm trees and mountains in background, -116.55124336481094, Built in 1924 the villa Dar Marroc was modeled on Moroccan residences inTangiers by the Scottish artist, Gordon Coutts (1865-1937). The villa and surrounding property were owned by the silent screen actor and neighbor J. Carol Naish. The villa became part of the Korakia Pensione in 1989., 33.82036601431019, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2183 - 2184 - 2185 Palm Springs. Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Palm Springs, Cal., American Sahara, new world's most famous desert winter resort, showing Oriental influce [sic] in architecture of homes. etc. 221R1694 Some us[e?] about 10, Handwritten at edge of negative: 2184