El Paseo "Street in Spain" alley between 23 E. De La Guerra St. and the Casa de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, [1930s?]
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, buildings, View down El Paseo "Street in Spain," a brick or stone-paved alley between an adobe-style building at 23 E. De La Guerra St. with 6 arches, balcony, tile roof, and hanging plants (L) and the Casa de la Guerra lined by potted plants (R). There is a Buddha statue and woman in coat and hat at left, a canopy spanning the alley at far end, and a car visible on E. De La Guerra St. just beyond at the end of the alley., 34.420562, -119.699199, Handwritten at edge of negative: 2-2, De la Guerra studios, Possibly related to the article “Art Treasures of World Meet in El Paseo de la Guerra, Santa Barbara’s ‘Street of Spain,’” Los Angeles Times, 29 June 1930, Casa de la Guerra was built in the 1820s for the Presidio Comandante, José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega. It was renovated in 1922-1923 as part of the El Paseo shopping area by architects George Washington Smith and Lutah Maria Riggs.