Hunt & Chambers: Gillespie house (Montecito, Calif.)

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Description

Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey were the supervising architects for the design of the James Waldron Gillespie House, for the originating architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Gillespie took Goodhue on a seven month around-the-world tour as inspiration for the design of the house, El Fureidis.
The house is famous as a filming location for the movie Scarface.

Creator

Myron Hunt, architect
Elmer Grey, architect
Hunt and Grey, architects
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, architect

Source

Myron Hunt & H. G. Chambers records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

1905

Rights

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Collection

Citation

Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt and Grey, architects Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, architect, “Hunt & Chambers: Gillespie house (Montecito, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 6, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/714.