TEMPLE ADOBE AND BRICK HOUSE AT RANCHO LA MERCED, CA. 1907
Entry/Object ID
96.12.1.11
Description
TEMPLE ADOBE AND BRICK HOUSE AT RANCHO LA MERCED, CA. 1907
A black and white reproduction photograph of the Temple adobe (built 1851) and brick house (ca. 1870) at Rancho La Merced, owned by F.P.F. Temple and Antonia Margarita Workman. The adobe, once one-story, is shown as a two-story building with a gabled roof and a second floor balcony with overhang and railing. The brick home has a gabled roof with a flat fenced peak and a large covered porch at the front. A sign on the east roof line of the adobe reads "G. Piuma Winery". Giovanni Piuma rented the adobe for a winery beginning in 1893 and bought the homes himself in 1907. Photo, ca. 1907 The homes were destroyed after 1907. Also visible are outbuildings at center left and right and a picket fence in the foreground. A couple of small trees are visible in front of the adobe and a large palm tree behind it. From a negative owned by Ruth Ann Michaelis.
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Documentary Artifact, Photographs, Adobe houses--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Dwellings--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Ranches--Los Angeles County (Calif.)
