Wattles Mansion
The Wattles Estate, which was originally known as Jualita, is located at 1824 North Curson Avenue in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1907 by wealthy Omaha, Nebraska banker Gurdon Wattles as a winter home. It has been split into several areas, including the Wattles Mansion, Wattles Park and Wattles Gardens.
The estate has been recognized as "the only remaining intact example of the once plentiful Hollywood estates from the period preceding the film industry, when Hollywood was primarily agricultural and was a wintering home for wealthy Easterners and Midwesterners." According to the City of Los Angeles, "'Jualita' is one of the few remaining landscapes reminiscent of another era and tradition, possessing a genuine integrity of setting, design, workmanship, and association."
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