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49499 Eisenhower Drive - Casa Magnolia (La Casa) DPR 523L (09/2013) Identifier: 49499 Eisenhower Drive Date Constructed: 1927 UTM Zone: 11S, 563828 mE; 3727728 mN Neighborhood: La Quinta Resort and Club Tract: TR 28545-1; Recorded February 28, 1998, MB 269/6 Owner and Address: HP LQ Investment; 5310 Cypress Center Drive, Suite 110, Tampa FL 33609 Updated Description: The Casa Magnolia was constructed in 1927. It is located at the southwest corner of the La Quinta Resort and Club, on the east side of Avenida Obregon. The original garage with the desert rooftop observatory/terrace remains intact at the northwest corner of the site. A restroom has been added to the east side of the garage. The original low site walls at the west side of the house remain, enclosing a vast, vacant concrete-paved forecourt that was once an above-grade pool. A low wall on the east side encloses the courtyard and connects the north and south wings. A fireplace and screened openings are set in this wall. Casa Magnolia is a multi-level building comprised of two structures, a north wing and south wing, and a central courtyard that separates them. It has load-bearing adobe block perimeter walls with a whitewashed stucco finish and gabled, clay tile roofs. The eaves are typically shallow, although deep overhangs with exposed rafter tails are present at some of the elevations. The various elevations are comprised of vast expanses of flat, stuccoed wall surfaces; wood and glass doors; and wood windows with wood shutters, tile grillework, metal grillework, or projecting bays. The main entry to the house occurs through a gate in a wall in the southeast corner of the site and through a large studded wood door set in a decorative surround at the east end of the south elevation. The central courtyard was intended as living space and is outfitted with a fireplace, window seats at the screened openings in the east side wall, a nonoriginal fountain, and a nonoriginal built-in table. As most of the circulation between the rooms in the north and south wings occurs on the exterior of the building, four staircases of differing designs are prominent exterior features. Some of materials used in the construction of Casa Magnolia were of local manufacture, specifically adobe bricks. Other materials used in the construction included concrete foundations, plastered adobe walls, red clay tile roof, floors of wood, tile, concrete and mosaic, wood doors and windows, and salvaged architectural elements at the interior. Outbuildings and Site Features Casa Magnolia is located at the southwest corner of the resort, on the east side of Avenida Obregon. The original garage with the desert rooftop observatory/terrace remains intact at the northwest corner of the site. A restroom has been added to the east side of the garage. The original low site walls at the west side of the house remain; between these walls and the garage was, historically, a swimming pool. South of this area, a vast concrete-paved forecourt is used for staging events connected to the hotel. A central tile clad courtyard table with rounded smooth stucco pillars was removed by 2016. Exterior Description Casa Magnolia is a multi-level building comprised of two structures, a north wing and south wing, and a central courtyard that separates them. It has load-bearing adobe block perimeter walls with a whitewashed stucco finish and gabled, clay tile roofs. The eaves are typically shallow, although deep overhangs with exposed rafter tails are present at some of the elevations. The various elevations are comprised of vast expanses of flat, stuccoed wall surfaces; wood and glass doors; and wood windows with wood shutters, tile grillework, metal grillework, or projecting conopial bays. The main entry to the house occurs through a gate in a site wall in the southeast corner of the site and through a large studded wood door set in a decorative surround at the east end of the south elevation. The central courtyard was intended as living space and is outfitted with a fireplace, window seats at the screened openings in the east side wall, a nonoriginal fountain, and a nonoriginal built-in table replacing a similar original feature. As most of the circulation between the rooms in the north and south wings occurs on the exterior of the building, several staircases of differing designs are prominent exterior features. Interior Description The south wing of Casa Magnolia consists of two grand spaces, the drawing room (La Sala), and the Cactus Room, with soaring State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 3S / 3CS / 5S2 Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 021 ý Update Resource Name: Casa Magnolia Page 1 of 6 DPR 523L (09/2013) ceilings with exposed wood framing. A dressing room and bathroom are accessed from the drawing room. A small bachelors’ sleeping room and two bathrooms are accessible from the Cactus Room. The north wing consists of another grand space, the dining room, a kitchen, and small bedroom and bathroom. A workshop / servants’ area is located in the northwest corner of this wing, and a full height basement is located below the bedroom at the east end of the wing. The painted and silver leaf murals in the Cactus Room feature stylized images of desert plants and landscapes. Updated Significance: The Casa Magnolia residence was first evaluated in 1997 by Mellon and Associates and given a status code of 5S1: individually listed or designated locally. Another survey in 2009 (amended in 2012) by Architectural Resources Group re- evaluated the Casa Magnolia property and assigned a status code 3S: appears eligible for NR individually through survey evaluation. The property has not been formally designated. The property is related to the Recreation and Leisure (1926-1970s) theme and it possesses individual documented significance in relation to this theme. The property is not located within the boundaries of the proposed La Quinta Hotel Historic District and is not a contributor to the proposed district. In 1997, Mellon and Associates did not appear to have identified any specific national, state, or local criteria for eligibility. In 2009, Architectural Resources Group found that Casa Magnolia appeared to be individually eligible be for listing in the NRHP under Criteria A and C. The dwelling was significant under NRHP Criterion A as a dwelling important to the development of the community. The property was built at the same time as Walter H. Morgan's house and was one of the original cluster of private residences that surrounded the La Quinta Hotel property. It was significant for the non-agricultural settlement of the immediate hotel area. It was identified as significant under NRHP Criterion C as an intact Spanish Colonial Revival style home designed by Gordon Kaufmann with a high degree of historic integrity. The 2022 evaluation is that the property should also be assigned a 3CS status code: appears eligible for CR individually through survey evaluation. The current survey also recommends that the 3S status code be maintained and the 5S1 status code be amended to 5S2: individually eligible for local listing or designation - because the property has not been formally designated by the City of La Quinta. The dwelling was found individually eligible under NRHP/CRHR/Local Criterion A/1/B (events), as it has been associated with significant events or patterns of events in local, regional, state, or national history. Casa Magnolia was a significant part of the early residential development around the La Quinta Hotel. It is not individually eligible under Criterion B/2/B, as it has not been identified as having an association with an important person. The property is considered individually significant under NRHP/CRHR/Local Criterion C/3/C for embodying the distinctive characteristics of a Spanish Colonial Revival style dwelling designed by Gordon Kaufmann. It is not individually eligible under Criterion D/4/D, as further study of the property would not appear to yield information which could be considered important in local, regional, state, or national history. Additionally, the property was not found to be individually eligible under Local Register Criterion A, as it was not found to exemplify a special element of the City of La Quinta. The property, which has since been encompassed by the La Quinta Resort and Club, maintains a high degree of integrity regarding the location, design, materials, and workmanship. It also maintains a good to fair degree of integrity regarding the setting, association, and feeling of the property. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Resource Name: Casa Magnolia Page 2 of 6 Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 3S / 3CS / 5S2 Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 021 ý Update DPR 523L (09/2013) Casa Magnolia_1: View facing east of the western courtyard entrance. Casa Magnolia_2: View facing east of the central courtyard. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 3S / 3CS / 5S2 Urbana Survey No: 021 Resource Name: Casa Magnolia Page 3 of 6 DPR 523L (09/2013) Casa Magnolia_3: View facing northeast of the coutyard and southern elevation of the northeastern building. Casa Magnolia_4: View facing southwest of the northern elevation of the south building. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 3S / 3CS / 5S2 Urbana Survey No: 021 Resource Name: Casa Magnolia Page 4 of 6 DPR 523L (09/2013) Casa Magnolia_5: View facing northeast of the southern elevation of the south building. Casa Magnolia_6: View facing north of the southeastern stairway / door State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 3S / 3CS / 5S2 Urbana Survey No: 021 Resource Name: Casa Magnolia Page 5 of 6 DPR 523J (09/2013) *Required Information *Map Name: La Quinta *Scale: 1:24,000 *Map Date: 2021 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 3S / 3CS / 5S2 Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 021 Resource Name: Casa Magnolia Page 6 of 6 Casa Magnolia La Casa One Post Office Square, Ste.3100, Boston, MA 02109 View southeast of entrance to courtyard 1927 Pyramid Hotel Group, LLC La Quinta49499 Eisenhower Dr. HP2. Single family property 16 (List attributes and codes) Not for Publication Unrestricted Riverside (Assigned by Recorder) P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: *a.and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. c. d. e. USGS 7.5' Quad Date T R 1/4 of 1/4 of Sec B.M.;;; UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone , mE/ mN (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) Historic Prehistoric Both Jennifer Trotoux 3/23/2009; corr. 8/31/12 Intensive *Attachments:NONE Location Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) *P3a. State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date DPR 523A (1/95)*Required Information NRHP Status Code 3S ofPage *Resource Name or #: County Address City Zip Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Description: *P3b. Resource Attributes: *P4. Resources Present: P5a. Photograph P5b. Description of Photo: *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: *P7. Owner and Address: *P8. Recorded by: *P9. Date Recorded: *P10. Survey Type: *P11. Report Citation: Architectural Resources Group, Inc. 65 N. Raymond Avenue, No. 220 Pasadena, California 91103 La Quinta EIR Casa Magnolia is located at the southwest corner of the resort, just south of Avenida Obregon. The original garage with the desert rooftop observatory/terrace remains intact at the northwest corner of the site. A restroom has been added to the east side of the garage. The original low site walls at the west side of the house remain, enclosing a vast, vacant concrete-paved forecourt that was once an above-grade pool. A low wall on the east side encloses the courtyard and connects the north and south wings. A fireplace and screened openings are set in this wall. Casa Magnolia is a multi-level building comprised of two structures, a north wing and south wing, and a central courtyard that separates them. It has load-bearing adobe block perimeter walls with a whitewashed stucco finish and gabled, clay tile roofs. The eaves are typically shallow, although deep overhangs with exposed rafter tails are present at some of the elevations. The various elevations are comprised of vast expanses of flat, stuccoed wall surfaces; wood and glass doors; and wood windows with wood shutters, tile grillework, metal grillework, or projecting conopial bays. The main entry to the house occurs through a gate in a site wall in the southeast corner of the site and through a large studded wood door set in a decorative surround at the east end of the south elevation. The central courtyard was intended as living space and is outfitted with a fireplace, window seats at the screened openings in the east side wall, a nonoriginal fountain, and a nonoriginal built-in table. As most of the circulation between the rooms in the north and south wings occurs on the exterior of the building, four staircases of differing designs are prominent exterior features. (Please see Continuation Sheet, p. 3) 92253 Casa Magnolia State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 6 NRHP Status Code 3S Resource Name or # Casa Magnolia B1. Historic Name: Casa Magnolia B2. Common Name: La Casa; Thompson House B3. Original Use: Single Family Residence B4. Present Use: event space for La Quinta Hotel B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival B6. Construction History: Built in 1927 B7. Moved?  No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: B8. Related Features: garage B9a. Architect: Gordon B. Kaufmann b. Builder: unknown B10. Significance: Theme: Architecture; Community Planning & Development, Area: Coachella Valley, CA Period of Significance: 1927 Property Type: Single Family Residence Applicable Criteria: National Register Criteria A and C The house known as the Casa Magnolia was designed by architect Gordon Kaufmann, as were the buildings of the adjacent La Quinta Hotel, of which the house is now a part. It was built privately close to the south edge of the original hotel grounds, on the street west of the original precinct of the hotel, Avenida Obregon. The house was featured in Home and Field in February, 1932. The Casa Magnolia is eligible for the National Register at the local level of significance in the area of architecture and community development in the Coachella Valley. The residence has high integrity, and it is a significant work of Gordon Kaufmann, whose best-known buildings and complexes are among the notable buildings of Southern California in the 1920s. Due to its association with the period of original development of La Quinta and its architectural significance, it meets National Register Criteria A and C. (see Continuation Sheet p. 3) B11. Additional Resource Attributes (List attributes and codes): B12. References: “At the Very Edge of the Desert,” Home and Field, February 1932, pp. 42-47, 77. B13. Remarks: B14. Evaluator: Jennifer Trotoux, Architectural Resources Group, 65 N. Raymond Ave., Suite 220, Pasadena, CA 91103 Date of Evaluation: March 23, 2009 (This space reserved for official comments.) Sketch map State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 6 Resource Name or # Casa Magnolia Recorded by: Architectural Resources Group Date: March 23, 2009  Continuation  Update DPR 523L (1/95) *Required information P3a. Description, continued Some of materials used in the construction of Casa Magnolia were of local manufacture, specifically adobe bricks. Other materials used in the construction included concrete foundations, plastered adobe walls, red clay tile roof, floors of wood, tile, concrete and mosaic, wood doors and windows, and salvaged architectural elements at the interior. Outbuildings and Site Features Casa Magnolia is located at the southwest corner of the resort, on the east side of Avenida Obregon. The original garage with the desert rooftop observatory/terrace remains intact at the northwest corner of the site. A restroom has been added to the east side of the garage. The original low site walls at the west side of the house remain; between these walls and the garage was, historically, a swimming pool. South of this area, a vast concrete-paved forecourt is used for staging events connected to the hotel. Exterior Description Casa Magnolia is a multi-level building comprised of two structures, a north wing and south wing, and a central courtyard that separates them. It has load-bearing adobe block perimeter walls with a whitewashed stucco finish and gabled, clay tile roofs. The eaves are typically shallow, although deep overhangs with exposed rafter tails are present at some of the elevations. The various elevations are comprised of vast expanses of flat, stuccoed wall surfaces; wood and glass doors; and wood windows with wood shutters, tile grillework, metal grillework, or projecting conopial bays. The main entry to the house occurs through a gate in a site wall in the southeast corner of the site and through a large studded wood door set in a decorative surround at the east end of the south elevation. The central courtyard was intended as living space and is outfitted with a fireplace, window seats at the screened openings in the east side wall, a nonoriginal fountain, and a nonoriginal built-in table replacing a similar original feature. As most of the circulation between the rooms in the north and south wings occurs on the exterior of the building, several staircases of differing designs are prominent exterior features. Interior Description The south wing of Casa Magnolia consists of two grand spaces, the drawing room (La Sala), and the Cactus Room, with soaring ceilings with exposed wood framing. A dressing room and bathroom are accessed from the drawing room. A small bachelors’ sleeping room and two bathrooms are accessible from the Cactus Room. The north wing consists of another grand space, the dining room, a kitchen, and small bedroom and bathroom. A workshop / servants’ area is located in the northwest corner of this wing, and a full height basement is located below the bedroom at the east end of the wing. The painted and silver leaf murals in the cactus room feature stylized images of desert plants and landscapes. State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 4 of 6 Resource Name or # Casa Magnolia Recorded by: Architectural Resources Group Date: March 23, 2009  Continuation  Update B10. Significance, continued Built circa 1927 to the designs of architect Gordon B. Kaufmann, Casa Magnolia was one of six privately owned dwellings on the grounds of La Quinta Hotel. The house was the residence of Mrs. Lee Eleanor Graham, a Southern California socialite and wife of one of California’s wealthiest oil barons at the time, William Miller Graham. After her divorce she practiced as an interior designer, a relevant fact given the intact finishes and furnishings installed by her, which remain in the property. She also collaborated on some aspects of the design. The house is significant at the local level under Criterion A as a marker in the development of the community. It is one of a significant, original cluster of private residences that surrounded La Quinta Hotel, which included the Cyrus Pierce House and the house of resort founder Walter Morgan, both also extant. The construction of the hotel and these houses, along Avenida Obregon, was the first significant non-agricultural settlement of the immediate area, and set the stage for the further development of La Quinta, which still continues. The house was described in 1932 as “by far the most important and individual house” at La Quinta (Stow-Fithian 44) and as such was presumably a benchmark that the developer, Walter Morgan, was pleased to have added to the resort settlement. The house is significant at the local level under Criterion C for its architecture as well. The Spanish Colonial Revival was the defining architectural style in the early years of La Quinta’s development as a town. The hotel that first defined the greater resort settlement was designed in the style, and the significant residences surrounding it, including Casa Magnolia, were as well. As La Quinta Cove was subdivided and sparsely infilled throughout the 1930s, most of the houses conformed to the same style. Larger remaining examples of the style from the historic period are significant landmarks in the City; Casa Magnolia is the most substantial among the residences in this context, and merits listing for its architectural qualities. The house is an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, and has many of the character-defining features of the style. These include the house’s tile-covered shed and gable roofs with very little overhang, planar stucco wall surfaces with ornamentation concentrated around entrance portals, adobe construction, multilight casement windows with wood shutters, ornamental iron work (in this case, some salvaged from an earlier house in New Orleans and some in a high Art Deco style), polychrome tile, orientation around a wall- and building-enclosed courtyard with a fountain, exterior staircases, and exposed-beam ceilings. The interiors are also significant, with original mural paintings in a downstairs room, a cast stone fireplace and recessed bookshelves in the living room, and many features of a Morrocan-Algerian-Mexican (as it was described in 1932) style kitchen still intact. Although the isolated quality of its historic setting is no longer intact due to the further development of the resort around it, the critical views of the surrounding mountains are still striking at the house. The house’s integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship are high; its integrity of setting, association, and feeling are fair. From 1927, the date of construction, until its purchase by Landmark Land Company c. 1980, Casa Magnolia was a privately owned residence. In the transition from residence to office use in the early 1980s, it was very lightly modified. Prior to 1977, Casa Magnolia remained a privately held residence on the edge of the desert. The residence was last known as the Thompson House prior to its purchase by Landmark Land Co. and incorporation into the hotel. The house was used as Landmark's corporate offices from circa 1980 through circa 1985. The name ‘La Casa’ was given to the building circa 1985 when the use changed from office to public meeting room use. According to people who worked there and consistent with field observations, the house was never altered. Only minor alterations were carried out during its use as offices and subsequent use as event space. It remains highly intact in terms of original building envelope, volume, massing, materials and design intent. State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 5 of 6 Resource Name or # Casa Magnolia Recorded by: Architectural Resources Group Date: March 23, 2009  Continuation  Update DPR 523L (1/95) *Required information View northwest of south façade and setting. View north of main entrance (south façade) State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 6 of 6 Resource Name or # Casa Magnolia Recorded by: Architectural Resources Group Date: March 23, 2009  Continuation  Update DPR 523L (1/95) *Required information View southeast of courtyard with railing from New Orleans (right) and wall with fireplace (left). Doors lead to living room. View northeast of courtyard; exterior staircase on north wing. a t T�ta �j! .: pri qr> ppp j. State of California .. The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Other Listings Reviewi Code Page 1 of 6 *Resource Name or #: _ P1. Other Identifier: Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRNP Status Code Reviewer Date *P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ❑ Unrestricted a. County Riverside b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Quinta Date 1980 T 05S ; R 06E; SW 1/4 of SE1 /4 of Sec 36; B.M. c. Address 49-499 Eisenhower Drive city La Quinta _ zip 92253 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear feature) Zone mE/ mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g. parcel #, legal description, directions to resource, elevation, additional UTMs, etc. as appropriate) *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) La Casa is a complex of two adobe brick buildings and a courtyard, all in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, surrounded by a low adobe wall situated at the extreme southwest corner of the La Quinta Hotel and Resort. All have stucco cladding. It appears to date from the 1920's, but apparently has not been documented in architectural journals of the period; no period photographs have been found. Since no documentation was located, the original purpose of the buildings remains unknown. As it was sited a distance away from the main hotel, as were the Walter Morgan and Cyrus Pierce Houses, it may have functioned as a resort residence. The two buildings are oriented on an east -west axis, and form the north and south boundaries of the courtyard. The east and west courtyard boundaries are formed by low stucco walls, the western wall unornamented and containing an opening into the courtyard. The eastern courtyard wall contains a fireplace with chimney at its midpoint, flanked by deeply recessed wood casement openings with tile surfaced stucco seats below. (See Continuation Sheet) *133b. Resources Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP5. Hotel/Motel *P4. Resources Present: ■ Buildirig ❑ Structure ❑ Object_ ❑ Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (Isolates, etc.) Description of Photo: (View, date, etc.) y *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ❑ Prehistoric M Historic ❑ Both 1920's; City of La Quinta Historic Context Statement. 1996 *P7. Owner and Address: KSL 56-140 PGA Blvd. La Guinta_ CA 92253 ti *P8. Recorded by:(Name, affiliation, address) Pam O'Connor/Marc Roth Mellon and Associates Riverside CA *P9. Date Recorded: /20/1997 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) _.0 --Comprehensive Survey *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report/other sources or "none") City of La Quinta Historic Context Statement 1996 *Attachments: ❑ NONE ❑ Location Map ❑ Sketch Map ® Continuation Sheet ❑ Building, Structure and Object Record ❑ Archaeological Record ❑ District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record ❑ Milling Station Record ❑ Rock Art Record ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record ❑ Other: (List) DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State a€ California; -- The: Resources Agency:; Primary DEPARTMENT OF<PARI(SAND RECREATION HRi # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 2 of 6 *Recorded by Pam O'Connor/Marcy Roth *Date 10/20/1997 0 Continuation ❑ Update '"'Resource Name or #: La Casa P3a. (Cont.) The building situated along the north side of the courtyard, "El Laibreri," has an irregular rectangular ground plan, with slight projections along its north wall. Its main elevation, the south facade, presents two elevations, a single story, plain facade with central double door opening at the west end, and an asymmetrical, 2 -story facade with a low, stucco -walled, stepped entry to a single arched door at its west end and an exterior stairway across the facade leading east to a second -story, covered landing toward the east end. A stucco planter with tile trim extends east from the stucco entry along the length of the exterior stair. The second -story landing has a decorative tile vent in its southern wall. The exterior stairway has a decorative stucco step pattern along its bottom edge. Undernearth the stairway is a low ceilinged entry area with two rectangular and one arched niche and a side door. At its east end, the two-story facade has a single door opening a few steps below ground level. Decorative wood brackets support the shallow second -story overhang, which has a large square central window with metal grille. The second building, which forms the south and part of the west sides of the courtyard, is L-shaped and is comprised of two components, a two-story, side gabled rectangular structure immediately adjacent to a smaller, one-story structure, both oriented east -west, and a smaller, single story rectangular structure oriented north -south and projecting north into the courtyard. The northern, courtyard -facing elevations of both buildings are unornamented, save for an exterior staircase with an elaborate ornamental wrought iron railing, painted tile decorated risers and plain tile treads which runs toward the eastern end of the east -west building to a landing which abuts the entrance to the "Lacily" room. An interior stucco chimney capped by a Mission -style tower rises from the north elevation roofline at midpoint. Entrance to north -south wings is via a single door at north elevation. Exteriors of both buildings appear to retain their h istoric features, with little or no alteration, as does the courtyard wall. A large, tile -topped table in center of courtyard appears to be a later addition. The interior of the "La Sala" room appears to retain most of its original historic fabric, which consists in the main room of a steeply pitched wood ceiling with wood trusses, an octagonal fireplace hood supported by spiral columns and console brackets (the fireplace appears to be unused at present), and a heavy wood -shuttered casement window in the east wall. A double, arched doorway in west wall of main room leads into a pantry, with original wood cabinets and distinctive tile floor hand -painted in a black and white concentric diamond pattern. The interior of the "Cactus" Room has no outstanding details. 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