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Order Number	00078755
Title	George Lehman's Round House adobe
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Adobes-Round House.; N-003-615.1 8x10
Date	1880
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;14 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	This adobe, known as the Round House as well as the "Garden of Paradise", was built in 1854 by Ramo´n Alexander as a gift to his Spanish bride Mari´a Valde´z, daughter of Basi´lio Valde´z, who came to Los Angeles from Spain in 1830. In the late 1850s, it was sold to German immigrant George Lehman, better known as "Round House George", and it long housed his famous beer garden known as the Garden of Paradise, which eventually became a famous landmark and a very popular pleasure resort at the time. After the garden closed, the city's first kindergarten was opened here, with Kate Douglas Wiggin as teacher. Sadly, it was torn down in or about 1887.
Description	Exterior view of the Round House, located from Main to Spring streets, between 3rd and 4th. The cactus hedge that fenced the Spring Street front of the garden was still intact at this time, but the tree of knowledge had been cut down. The adobe Round House was a famous landmark of early days known as the "Garden of Paradise". After the garden closed, the city's first kindergarten was opened here; this photo was possibly taken during that period. Photograph dated: 1880.
Subject	Architecture, Domestic--California--Los Angeles. Kindergarten facilities--California--Los Angeles. Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles. Dwellings--California--Los Angeles. Trees--California--Los Angeles. Lehman, George. Alexander, Ramon. Ingersoll, Luther A.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection