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Order Number	00075124
Title	Queen Anne Cottage at Arboretum
Photographer	Smith, A. Ellis.
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Arcadia-Residences-Baldwin.
Date	1957
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Looking from the sitting room to the music room of the Queen Anne Cottage, showing one the five marble fireplaces which were made in Italy. The Queen Anne Cottage was built between the years 1885-86 by Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin and is believed to have been a honeymoon gift for Lucky's fourth wife, sixteen year-old Lillie Bennett. Lillie's father, architect Albert A. Bennett, designed the cottage. After the May-December marriage ended in 1885, Baldwin converted the home into a memorial to the third wife, Jennie Dexter, who had died in 1881. Jennie's likeness can be seen in a stained glass portrait in the front door and in a large portrait hanging in the parlor, both of which remain in the cottage today. Baldwin resided in the neighboring 8-room adobe house, originally owned by Hugo Reid, leaving the cottage to serve as the ranch guest house. After Baldwin's death in 1909, the ranch land fell into the hands of Baldwin's daughter Anita, who in 1936, sold some acres to Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times. Chandler owned a real estate company, Rancho Santa Anita, Inc., which oversaw the former Baldwin land and developed subdivisions in the area. In 1947, 111 acres of the former Santa Anita Ranch were purchased from Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. by the State of California and County of Los Angeles to develop the arboretum. Photo dated: July 1957.
Subject	Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. Dwellings--California--Arcadia. Queen Anne revival (Architecture)--California--Arcadia. Bennett, Albert A. Arcadia (Calif.).
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