Some California Houses 



KR 1 ture is 3" generally regarded a> 



iern as that of the houses of the Fas 



follow, Hi- their generic tyje, the To 



tl eye, which is ve^y apt to view buildings ! rvi-rv vhat 



necessarily ni. nit-led on i .n ideals, j.nd more especially on ib 



France, and Ualy, the \>\. of a frankly new type, which ha\? ''to- *-. ^irt? -.irfvaU-nt 



in California uf late years, serm to be thoroughly ehnracieristic of r. --.nv T A<<tt-rji lands. 

 Their attract ion, indeed, is twofold, and txmsists not alone in the- tn-u-'U.ii yk .f their art, 

 but in the tlv admiral Ic way in which they meet the local ( iif.:at- . 



Thai many of these hmildings ha^'e charm, and quite distir.fuvr ciurni. An 



old civilization is created afresh in their plastered walls, an old life >& T*-C 'tU-i u< thrtr sjs-u >\is 

 plans and rigid outlines; new ideas, and a new treatment of old \<k*x 

 in buildings contemporary with ourselves, The myst^r, <>f romance. 

 the fas of tradition, are summed tt}> and vitah/A-d in these : 



so distinctive and so new. Thr M charm, however, is n 'her in 



cont 'ir design. Yet. inore thari any other gro^;> f buildings. 



new n<> our national a note 



-perpetuate the heritage of ^ ;i * ; ' 



they certainly meet climat ; ^ *h 



"Hacienda del Pozo dr Verona,' the House ot Mrs. Ph<rf>c A, 



The great country seat of Mrs. PhaeU- A. Hearst, at Pleasanto: 

 has l>er: the picturesque name of the "Hacienda del Pozo de Ver" 



the Well ! Verona" -is a fine type of the distinctively Californian h<iv 

 the Livennofe Valley, at the entrance to Niles Canon, not far from San 

 here, on a site commanding n magnificent prospect, and sorr- >unde< i 

 of vineyards and fruit on v Heantt has built hei - h*is 



ap])roximates a Mexic -alth arid refinement. 



It is a building of va with ain exterior of utter ; 



concenied, but of considerabi tnd variety in 



structure is covered with cenu 

 e rc>of is covere<l -' 





