Casa Tierra, 15231 Quito Road, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, CA
Summary
Significance: This adobe structure was built in 1941 by Maude Meagher and Carolyn Smiley as the publishing house residence for World Youth, an international children's magazine. The two women, with the help of a few others, made the adobe by hand from the clay on site, and the roof tile is the last of the homemade tile used in replacement of tile on the California missions. It is reported to be the largest secular adobe in North America, containing some 13,000 square feet of floor space.
Survey number: HABS CA-2113
Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Meagher, Maude
Smiley, Carolyn
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Saratoga (Calif.), 37.24644, -121.99764
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html