El Alisal, 200 East Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Summary
Significance: El Alisal (Spanish for "The Sycamore") is a large stone house of studied primitive decor, owner built by Charles F. (Don Carlos) Lumnis, (1859-1928) and heterogeneous in composition, largely of field stone, hand hewn timbers and used log telephone poles. The home became the nucleus of a cultural colony, and here for more than 25 years Mr. Lumnis entertained many men and women of high intellectual achievement and renown...
Survey number: HABS CA-339
Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1910
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, 33.77558, -118.26076
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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