Driftwood Cottage
| Driftwood Cottage | |
|---|---|
| Driftwood | |
 Driftwood Cottage in 2022 | |
| Location | 26398 Ocean View Avenue and the corner of Scenic Drive, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California |
| Coordinates | 36°32′24″N 121°55′54″W / 36.54000°N 121.93167°WCoordinates: 36°32′24″N 121°55′54″W / 36.54000°N 121.93167°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Built | 1908 |
| Built by | George W. Reamer |
| Built for | Florence E. Wells |
| Current use | Residence |
| Architectural style(s) | Japanese architecture |
  Driftwood Cottage Location on Carmel Point | |
Driftwood Cottage, often simply called Driftwood, is a house located on Carmel Point at the southern city limits of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It has views of Carmel Bay, Carmel River, and Point Lobos. Architect George W. Reamer built the house in 1908 for Florence E. Wells.[1]
History[edit]
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Driftwood Cottage was one of the first houses to be built on Carmel Point. The property fronted the Carmel River lagoon at a time when the Point was without trees.[2][1][3][better source needed] Uma, wife of Robinson Jeffers, noted that it was one of two houses when the couple lived in Carmel.[4]
The 3,000 square feet (280 m2) home is set on five lots and has two single-story buildings made of redwood and stone. The main house and guest cottage are connected by a 20 ft (6.1 m) hallway.[5] There are four rooms in the main house, which open onto an atrium with a glass dome. The floor is covered with blue Japanese slate.[3][1]
Driftwood Cottage was once home of actress Jean Arthur (1900–1991) and her mother Johanna Greene.[6][7][8] Arthur remodeled the house and created a large outdoor garden, with landscape artist George Hoy, in a Japanese architecture style, including a Japanese bronze dragon gate latch.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fink, Augusta (2000). Monterey County: The Dramatic Story of its Past. Valley Publishers. p. 243. ISBN 9780913548622. Retrieved 2020-09-06. Search this book on
- ↑ Rense, Paige, ed. (1977). Celebrity Homes: Architectural digest presents the private worlds of thirty international personalities. New York: The Viking Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780670209644. OCLC 1029290581. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hudson, Monica (2006). Carmel-By-The-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 73–74, 78. ISBN 9780738531229. Retrieved 2022-07-18. Search this book on
- ↑ The American West. American West Management Corporation. 1973. pp. 5–8. Search this book on
- ↑ Oller, John (1999). Jean Arthur The Actress Nobody Knew. Limelight Editions. ISBN 9780879102784. Retrieved 2023-02-15. Search this book on
- ↑ Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. pp. 54, 120. ISBN 9780913548738. Retrieved 2022-03-18. Search this book on
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Russell Mac Masters (1976). "Architectural Digest: Jean Arthur". archive.architecturaldigest.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ↑ Oller, John (1997). Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew. Limelight Editions. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-87910-090-2. Search this book on
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