El Fureidis (Montecito, Calif.) (1906-)
Dates
- Existence: 1906
Biography
El Fureidis (Little Paradise or Pleasure Gardens) is a 10,000-square-foot historic estate built in 1906 on 10 acres in Montecito, California. Originally called the James Waldron Gillespie Estate or Gillespie Palace after its original owner, the Roman, Persian, Arabic and Spanish-styled architecture is one of only five houses designed by the American architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue.
El Fureidis is most famous for being the source of rare palm trees now found in Disneyland's Adventureland and Jungle Cruise ride. It was also used in the main outside location shots for Tony Montana's Coral Gables mansion in the 1983 film Scarface. [Wikipedia]
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Chapin Family Collection
Cummings (Ellen) Photograph Collection
El Fureidis Gillespie Estate Photograph Album
Gillespie estate - rare elegance, 1976-03-21
Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.
Hughey Family El Fureidis Collection
Hughey Family El Fureidis Photograph Collection
Hughey Family El Fureidis Photograph Collection
Piper (Dr. Charles E.) Postcard Collection
Seeing the sights from a bus in the olden days, 1981-04-19
Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.