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El Fureidis (Montecito, Calif.) (1906-)

 Organization

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

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-093
Dates: 1910
Found in: Gledhill Library

Cummings (Ellen) Photograph Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-065
Dates: 1918 - 1919
Found in: Gledhill Library

El Fureidis Gillespie Estate Photograph Album

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1995-131
Dates: 1953
Found in: Gledhill Library

Gillespie estate - rare elegance, 1976-03-21

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

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.

Dates: Publication: 1976-03-21

Hughey Family El Fureidis Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-046
Dates: 1934 - 2011
Found in: Gledhill Library

Hughey Family El Fureidis Photograph Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-001
Dates: 1956 - 1969
Found in: Gledhill Library

Hughey Family El Fureidis Photograph Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2021-116
Found in: Gledhill Library

Piper (Dr. Charles E.) Postcard Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 2004-100
Identifier: 2004-100
Found in: Gledhill Library

Seeing the sights from a bus in the olden days, 1981-04-19

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

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.

Dates: Publication: 1981-04-19