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LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT JULY 2009 BARNSDALL PARK, RESIDENCE A TASK I, II, AND III FINAL 28 Figure 28: Drawings of Residence B were executed by Rudolph Schindler at the same time as Residence A. Therefore they contain information regarding structural systems that are likely very similar to Residence A. (Image credit: Rudolf M. Schindler Collection, housed at the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara)

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L S A A S S O C I A T E S , I N C . H I S T O R I C S T R U C T U R E R E P O R T

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Figure 28: Drawings of Residence B were executed by Rudolph Schindler at

the same time as Residence A. Therefore they contain information regarding

structural systems that are likely very similar to Residence A.

(Image credit: Rudolf M. Schindler Collection, housed at the University Art

Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara)

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APPENDIX C

DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF RESIDENCE A

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Figure 1: An artist’s sketch of a “proposed transformation” of Olive Hill from an undated newspaper article.

(Image credit: Los Angeles Times. available through Proquest)

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Figure 2: Building Permit for Residence A dating December 23, 1920

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Figure 3: Grading Permit for Barnsdall Park dating April 21, 1961

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Figure 4: Grant Deed for Barnsdall Park

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Figure 5: The development of Olive Hill from 1919-1992.

(Image credit: Barnsdall Park, Historic Site Survey)

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Figure 6: Olive Hill as it appeared in 1919.

(Image credit: Barnsdall Park, Historic Site Survey)

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Figure 7: Development of Olive Hill from 1921-1946.

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Figure 8: Development of Olive Hill from 1946-1965.

(Image credit: Barnsdall Park, Historic Site Survey)

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Figure 9: Development of Olive Hill from 1965-1992.

(Image credit: Barnsdall Park, Historic Site Survey)

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Figure 10: Drawing of Hollow Tile

(Image credit: Ramsey, Charles George and Sleeper, Harold Reeve, Architectural

Graphic Standards, Third Edition, (London: John Wiley and Sons, 1947), 25.)

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Figure 11: June 10th, 1931 Letter from Rudolph Schindler

to Frank Lloyd Wright

(Image credit: Schindler Architectural Collection

at the University of California, Santa Barbara)

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Figure 12: Primary Documents related to

Aline Barnsdall and Barnsdall Park

(Image credits: John Anson Ford Collection

at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California)

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APPENDIX D

SELECTED LOS ANGELES TIMES ARTICLES

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