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Item Title
Casa Tierra, 15231 Quito Road, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, CA
Location15231 Quito Road,
Saratoga, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2113
Building/structure dates:
1941 initial construction
Significance: This adobe structure was built in 1941 by Maude Meagher and Carolyn Smiley as the publishing house residence for World Youth, an international children's magazine. The two women, with the help of a few others, made the adobe by hand from the clay on site, and the roof tile is the last of the homemade tile used in replacement of tile on the California missions. It is reported to be the largest secular adobe in North America, containing some 13,000 square feet of floor space.
Related Names
Meagher, Maude
Smiley, Carolyn
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. ENTRANCE FROM COURTYARD, LOOKING WEST
2. STEPS TO ENTRANCE, LOOKING WEST
3. LIVING ROOM WINDOW, LOOKING NORTH-NORTHWEST
4. TILE ROOFS AND CHIMNEY
5. LIVING ROOM CHIMNEY
6. CERAMIC TILE BENCH AT RIGHT OF ENTRANCE
7. DINING AREA ('GREAT HALL') WINDOW, LOOKING WEST
8. CHIMNEY OF STUDY
9. VIEW LOOKING EAST FROM DINING AREA
10. GUEST SUITE CORRIDOR, LOOKING WEST
11. ADOBE WINDOW DETAIL
ENTRANCE FROM COURTYARD, LOOKING WEST
STEPS TO ENTRANCE, LOOKING WEST
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