BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.56//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-925@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T133016Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927 Medite rranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated\, resto red\, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition by the l egendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner\, Joseph Guider a as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the hallmark s of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holding famil ies\, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many smaller inti mate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted architects\, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxury homes of the era\, and now restored to all of its former glory.\n$25 Member pri ce (Pay Below with a small Paypal fee)*$35 Non-member price (Pay Below wit h a small Paypal fee)*\n*After your purchase you will be emailed the speci al presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nWednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM\nThe Windso r Square Hancock Park Historical Society\npresents its first\nHistory and Virtual Home Tour of 330 N. June Street\nFeaturing an interview and guided tour through this historic property by President Richard Battaglia and ho me owner Joseph Guidera followed by question and answer period with Mr. Gu idera.\nPatrick J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, Colonel James Alexander Watson of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Rancho\, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torran ce\, Wilmington\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of L os Angeles. This was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos o f Spain. Patrick Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and i n 1923\, he sold his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan Amer ican Oil Company which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid- 1920s\, Patrick Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco\ , were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new home for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.\nPatrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burn s to design his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a prominent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenu re together\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most bea utiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of So uthern California\, Headquarters – 1921-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los A ngeles – 1910\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Clubhouse – 1926-1927\, Los An geles Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinley House\, Laf ayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1917\, Scripps College\, Claremont\, CA – 1929\, The Los Angeles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.\nFor his new home\, Patrick Watson would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordquist who had a well-deserved reputat ion for building some of the grandest homes and public buildings in Los An geles.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:VIRTUAL HOME TOUR 303 N. JUNE ST. URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/history-of-303-n-june-street / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://windso rsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-300x218.jpg\;3 00\;218\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads /2021/04/DSC_2244b-1024x743.jpg\;1024\;743\;1\,full\;https://windsorsquare hancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-scaled.jpg\;2560\;185 7\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nWednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927
Mediterranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated\
, restored\, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition b
y the legendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner\, Joseph
Guidera as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the h
allmarks of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a
direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holdin
g families\, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many small
er intimate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted archi
tects\, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxur
y homes of the era\, and now restored to all of its former glory.
\n$25 Member price (P
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\nPatric k J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, Colonel James Alexander Wats on of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Ran cho\, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torrance\, Wilmingto n\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Th is was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos of Spain. Patri ck Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and in 1923\, he so ld his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan American Oil Compa ny which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid-1920s\, Patric k Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco\, were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new ho me for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.< /p>\n
Patrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burns to de sign his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a promi nent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenure toge ther\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most beautiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of Southern California\, Headquarters – 192 1-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los Angeles – 1910\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Clubhouse – 1926-1927\, < a href='https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/2555' targ et='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>Los Angeles Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinle y House\, Lafayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1917\, Scripps College\, Claremont\, CA – 1929\, The Los An geles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.
\nFor his new home\, Patrick Wats on would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordqu ist who had a well-deserved reputation for building some of the grandest h omes and public buildings in Los Angeles.
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Architechture\,Hancock Park\,Historical Society\,Jose ph Guidera\,Larchmont\,Los Angeles\,Mediterranean Revival Architectural Ma sterpiece\,Patrick J. Watson\,Ron Wilson Interiors\,Virtual Event\,Windsor Square END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-1042@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T133016Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:September 18\, 5pm to 7pm. Please join us on a fascinating twil ight walk through of historic Windsor Square on September 18th from 5:00 t o 7:00. Explore the architecture and learn about the current and former re sidents of this beautiful area right in the center of Los Angeles. This is the second in our new series of walks around Windsor Square and Hancock p ark with Eleanor Schrader and Bret Parsons. Wear comfortable shoes. You wo n’t want to miss this.\nThis event has been SOLD OUT.\nMember $50. Non-mem ber $60 (You may pay below with a small Paypal fee)\nThe Windsor Square Ha ncock Park Historical Society\npresents\nMansions\, Moguls & Movie Stars T wilight Tour\nwith Eleanor Schrader & Bret Parsons\nPlease join us Septemb er 18th\, 2021\, 5:00pm – 7:00pm\nRefreshments will be Served\nEleanor Sc hrader is an award-winning educator\, lecturer\, and author. She lectures worldwide on the history of architecture\, interiors\, and decorative art s and leads art and architecture tours throughout the world. She has been named a Distinguished Instructor of design history at UCLA Extension. Sh e is also Professor Emeritus of Art and Architectural History at Santa Mon ica College. She has done graduate work in fine and decorative arts at Sot heby’s Institute in London and New York and has served as Design Review Co mmissioner for the City of Beverly Hills. She is co-author of “Master Arch itects of Southern California\, 1920-1940: Wallace Neff”.\nBret Parsons ha s written five books\, including Colcord Home (2008)\, the biography of th e beloved Southern California architect Gerard Colcord. He is the co-autho r of books on Paul R. Williams\, Roland E.Coate\, Gordan B. Kaufmann\, and Wallace Neff among others in the Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940s published by Angel City Press. A residential Realtor\, he foun ded Bret Parsons Real Estate in 2008. He is the founder and executive dire ctor of the architectural division of Compass. Bret resides in Los Angeles .\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mansions\, Moguls & Movie Stars Twilight Tour URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/mansions-moguls-movie-stars- twilight-tour/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/09/20210823-The-Mansions-Moguls-and-Movie-Star-Twilight-Tour- copy-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.co m/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210823-The-Mansions-Moguls-and-Movie-Star-T wilight-Tour-copy-232x300.jpg\;232\;300\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquareha ncockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210823-The-Mansions-Moguls-and- Movie-Star-Twilight-Tour-copy.jpg\;612\;792\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Sep tember 18\, 5pm to 7pm. Please join us on a fascinating twilight walk thro ugh of historic Windsor Square on September 18th from 5:00 to 7:00. Explor e the architecture and learn about the current and former residents of thi s beautiful area right in the center of Los Angeles. This is the second in our new series of walks around Windsor Square and Hancock park with Elean or Schrader and Bret Parsons. Wear comfortable shoes. You won’t want to mi ss this.
\nThis event has been SOLD OUT.
\nMember $50. Non-member $60 (You may pay below w ith a small Paypal fee)
\npr esents
\nEleanor S chrader is an award-winning educator\, lecturer\, and author. Sh e lectures worldwide on the history of architecture\, interiors\, and deco rative arts and leads art and architecture tours throughout the world. Sh e has been named a Distinguished Instructor of design history at UCLA Exte nsion. She is also Professor Emeritus of Art and Architectural History at Santa Monica College. She has done graduate work in fine and decorative a rts at Sotheby’s Institute in London and New York and has served as Design Review Commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills. She is co-author of “M aster Architects of Southern California\, 1920-1940: Wallace Neff”.
\n< p>Bret Parsons has written five books\, including Colcord Home (2008)\, t he biography of the beloved Southern California architect Gerard Colcord. He is the co-author of books on Paul R. Williams\, Roland E.Coate\, Gordan B. Kaufmann\, and Wallace Neff among others in the Master Architects of S outhern California 1920-1940s published by Angel City Press. A residential Realtor\, he founded Bret Parsons Real Estate in 2008. He is the founder and executive director of the architectural division of Compass. Bret resi des in Los Angeles.\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Architechture\,Bret Parsons\,Eleanor Schrader\,Hancoc k Park\,Historical Society\,Los Angeles\,Windsor Square END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-1303@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T133016Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:LOVE GARDENS?\nThe Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Socie ty is showcasing 5 beautiful local gardens.\nEnjoy Music\, Plant Sale & Ra ffle Items\nDocents available at each garden.\nRefreshments will be served .\nJUNE 5\, 1-5pm\nTour begins at 166 S. Plymouth\nMembers $40\nNon-Member s $50\nPartner Organization $40 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220605T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220605T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:A Garden Tour URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/a-garden-tour/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2022/04/gardentour-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://winds orsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gardentour-194x300.jpg\ ;194\;300\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2022/04/gardentour-663x1024.jpg\;663\;1024\;1\,full\;https://windsorsqu arehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gardentour.jpg\;1294\;2000\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
LOVE GARDENS?
\nThe
Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society is showcasing 5 beautiful l
ocal gardens.
\nEnjoy Music\, Plant Sale & Raffle Items
\nDocent
s available at each garden.
\nRefreshments will be served.
Members $40
\nNon-Members $50
\nPartner Organization $40
Join architectural historian Eleanor Schrader and realt or/architectural author Bret Parsons for a spectacular tour of the histori c enclaves of greater Hancock Park. Our double-decker bus will guide us do wn streets filled with beautiful homes as we reveal secrets that illuminat e this coveted neighborhood. We’ll regale you with details about its histo ric revival styles\, extraordinary architects (Elmer Grey\, Sumner Hunt\, Paul R. Williams\, Wallace Neff\, and others)\, filming locations includin g “Sunset Boulevard\,” and anecdotes about the lavish lifestyles of famous personalities who inhabited these estates.
\nMembers Tickets are $7 5
\nNote that all tours require 48 hours’ cancellation notification for refund. You will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.
\nA por tion of the proceeds benefit Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Societ y.
\nUpper-deck seats provide a unique view of the homes on our tour .
\nAdditional details to be emailed a couple of days before the tou r.
\nPlease\, no children\, babies\, or pets.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Bret Parsons\,Eleanor Schrader\,Elmer Grey\,Hancock P ark\,Historical Society\,Los Angeles\,Paul R. Williams\,Sumner Hunt\,Sunse t Boulevard\,tour\,Wallace Neff\,Windsor Square\,Windsor Square Hancock Pa rk Historical Society END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR