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11 unusual facts about Montecito


Amy Elizabeth du Pont

She died on February 16, 1962 at age 81, following a stroke at her home in Montecito, California.

Gary David Goldberg

He died of brain cancer in Montecito, California on June 22, 2013, just three days shy of his 69th birthday.

George Boldt

Towards the end of his life, he commissioned architect Francis T. Underhill to build him a Swiss-chalet-style mansion, "La Manzanita," in Montecito, Santa Barbara, California.

Isaac Rieman Baxley

The city council appointed him to a special board for the assigning of street names in Montecito.

John Benjamin Henck

John Benjamin Henck (October 20, 1815 Philadelphia – January 3, 1903 Montecito, California) was a classical scholar and civil engineer.

Lobster Records

The label started with Bad Neighbor, a Montecito based rock band, with a huge local following featuring Alan Duncan and Mark Bennett on guitars, Sean Murphy on drums, Todd Roll on Bass and Zak Remington on lead vocals.

Max Farrand

They retired there after a married life together of summers in Maine and the East Coast, and winters in Montecito near Santa Barbara, California.

Montecito

Montecito, California, a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California

Montecito Inn

Montecito Inn is a boutique hotel in the southwestern part of Montecito, California.

Unconditionally

Engineering was carried out by Peter Carlsson, Clint Gibbs, Sam Holland, and Michael Ilbert in March 2013 at Luke's In The Boo in Malibu, California and Secret Garden Studios in Montecito, California.

Villa Farnese

1920s gardens with a catena d'acqua include the Harold Lloyd Estate in Beverly Hills and 'Las Tejas' in Montecito, California, with the latter also having a casino in direct homage to the original at Villa Farnese.


George Rodney Willis

Projects on the boards during the time that Willis worked with Hunt and his partner Elmer Grey include:the Edith Daniels House, in Aradia, CA (1904), the Livingston Jenks House, San Rafael, CA (1904), the Astronomer's House (aka The Monastery) and other buildings, at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Mount Wilson, CA (1904), the Thomas H. Foote House, East Colorado Street, Pasadena, CA (1905), and the J.W. Gillespie House, in Montecito, CA.

Malaya Drew

In 2005 she recurred on the HBO series Entourage and from 2006–2007 she was on the NBC show Las Vegas, playing a new member of the Montecito Casino team with James Lesure, Josh Duhamel and James Caan.

Montecito Heights, Los Angeles

Central to just about everything and known by the residents as the 'Wilderness in the City' Montecito Heights sits atop the Monterey Hills that divide the Los Angeles Basin from the San Gabriel Valley.

Robert Koch Woolf

Robert Koch Woolf, formerly known as Robert Koch (born Temple, Texas, 1923; died Montecito, California, 2004), was an American interior decorator noted for the Hollywood homes he created with architect John Elgin Woolf.