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Edgar Rice Burroughs 'Tarzan' house (remodeled) (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Calabasas / Los Angeles, California
 house, historical building

Edgar Rice Burroughs 'Tarzan' house (remodeled)
- originally Harrison Grey Otis - L.A. Times 'country estate' mansion.
- Burroughs, author of 'Tarzan' books, made headquarters here on large ranch circa '23
- he subdivided the ranch land to form the community 'Tarzana' in '28
- the Mission Revival style mansion was remodeled as clubhouse for El Caballero C.C., in 28' and since.
- a 'replacement' ranch house was later built by 'ERB' on Mecca Ave. to west, and [2010] sold by heirs.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzana,_CA
www.erbzine.com/mag13/1354.html [Tarzana-ERB history website]
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Coordinates:   34°9'35"N   118°31'56"W

Comments

  • GPSer1
    Tarzana Hill (Closed) Just east of Reseda Boulevard at Tarzana Drive, the knoll served as a local landmark. On top of the hill Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, owner of the L.A. Times, built a hacienda he called Mil Flores. On the hill he planted a grove of trees from several continents. In 1919 the 550 acres were sold to Edgar Rice Burroughs, who named the spread Tarzana Ranch. Burroughs built the Valley's first swimming pool and helped found El Caballero Country Club. Cedar Hills Nursery was located on the hill for many years. In the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a sensor mounted on the hill recorded the greatest ground shaking ever detected. Bulldozers finally cut down a large swath of the knoll in 2001 for a new housing tract.
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