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SANTA BARBARA 805.687.2666 | MONTECITO 805.969.5026 | SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 805.688.2969

3868 State StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93105

1170 Coast Village RoadMontecito, CA 93108

2933 San Marcos Avenue, Suite 102Los Olivos, CA 93441

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1046 Miramonte Ave #2 $565,000Heather Martineau 805.231.3558Updated 2BD condo with newer kitchen & baths, flooring. Conveniently located near the Mesa.

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1931 Eucalyptus Hill Rd, Open Sat 1-3 $2,495,000Randy Glick 805.563.4066

3054 Calle Noguera, Open Sat 2-4 $1,199,000The Easters 805.570.0403

218 Santa Barbara St, Open Sat 2-4 $1,175,000Marsha Kotlyar 805.565.4014

4509 Auhay Dr A, Open Sat 1-4 $1,175,000Kathy Strand Spieler 805.895.6326

222 Calle Granada, Open Sat 1-4 $1,145,000Joel Butera 805.448.4831

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773 Park Ln $6,500,000Dan Encell 805.565.4896

6544 Camino Venturoso $1,029,000Sharol Mulder 805.259.7988

3034 Calle Rosales $939,000The Easters 805.570.0403

2007 Robbins St $879,000

Freed/Roche 805.895.1799/805.705.5334

927 W Valerio St $799,000Angela Moloney 805.451.1553

136 W Haley St $585,000Bryan R. Uhrig 805.331.3191NEW PRICE! Vintage California Classic - Brinkerhoff Bugalow Triplet III - 1BD/1BA, redone in 2012. www.136WestHaleyStreet.com

351 Sycamore Drive $729,000Mary Layman 805.448.3890Beautiful Sycamore Ranch 5BD/3BA 2-story home in Buellton. Featuring a gorgeous manicured backyard & spa. A wonderful community just 35 min from SB.

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history 101The home at 525 Miramonte Drive is full of stories. If you’ve lived in the Santa Barbara area for more than a few years, you’ve

probably driven by and noticed its sharp angles and huge windows gazing down from its distinctive façade. The house sits on the hill above City College near Loma Alta, a neighborhood marked by vintage streetlights and, as I recently learned, the longevity of its residents.

When I visited last week, there was a steady stream of visitors to the open house. Eavesdropping on snippets of their conversations, I could tell that almost all of them were neighbors, and almost all of them had stories about the home and the family who had lived there all of its life and all of their lives.

The family home of Kenneth and Elaine Urton, the house was designed by Joseph Plunkett, who also designed

the Arlington Theatre, the original Santa Barbara Airport, and many other clas-sic buildings. It was built by Kenneth and his father, Charles Urton, the well-known builder of the Granada Theatre. Kenneth and Elaine had moved to Santa Barbara as newlyweds in 1935. Their two daughters were born shortly thereafter. Charles brought Kenneth on as a partner in his business, and they built the home together in 1939. It has been in the family ever since. Elaine was an artist in many media. One of the most striking features of the house is her art studio, which is now a legally permitted guest house plus studio, full of natural light and custom cabinetry.

One of the neighbors reminisced that Elaine would dress her young daughters in red so that she could keep an eye on them as they played and scrambled on the hills above their house. The sisters

grew up in the house and walked to nearby McKin-ley School together. Apparently the neighbor-hood was a somewhat Bohemian enclave, filled with artists, writers, and professors. This moun-

tain-drive-by-the-sea became an area where houses have been passed down through generations, and families tend to stay put. Kenneth died in 2003, and when Elaine passed away earlier this year at the age of 101, the sisters decided it was time to let a new owner take over the house. Having been in their family all these years, it is now on the market for the very first time.

The three-bedroom, three-bath home is still in its original condition, and a new owner will probably want to redo the baths and kitchen. The quirky kitchen boasts colorful patterned wallpaper that has a story of its own. The Urtons were said to enjoy preparing elaborate meals with their friends, including actor Vin-cent Price. They admired Price’s kitchen wallpaper so much that they copied its

design for their own kitchen walls. The house also sports custom skylights fash-ioned by Kenneth and built-in cabinetry in almost every room. Despite whatever details the home’s next owner might decide to change, the huge living-room windows of this house will continue to look out over the neighborhood and the harbor beyond and tell the stories of this home for generations to come.

525 Miramonte Drive is currently for sale in Santa Barbara, listed by Linda Mason of Home Realty & Investments. Reach Linda at 698-8335.

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Address: 525 Miramonte Drive

Status: On the market

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3868 State StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93105

1170 Coast Village RoadMontecito, CA 93108

2933 San Marcos Avenue, Suite 102Los Olivos, CA 93441

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Falcon Heights offers everything you need in a new home and more. Beautiful curb appeal outside and

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Windows perform more func-tions than any other compo-nent of our buildings. They

provide daylight, natural ventilation, and glare control. They control fading, sound intrusion, water tightness, and thermal buffering. They determine condensation, durability, clarity of views, and mainte-nance schedules. And, of course, they need to be attractive and affordable.

Because of all these functions, it is advisable to purchase the highest-per-formance windows you can afford. Most windows now carry rating labels developed by the National Fenes-tration Rating Council (NFRC). They tell the U-value, which reflects insulating effectiveness; the solar heat gain coef-the solar heat gain coef-the solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), which tracks how much heat radiation passes through a window; and the visi-ble transmittance, which covers daylight, views, glare, and fading.

California building codes now require that all windows be dual glazed (have two layers of glass) with a U-value no higher than .32. (The lower the number, the bet-ter the insulating performance.) The SHGC varies between 0 and 1. A lower number reduces cooling costs. Usually, U-values and SHGC numbers move up or down together, but for passive solar design—winter heating from the sun

being essential—it is important to get separation, still seeking a low U-value but getting as high a SHGC number as possible to let in more heat radiation.

There are many types of coatings now added to glass. The most common, a low-E coating (low emittance), improves the insulating value of a window, roughly equivalent to adding another pane of glass. These coatings keep the summer heat out and the winter heat in. Most new houses today have windows with two low-E coatings (called low-E squared).

In designing for pas-sive solar, placement of these low-E units on the north and west orientations is good practice. But a different configuration is needed for south and east exposures — one that still has good insulat-ing value (low U-value) but allows infrared radiation to enter (high SHGC).

The frame materi-als (wood, vinyl, metal, fiberglass), quality of

construction (strength and tightness of corners), type of hardware, and number of layers and durability of weather strip-ping are other factors to consider in win-dow purchase. And it all adds up; over the past 30 years, windows have transformed from being one of the worst-performing elements of a home to now being one of the best and most versatile.

Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Community Environmental Council.

Neighborhoods

Even in the midday heat, Girsh Park is humming with activity: There’s a lively pickup basketball game in

progress, a group of kids practicing soc-cer, and a mother reading to two little boys in the welcoming shade of a tree. The 25-acre park is a landscape people engage with, a setting that draws folks of all ages and income levels, and Execu-tive Director Ryan Harrington is under-standably proud. “This is one location that brings everyone together,” he said. “Kids and adults with different norms, values, socioeconomic levels, all gather-ing for games, picnics, birthdays … even quinceañeras and weddings.”

The park was originally envisioned in 1998 as a buffer of open space on land owned by Dr. Lester Girsh between the Camino Real Marketplace and the neighborhood around it. Girsh entrusted the project to developer Mark Linehan, who saw the need for an active community park in Goleta and went beyond mere buffer, creating a 12-acre park that included a soccer field, softball field, basketball courts, picnic area, play-ground, and community room. When the County of Santa Barbara declined to take over the park, Linehan organized it as a nonprofit entity with a board of community-minded citizens, and the Foundation for Girsh Park was born.

A creative business model evolved. “The foundation relies on user fees from entities such as Dos Pueblos Little League and AYSO, an endowment, fun-draising campaigns, corporate sponsors such as MarBorg Industries, and fund-ing from the City of Goleta,” Harrington explained. “It’s an unusual partnership of private and public entities.”

An additional 12 acres for Little League baseball, now called Elings Fields, was acquired in 2003; a subse-quent capital campaign helped finance the building of a state-of-the-art soc-cer field; and a current campaign will fund a field house, a concession stand with a commercial kitchen, and other

improvements. “At this point we are basically the parks and rec department for the City of Goleta,” said Harrington. “We don’t facilitate our own programs, but we maintain and oversee the facility. We focus on what we’re good at. We’re a recreation enterprise.”

And Girsh Park does seem like an enterprise: innovative, inventive, and responsive to community needs. As we walk around outdoors, Harrington shows me where the Goleta Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Lemon Festival, where the Rotary Club offers fireworks on the Fourth of July, and the meadow where the Easter-egg hunt hap-pens. He mentions the use of reclaimed water and explains the advantages of syn-thetic turf on Goleta’s clay soil as a supe-rior playing surface and water-saving and water-saving andmeasure. He points out a fountain with a fitting that facilitates refilling water bottles, observes places where good shade trees will thrive, and espouses his thoughts on playground equipment. He contemplates how welcome food and refreshments will be at baseball games, as well as the potential revenue of leasing the kitchen space to a provider.

“In general, parks don’t make money,” Harrington said. “It’s really difficult to make them self-sustaining.” But by com-bining fee-for-service income, private donations, endowment interest, and city contributions, Girsh Park succeeds, and the collective good it yields cannot be measured. “I think it’s fair to say we’re mitigating problems of obesity, drug use, even depression …” mused Harrington.

The park generates upward of 350,000 visits per year and, in Harrington’s view, may well be the true heart of Goleta. “It’s one place to go for most of your recre-ational needs,” he said. “We’re a multi-generational facility with people from all different backgrounds. When they get here and use the park, they’re all on the same level. They’re all playing by the same rules. It’s kind of a beautiful thing.”

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This data is provided to The Santa Barbara Independent by an outside third-party source and represents a partial list of recorded residential sales in Santa Barbara County on the dates listed. While this information is public record, The Santa Barbara Independent cannot guarantee the accuracy nor the completeness of this list.

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486 Evonshire Ave, 4bd/2ba, $739,000

This charming & centrally located 4 bedroom 2 bath

home is convenient to shopping, schools and the Goleta

bike path! The open and inviting floorplan features

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OPEN HOUSESCarpinteria203 Serpolla Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chierici & Associates 805-680-0501

1431 Tomol Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $765,000, Coldwell Banker, Gloria Carmichael 805 896-6567

1531 Nantucket Court, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $850,000, Coldwell Banker, Nancy Hussey 805-452-3052

3375 Foothill Rd #113 & 114, 4BD/4BA, Sun 2-5, $1,898,000, Coldwell Banker, Scott McCosker, 805-687-2436

3553 Padaro Lane, 2BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $5,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kathleen Winter 805-451-4663

4527 Carpinteria Avenue A, 2BD/BA, $595,000, Sun 1-4, $595,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg, 805-969-1258

5931 Birch #1, 2BD/1BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $349,500, Prestigious Properties & Inv., Stella Anderson 805-570-8529

Downtown Santa Barbara401 Chapala Street 222, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 11-4, $1,325,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

401 Chapala Street 302, 1BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $1,495,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

401 Chapala Street 312, 1BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $1,275,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

401 Chapala Street 403, 2BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $2,200,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

618 Anacapa St #7, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun open, $1,669,000, Keller Williams, Janice Laney 805-705-6974

725 De La Vina Street, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $1,099,999, Keller Williams, Epstein Partners 805-689-9339

1109 Olive Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 12-3, $959,000 Berkshire Hathaway, Brett Buschbom 805-451-9108

1815 Bath Street #2, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 12-3, $525,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-698-0352

1831 Chapala Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $749,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jennifer Berger 805-451-5484

1835 Chapala Street, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471

2415 Chapala Street, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $990,000, Coldwell Banker, Jeani Burke 805-451-1429

Eastside Santa Barbara218 Santa Barbara Street D, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4, $1,175,000, Berkshire Hathaway, David M. Cohn 805-214-8244

426 Por La Mar Circle, 1BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $545,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Gene Archambault , 805-455-1190

611 East Sola Street, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,139,000, Keller Williams Realty, Jon Gilkeson 805-335-4749

641 Por La Mar Cir #B, 2BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $939,000, Village Properties, Billy Mandarino 805-570-4827

645 Costa Del Mar C, 2BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $979,000, Village Properties, Billy Mandarino 805-570-4827

1010 North Nopal Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-3, $769,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Mary Whitney 805-689-0915

1305 Blanchard Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,095,000, Santa Barbara Estates, Christopher A Page 805-284-8422

1116 North Nopal Street, 3BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $695,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Isaiah J. Polstra 805-722-5085

Goleta39 Dearborn Place #100, 2BD/1BA, Sun 12-3 SUN 12-3pm, $415,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-698-0354

216 Moreton Bay Lane Unit 5, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun By Appt., $439,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Mike Pearl 805-637-6888, Gail Pearl 805-637-9595

632 Dara Road, 4BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,029,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Steve Heller 805-252-2749

1064 Via Regina, 5BD/4BA, Sun 1:30-4:30, $1,159,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Stubbins 805-729-0778

4747 Camino Del Rey, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $669,500, Coldwell Banker, Patty Colman 805-689-6517

6211 Avenida Ganso, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $825,000, Assist-2-Sell, Roger Jacobson 805-692-5060

6836 Fortuna Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $879,000, Coldwell Banker, Jessie Sessions, 805-709-0904

7549 Sea Gull Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat 12-3 Sun 12-3, $835,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-698-0351

Hope Ranch4178 Creciente Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $4,195,000, Coldwell Banker, Pat Costello 805-451-3977

4426 Via Alegre, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $2,695,000, Coldwell Banker, , Dave Goldstein 805-448-0468

4509 Auhay Drive A, 4BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,175,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Bob Ratliffe, 805-448-6642

The Mesa20 Barranca Ave 2, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,150,000, Mike Richardson Realtors, Mike Richardson 805-963-1704

222 Meigs Road Unit 19, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,275,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Diane Waterhouse, 805-886-2988

821 Weldon Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,125,000, Mike Richardson Realtors, Mike Richardson 805-963-1704

1114 Del Sol Avenue, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,350,000, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471

1266 San Miguel Avenue, 3BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,625,000, Coldwell Banker, Kirk Hodson 805-886-6527

Mission Canyon224 Vista De La Cumbre, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,485,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jim Alzina 805-455-1941

408 Los Robles Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,649,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Deb Archambault 805-455-2966

715 Mission Canyon Road, Sun 1-4, 5BD/4.5BA, $2,995,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Will Stonecipher 805-450-4821

790 Mission Oaks Lane, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,949,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Doug Van Pelt 805-637-3684

858 Cheltenham Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,150,000, Coldwell Banker, Jeani Burke 805-451-1429

907 Cheltenham Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,250,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258

967 Cheltenham Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-5, $1,200,000, Berkshire Hathaway, John Comin 805-689-3078

2286 Las Tunas Road, 4BD/5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,795,000, Coldwell Banker, Patrice Serrani 805 637-5112

2634 Puesta Del Sol, 1BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $895,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

2659 Todos Santos Lane, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $3,695,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

2866 Foothill Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $939,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris Jones 805-708-7041

2911 Foothill Road, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $939,500, Berkshire Hathaway, Debby Rexford 805-886-8773

2960 Glen Albyn, 5BD/3.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,695,000, Coldwell Banker, Don Haws, 805-895-7653

Montecito12 West Mountain Drive, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-4, $1,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Toni Sutherland 805-618-6880

62 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,439,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brooke Ebner 805-453-7071

211 Rametto Road, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,395,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jenny Hall 805-705-7125

298 East Mountain Drive, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,995,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Daniela Johnson 805-453-4555

352 East Mountain Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 2-4, $3,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Linda Brown “Brownie” 805-666-9090

395 Woodley Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,575,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258

618 Tabor Lane, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,399,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258

830 Riven Rock Road, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 12-3, $7,750,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Ron Brand 805-455-5045

923 Buena Vista Drive, 6BD/6.5BA, By Appt., $5,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

1098 Golf Road, 5BD/4BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $5,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Taylor & Tara Toner 805-451-4801

1211 East Valley Road, 4BD/4BA, Sun 12-3, $2,595,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Yolanda Van Wingerden 805-570-4965

1220 Coast Village Road Unit 110, 3BD/2BA, By Appt., $1,150,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

1420 East Valley Road, 6BD/7BA, Sun 2-5, $6,150,000, Coldwell Banker, Brian Goldsworthy 805-570-1289

1445 South Jameson Lane, 5BD/6.5BA, Sun 1-4, $4,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Diane Randall 805-705-5252

1530 Mimosa Lane 6BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $7,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Michele White, 805-452-7515

1709 Overlook Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $5,250,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Mark Lomas & Kristin Wolf, 805-845-2888

1775 Glen Oaks Drive, 6BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $3,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Barbara Neary 805-698-8980

3055 Hidden Valley Lane, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $2,095,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

Noleta239 Ribera Drive, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $1,175,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Olesya Thyne 805-708-1917

536 Pintura Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $879,000, Village Properties, Regina Magid 805-451-1994

585 El Sueno Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,175,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, David Mires 805-705-8986

1045 Ocean Vista Lane, 5BD/5.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,625,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer, 805-680-4622

1365 Via Veneto, 4BD/4.5BA, Sat 12-3, $3,195,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Karen Davidson 805-320-2489

4780 Chandler Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $749,500, Assist-2-Sell, Roger Jacobson 805-692-5060

5066 Birchwood Road, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 2-4, $529,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kalia Rork 805-689-0614

5082 Calle Real A, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $599,000, A.J. Addeman Properties, Doug Conrad 805-455-2463

5248 Plaza Aleman, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $879,000, Foundation Real Estate Group, Norman Popp 805-729-3050

Riviera116 Orizaba Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $2,200,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Joe Boudre 805-319-5364

859 Jimeno Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat By Appt, Sun 1-4, $1,290,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jeanne Palumbo 805-689-1968 Carol Mineau 805-886-9284

936 Garcia Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,295,000, Coldwell Banker, Chris Palme 805-448-3066

1010 East De La Guerra, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $895,000, Coldwell Banker, Dana Zertuche 805-403-5520

1545 Knoll Circle Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,800,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Bryan Uhrig 805-331-3191

1931 Eucalyptus Hill Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat & Sun 1-3, $2,495,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jessica Stovall, 805-698-9416

1889 Eucalyptus Hill Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,465,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Justin Corrado 805-451-9969

2220 Santiago Road, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,195,000, Coldwell Banker, Arielle Assur, 805-906-0194

Samarkand3791-E State Street, 3BD/2.5BA, By Appt., $1,279,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jan Banister 805-455-1194

San Roque219 Toyon Drive, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,630,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Amie Strickland 805-570-7677

222 Calle Granada, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $1,145,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Alexandra Viscosi, 805-755-9005

332 West Alamar Avenue B, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $859,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622

730 Willowglen Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $1,099,000, Village Properties, David Kim 805-296-0662

1228 Manitou Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,525,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kay Davis 805-440-7254

1333 Santa Teresita Drive, 3BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $3,250,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Dan Johnson 805-895-5150

2525 State Street 25, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $599,000, Coastal Properties, Sylvia E Miller 805-448-8882

3034 Calle Rosales, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 12-3, $939,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Robert Johnson 805-705-1606

3054 Calle Noguera, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $1,199,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debbie Kort 805-368-4479

3639 San Remo Drive 32, Sun 1-4, 2BD/2BA, $435,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Stu Morse 805-705-0161

3844 Lincoln Road, 6BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,649,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Parker 805-886-5735

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This area’s recent history begins in 1919 with the arrival to American shores of the wealthy Colin Camp-

bell family. Campbell was a retired Brit-ish army officer who had served in India and Afghanistan, and as a British mili-tary attaché in Tsarist Russia. His wife, Nancy, was the daughter of Levi Leiter, a partner in the highly successful Marshall Field retail chain based in Chicago. One of her sisters married Lord Curzon, a viceroy of India. In England, the Camp-bells made their home in an imposing seaside castle in Kent and led the kind of sumptuous lifestyle that money and blue-blood connections could bring.

English taxation of their American-derived income was extremely high, thus their decision to come to the U.S. Look-ing for property that would be similar to their coastal residence back home, they originally were interested in Hope Ranch but eventually settled upon a 250-acre tract at Coal Oil Point in Goleta, just west of Isla Vista. They also bought a separate 250-acre parcel further inland. The Campbells then sent for their three children and an estimated six train car loads of furnishings and set up tempo-rary housekeeping at the Bonnymede estate in Montecito.

The colonel had a paved road, today’s Storke Road, built from Hollister Avenue to his new ranch. Month by month, the estate took shape with dozens of build-ings, windbreaks of cypress and eucalyp-tus, and a polo field. Tragically, Campbell would not live to see his dream com-pleted; he was struck down by a heart attack in the spring of 1923, just short of his 65th birthday.

Nancy Campbell pushed ahead with the development of the estate and the completion of the main house. The result was magnificent—a two-story, Span-ish-Colonial Revival residence of some 20,000 square feet, which included more than 30 rooms and 18 baths. Architect Mary Craig utilized adobe made on the estate grounds to build the home. Craig and Nancy Campbell, both widows, went on to become close friends.

The family filled the home with the finest of furnishings, art, and an incomparable library of first editions. The garage held five Rolls-Royces. The grounds included a blacksmith shop, tennis courts, a private lake, elaborate barbeque/picnic grounds, and a large red barn. A beach house was built at the bottom of the bluffs. Wheat and lima

beans were grown on outlying parts of the property.

Nancy often entertained in a grand manner; one party in 1926 was attended by Prince George of England, who would later ascend to the English throne. Nancy died in 1932 and was buried next to her husband, overlooking the Pacific

(the bodies have since been removed to Washington, D.C.), and son Colin Jr. took over the ranch operations. In 1941, he decided to close down the estate. The subsequent auction drew a number of celebrities including Charlie Chaplin and Cary Grant. A dance floor ended up at Oak Park. The estate remained in fam-ily hands until 1946 when the Devereux School purchased the property.

The school’s roots go back to New Jer-sey, where Helena T. Devereux opened her first school for slow-learning chil-dren in 1912. A residential school opened in Pennsylvania in 1918, and in 1945 a West Coast campus was begun on property that now is part of Westmont College.

The school was able to purchase the entire Campbell Ranch for $100,000, an amazing price when one considers the manor house alone had cost some $500,000 to construct. The Devereux Foundation continues to operate a treatment center for developmentally disabled children and adults on 30-plus acres, other acreage being sold off over the years. The finely carved granite cross that once marked the resting place of Colin and Nancy Campbell still stands on the ocean-side bluffs.

What’s up with the old structures at

Coal oil Point?

by Michael Redmon

Michael Redmon is the director of research at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

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3987 La Colina, 3BD/3BA, Sun 12-3, $1,499,000, Berkshire Hathaway, The Easter Team 805-570-0403

Summerland350 Greenwell Avenue, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,750,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Andrew Petlow 805-680-9575

2210 Calle Culebra, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,850,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jason Siemens 805-455-1165

Upper East Santa Barbara15 West Padre, 5BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,499,000, Coldwell Banker, Mark Schneidman 805-452-2428

2025 Garden Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,795,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622

2731 Miradero Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $849,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Frank Hotchkiss, 805-403-0668

Westside Santa Barbara316 West Pedregosa Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $785,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258

927 West Valerio Street, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 2-4, $799,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Madhu Khemani 805-252-0625

2007 Robbins Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $879,000, Berkshire Hathaway, David M. Cohn 805-214-8244

Santa Ynez Valley2089 Rebild Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-3, $629,900, Village Properties, Lynn Golden 805-570-5888

363 Terrace Court, 3BD/2BA, Sun 11-2, $599,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris McCool 805-680-3594

500 Rancho Alisal Drive, 3BD/3.5BA, Sat 1-4, $767,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Susan Beckmann 805-245-8141

630 Rancho Alisal Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4, $349,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Susan Beckmann 805-245-8141

1138 Via Mavis, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $363,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Karin Aitken 805-252-1205

2785 Lewis Place, 5BD/3.5BA, Sun 12-3, $735,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marlene Macbeth 805-689-2738

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this directory.

Aloes are hard to miss in the area land-scape because they are everywhere. When they are blooming, as they are

starting to do this month, they are particu-larly evident. Showy flowers in shades of orange, coral, and sometimes yellow rise out of their spiky surroundings, attracting the attention of hungry hummingbirds, as well as us humans.

Native to the dry habitats in Africa, aloes come in a staggering variety of shapes and sizes. The smallest rosettes hug the ground just a few inches tall and across, while their arborescent (that just means “treelike”) cousins can reach heights of 30 feet or so. Whatever their size, almost all aloes are armed with some spines. For the most part, these teeth occur just along the edges of the leaves and pose no great threat of bodily harm. They are generally brittle and break off, leaving only minor scratches to the gar-dener in charge. One of the most likable spe-cies, Aloe plicatilis, has such small teeth on the edges of its flat, gray leaves that they are almost unnoticeable. This plant looks like a sculpture composed of tongue depressors. Other common ones include A. arborescen-sand a hybrid of sand a hybrid of sand A. ferox and A. ferox and A. ferox A. wickensii often called Aloe salm-dyckiana. These two branch prolifically, eventually forming dense clumps up to five feet or more in height and are planted all around Santa Barbara and its environs. If it looks like a blooming aloe this month, it is probably one of these latter species.

All aloes naturally grow in warm to hot climates and in soils that tend toward the dry side. Most are fairly forgiving of the area’s

heavy soils, but for all aloes, it is wise to site them on sloping or raised beds and incorpo-rate sand into the soil for best health. While they can withstand long periods without water, aloes will bloom and look their best with infrequent, but regular, irrigation.

Besides their inherent good looks, aloes are noted for a number of other beneficial attributes. Almost all of them contain some amount of the compound called aloin, which gives them medicinal value. Aloe extracts have been used as a purgative to treat stomach complaints, but the most com-mon use for the juice is to treat burns and other skin irritations. Commercial sources of the most active aloe ingredients, aloin, are mainly produced from one species, Aloe barbadensis, commonly known as aloe vera. Many cosmetic products, from skin creams to hair-care products, now contain aloe gel, the homogenized fleshy inner portion of the leaf. Without investing in these processed products, it is a simple matter to break off a leaf and apply the gel of aloe vera or one of its close relatives such as A. ferox and apply it A. ferox and apply it A. feroxdirectly to the skin for instant first-aid treat-ment of burns or minor wounds.

More and more different species of aloes are being propagated and are increasingly available. Check out Terra del Sol in Goleta for one of the largest area selections. For lots of excellent advice on not only names of aloes and their hybrids but also growing information, go to wholesale nursery San Marcos Growers’s website. If the aloe is listed there, it will be available at a local nursery— perhaps not every week, but certainly by special order.

All About Aloe: Showy Flowers Arise from Spiky Surroundings

Showy Flowers Arise from Spiky Surroundings

Showy Flowers

the gArden doyenby Virginia Hayes

Virginia Hayes is a curator of Ganna Walska Lotusland.

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In 1876, Samuel Brinkerhoff, Santa Barbara’s first phy-

sician and prominent entrepreneur, owned this undeveloped sec-tion of property. Eleven years later, in 1887, when the residence was constructed, the economy was under-going vast changes from farmland to resi-dential development, as a thriving building boom was under-way largely due to the Southern Pacific Rail-road connecting Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.

This simple one-and-a-half-story house, which is built on a wooden foun-dation and features shiplap siding, was most likely designed by a carpenter-builder of the era to incorporate Victorian and Italianate architectural styles. The roof is high-gabled, the bay window is supported by decorative brackets, and the transom window, located directly above the front door, adds a sense of height to the home’s entrance. The Italianate porch’s support columns are enhanced with Gothic scroll ornamentation.

By 1889, this house belonged to a widow, Mrs. S. Levy, who may have been the wife of Samuel Levy, a merchant with the Santa Barbara Lumber Company. Two years later, in 1891, ownership passed to a probable relative, Leon Levy, a saloonkeeper and owner of a liquor store located at 510 State Street. For the next five decades, the home was occupied by the Harry L. and Emilia Myers family.

In 1957, with the addition of a room and passageway, the Levy house was connected to the neighboring property, which served as a treatment center for alcoholics. Currently, the home is privately owned.

Based on information from, among other sources, Survivors; Santa Barbara’s Last Victorians, a Survivors; Santa Barbara’s Last Victorians, a Survivors; Santa Barbara’s Last Victorianspublication of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

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You have a manicured lawn, a multimillion-dollar house, and a white picket fence, and yet something is missing. You sip your fancy tea in dismay as

you realize that your childhood dream of becoming the Queen of England is still so very far away.

It’s time to step up your gardening game for that elusive dream we call “the immacu-late rose garden.” Luckily for you, Gustavo has tips for growing rosas bonitas.

Manicuring: “Tienes que cortar todo la rosa como siete pulgadas al diagonal, donde empiece la hojita.” When the rose is finished blooming, cut diagonally about seven inches from the flower, right above the leaf ’s stem. For a bunch of roses, follow the same rule where the bunch starts. Gustavo says, “Si no las cortas, vienen la plaga y hormigas.” If you don’t trim the roses, they will get plague and ants.

Fertilizer: Add fertilizer about every three months. Gustavo adds, “Uso organico para la ambiente y las plantas, a no contaminar la tierra.” Use organic fertilizer because it’s good for the environment and the plants.

Trimming: Trim the actual rose bunch at least once a year in December or January “cuando están dormidas” — when they’re sleeping. You can trim a second time in June. He says this is vital “para tener las healthy and beautiful rosas.”

Watering: Gustavo says don’t water them from the top because they will again get plague and ants. Instead, use a Purple Rain Watering Wand plague and ants. Instead, use a Purple Rain Watering Wand plague and ants. Instead, use a Purple Rain Watering Wand— a gardening tool that you can hook up to your hose so that the water comes out dispersed. He waters his roses en “el troncito alrededor” “el troncito alrededor” “el troncito alrededor”— around the little rose trunk.

How to Grow aJaw-Dropping Rose Garden Jaw-Dropping Rose Garden

by Gustavo Uribe

Gustavo the GaRDenatoR

Gustavo Uribe is a fifth-generation agricultural specialist who has worked as a professional gardener in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years. Send your gardening questions to gustavo@independent.com.

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