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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
10-1
Date(s)
- 1931 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
ca. 1931. Joseph L. Carman residence, Villa Carman. Broad exterior view of Spanish Colonial Revival mansion, designed by Kirtland K. Cutter, Architect, 1919. The home was built on 18 acres of lakefront property purchased by the Carmans. It had 6 fireplaces and 18 foot ceilings in the living room. Selected in 1931 by the Tacoma Society of Architects as one of the 10 most beautiful homes in Tacoma and its surrounding areas. Purchased by Lowell T. and Helen Murray in 1939 and by actress Linda Evans in 1987. (TDL 5/26/1931, Rotogravure, pg. B6) (WSHS)
Estates--Lakewood; Carman, Joseph L.--Homes & haunts; Villa Carman (Lakewood);