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  • Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library Photo Archives
    Title: Singleton Court photograph album
    Identifier/Call Number: photCL 270
    Physical Description: 1 Volume (50 photographs)
    Date: 1900
    Abstract: Photographs of the residence of mining businessman John Singleton, in West Adams, Los Angeles, California, 1900.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

    Conditions Governing Use

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    John Singleton photograph album, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Duncan Andrews, 1984.

    Biographical / Historical

    John Singleton (1847-1914) was born in Tennessee and later went to California and began a career in mining. He made his fortune as a partner in the Yellow Aster Mining Company in Randsburg, Kern County, California, where the Yellow Aster mine was discovered in 1895. In 1900, he purchased an estate in the fashionable West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, which he called "Singleton Court." He married Stella Graham in 1901. In 1906, the house burned down in a fire, leaving only the brick stable building. Singleton died at Yellow Aster in 1914.

    Scope and Contents

    An album of 50 photographs of Singleton Court, the residence of mining businessman John Singleton, in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, California. The home was located at 2400 South Flower Street and was designed by architect Carroll H. Brown in 1887. After buying the house in 1900, Singleton hired Pasadena photographer William H. Hill to photograph the house, stable, and garden, and had the 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch prints mounted into this album. The leather cover is embossed "Singleton Court" and the first page is inscribed: "A memento, to Stella, from Singleton." The photographs include house exteriors and furnished interiors, landscaped grounds with tropical plants, a clock tower, a summer house, a palm-lined driveway, one view of a Mexican employee, a carriage, and one image of Singleton in formal attire with his two dogs, in front of the house. Singleton's handwritten captions are throughout the album.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Huntington Library staff, late-20th century. In 2021, Suzanne Oatey created a finding aid.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Architecture, Domestic -- California -- Los Angeles
    Dwellings -- California -- Los Angeles
    Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
    West Adams (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Photographs
    Photograph albums
    Andrews, Duncan
    Singleton, John, 1847-1914
    Hill, William Henry, 1845-1925
    Brown, Carroll H., 1861-1920