Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ralph T. Stevens landscape plan for the Harold S. Chase estate (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
- Dates:
- 1925
- Creators:
- Stevens, Ralph T
- Extent:
- 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Ralph T. Stevens landscape plan for the Harold S. Chase estate (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Ralph T. Stevens landscape plan for the Harold S. Chase estate spans 3 linear feet and dates from 1925. The collection is composed of a single landscape plan drawn in pencil by Stevens.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ralph T. Stevens was born in Montecito. He earned his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Michigan State College. After completing his degree, Stevens worked in the Chicago, Illinois office of O. C. Simonds. Stevens left Simonds and returned to California where he worked for a nursery and practiced as a landscape architect before relocating to northern California to teach landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he held from 1913 to 1917. Stevens established his own private practice in Santa Barbara, and by 1920 he was teaching again, this time at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts. Between 1919 and 1921, Stevens also worked as the Superintendent of the Parks Department and then as Parks Commissioner and Consultant. Over the course of his career he collaborated with well known architects, such as, George Washington Smith, Lutah Maria Riggs, Reginald D. Johnson, and Richard Neutra.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-02-01T13:02-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
- Preferred citation:
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Ralph T. Stevens landscape plan for the Harold S. Chase estate (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724