El Alisal - Charles Lummis Home
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El Alisal - Charles Lummis Home
El Alisal Means "Place of the Sycamores"
Hand Built by Charles Lummis 1898 - 1910
Doorways to nowhere show Lummis planned to add a veranda
Rock Tower
Each side of El Alisal Looks different
Lummis incorporated a bell, said to have come from a mission asistencia.
The Entry Way doors each weigh 1,000 pounds
Interior Transparencies show Lummis' travels in Mexico and South America
Photograph Windows allow for views to the outside
Comedor - Dining Room where Lummis entertained many famous visitors
Charles Lummis Bust in Comedor
Sideboard - the center is not a mirror, but a window to the veranda
Lummis knew President Theodore Roosevelt.
Lummis knew and corresponded with John Muir.
John Muir signed the El Alisal Guestbook in June, 1905.
John Muir was joined by his two daughters, Helen and Wanda Muir
Muir wrote: "Going to the mountains is going home."
John Muir photographed by Charles Lummis at El Alisal
Two Guest Houses
Southwest Design
Guest House Door - Could John Muir have stayed here?
El Alcalde Mayor Sycamore - site of many social events
Lily Pond
Rear of House again shows Lummis hope to build top floor veranda
The grounds are now a Waterwise Demonstration Garden
Giant Cactus