One would think that this beautiful structure would be in Cape Town, would one not? Well ............ its not! It is in Montecito in California. Cape Dutch California While this Cape Dutch mansion sits in the hills of Montecito in California, it bears the name (and style) of an old Cape Peninsula town. “Constantia” was designed by Ambrose Cramer (take a peek at his nifty grave) in 1929 for Arthur & Grace Meeker, with landscaping by Lockwood deForest, Jr. The Meekers sold the house to the architect Jack Warner. In the late 1960s, Stewart & Katherine Abercrombie bought the place, and hosted the Dalai Lama on one of his trips to the United States. It was the subject of a 1979 feature in Architectural Digest. The place is for sale, currently listed at $17,900,000. andrewcusack/2010/03/25/california-cape-dutch/#more-8207
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:59:21 +0000
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