Exterior view of Smith W. Osterhout house in Pasadena, ca.1910

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Photograph of an exterior view of Smith W. Osterhout house in Pasadena, ca.1910. The two-story house can be seen in the background at left on the edge of a hill. A covered balcony can be seen on the second floor of the building, and two chimneys can be seen on the roof. A wide dirt road can be seen leading up to the house in the foreground, and the city of Pasadena can be seen in a valley in the background at right. Several trees can be seen in the foreground at right. Additional information: "The home is clearly situated on the crest of a hill, with a view of homes below. This is Terrace Drive. A number of Victorian homes were built there in the 1880s, later replaced by more elegant mansions. This home is that of Smith W. Osterhout (b. 9-30-1851). The address was 143 Terrace Drive. Immediately south was a home at 153 Terrace Drive belonging to a G. Roscoe Thomas. The Frederick J. Woodbury home was north of the Osterout home, at 133 Terrace Drive (later shown as 125 Terrace in city directories). Unique among the homes on the crest of the hill overlooking Terrace Drive, the Osterhout home is depicted with a driveway running from South Orange Grove to Terrace Drive, just south of the Osterhout home. On November 20, 1886, The Pasadena Daily Union reported that there were plans for an "eight room residence on Orange Grove for W.S. Osterhout." On March 30, 1887, the Pasadena Daily Star stated that "S.W. Osterhout, on Orange Grove avenue, has the plans now in the hands of Ridgway & Stewart, architects, for a home which will rank among the handsomest in the "colony."
After Mr. Osterhout died on December 2, 1888, his widow continued to live in the home until it was sold in August of 1907. On August 3, 1907, The Pasadena Daily News had a story about the sale. "HOME PLACE IS PURCHASED – Residence of Mrs. Osterhout at No. 143 Terrace Drive Changes Owners – F.C. ROCKWELL IS REPORTED BUYER – Affords One of Most Beautiful Residence Sites in Pasadena"...
"…The house is a large ten-room frame residence situated on the crest of the hill which overlooks Terrace Drive, and is an imposing structure. …The lot is one of the finest home sites in the city, overlooking all that portion to the east, and affording one of the best views of mountains to the north and east in Pasadena. It has a frontage of nearly 103 feet on Terrace drive …"
The home was later demolished, and another residence constructed the site in 1924" -- Mr. Kirk Meyers, 2016-08-16.

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Title Exterior view of Smith W. Osterhout house in Pasadena, ca.1910

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Gardens (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Pasadena -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Unidentified (file heading), Osterhout House (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 143 Terrace Drive (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1910

Creator Best & Co. (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2026

Identifier 45013 (accession number), CHS-45013 (call number), CHS-45013 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2966 (legacy record id), chs-m2026 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2085 (legacy record id), 614 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2966

Unique identifier UC116983

Legacy Identifier CHS-45013.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.6 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
60.0 cm × 37.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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