Montecito, California is home to some of America's most
spectacular private residences. Most amazing perhaps is Val
Verde, the house built in 1915 on a breathtaking
seventeen-and-one-half-acre coastal plot by American architect
Bertram Goodhue. Besides its status as the most preserved of the
great early-twentieth-century Southern California estate
properties, Val Verde also bears the distinction of being the
earliest American free-standing single-family house in the
Spanish Colonial Revival style. Austin Val Verde A Montecito
Masterpiece is the first book to reveal the full extent and
richness of Val Verde's architecture, interiors, and gardens.