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Historic Place of the
Month - February 2012
February’s Historic
Place of the Month was:
The Anderson Residence
Located in Park Moderne, the Andy Anderson Residence is one of the
best examples of a Pueblo Revival style house in Southern
California. It has also been identified as being eligible for
placement on the National Register of Historic Places. Andy (Herbert
S.) Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. When he was a
teenager, he moved to Turret, Colorado. After the move, Anderson
left his family to work as a cowpoke, which is when he started
carving wood. In 1927, to be closer to his parents, he moved to
California. Anderson’s small woodcarvings, mostly of horses and
cowboys, were collected by U.S. presidents and movie stars. Between
1933 and 1935 over 10,000 people - among them Walt Disney – visited
his hand-built home and admired the life-sized carvings in his front
yard, including a man hanging from a noose strung up in the oak
tree. Anderson also designed sets for “The Frontiersman” with Gary
Cooper. Among the constant stream of celebrities and tourists who
visited him was Jimmy Durante and his first wife, who often refused
to go home with him. He would return several days later to retrieve
her. Thus came the famous line with which he closed every show:
“Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.”
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