RESTORING NEWHALL HISTORY, 1 PIECE AT A TIME : ROTARIANS REPLACE QUAKE-DAMAGED FOUNTAIN AT HART MANSION.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Years after its decorative fountain fell victim to vandals and the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart mansion found a benefactor ben·e·fac·tor n. One that gives aid, especially financial aid. [Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin benefacere, to do a service; see benefaction. in the Newhall Rotary Club, which bought and installed a new one. Members of the service organization assembled the three-tiered, tile-trimmed fountain. They also hooked up the plumbing to operate its water spigots and installed some electrical fixtures, as well. The Rotary Club also arranged a dinner dance Saturday night to celebrate the new fountain, which sits in a courtyard on the mansion grounds where silent movie cowboy Hart lived until his death in 1946. The new fountain, built by Garden Concepts, cost the club about $1,000. John Mann There are several public figures named John Mann.
Sprucing up the Hart mansion and grounds ties in with recent efforts to lure visitors to old Newhall - at a time when government money isn't too plentiful plen·ti·ful adj. 1. Existing in great quantity or ample supply. 2. Providing or producing an abundance: a plentiful harvest. , even for a county property like Hart Park, Mann said. ``Anything we can do to help our parks and our own community - this is what we're interested in,'' Mann said. Over the years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time fountain had fallen prey to vandals who tipped it over and broke it. The water pump didn't work, either. The Jan. 17, 1994, temblor further damaged the fountain. ``It fell over during the earthquake and broke,'' said Rotary Club member Tony Inderbitzin. Norm Phillips, superintendent of the property for the county parks department, said three of the old fountain's tiers were gone, and the portion remaining looked more like a giant bird bath than a fountain. ``It was just going to go undone if we didn't do something,'' said Rotary member Greg Nutter, who will serve as club president next year. ``It's a beautiful mansion up there. This is a valuable part of our history in this valley.'' The fountain wasn't part of the original decor at the 10,000-square-foot Spanish-style mansion, situated on 232 acres, said Phillips, caretaker of the mansion and grounds since 1986. The fountain sat on a site that, in Hart's day, was a swimming pool. After the property was tied up in probate court probate court n. A court limited to the jurisdiction of probating wills and administering estates. Noun 1. probate court - a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates for 12 years, the county gained ownership of the Hart estate and opened it as a public park in 1958, Phillips said. The county filled in the swimming pool and made a patio, with the fountain as its centerpiece, Phillips said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Norm Phillips, superintendent of the William S. Hart mansion, shows off the new fountain donated by the Newhall Rotary Club. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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