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Stone House in Southern California (HWW)

Taken in the 1970's, when I lived in Southern California. I was riding my bike north of Claremont in the foothills, when I saw this stone "house". (I think that the building housed water pump machinery for the citrus groves located a few feet away.)

Taken with a Stereo Realist. This image was one of the sides of the stereo pair; printed using an enlarger. The print was later scanned.

Processed with GIMP.

A bit more on this type of architecture: The foothills below Mt. San Antonio (Old Baldy) were mostly orange groves then, but I expect that it is all filled in by houses these days. Naturally, the area below that high mountain receives huge numbers and sizes of boulders as they wash down during the rains. Farmers realized that these stones could be cemented together to make the wall of a house. There are many "antique" houses in the Claremont and Upland area with this style of walls.
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11 comments

Brigitte ✨️ said:

Eine sehr beeindruckende Architektur !!!
Natur pur, ich mag das ❤ Danke fürs Zeigen.
3 weeks ago ( translate )

James said:

Superb B&W and I love the textures of the stones, great shot
3 weeks ago

Don Sutherland said:

Fantastic photo.
3 weeks ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

HWW Robert
beautiful....
3 weeks ago

William Sutherland said:

Outstanding capture!
3 weeks ago

Mikus said:

Ganz schön steinig ;-)) Prima gezeigt in s/w. HWW, Robert.
3 weeks ago ( translate )

Gudrun said:

Fantastic contrasts in bw- HWW!
2 weeks ago

Xata said:

Almost boulders, impressive construction.
HWW Robert.
2 weeks ago ( translate )

Robert Swanson replied to Xata:

You may note that the largest rocks are near the bottom. I have no idea what equipment they used to hoist the rocks during construction.

As an aside, it was very interesting seeing the Tongans build the lava rock walls for our house in Maui. Lots of heavy lifting!
2 weeks ago

Gillian Everett said:

Love stone houses and walls
2 weeks ago

Xata replied to Robert Swanson:

In here many houses are built using the boulders as basis... no work to lift them !
2 weeks ago