Val Verde, in Montecito, California, also known as the Wright Ludington House, is an estate which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
[1] It is located at 2549 Sycamore Canyon Road in Montecito, which is adjacent to Santa Barbara.
It was designed by architect Bertram G. Goodhue for fellow New Yorker Henry Dater Jr.[2] The property was bought by Charles Ludington in 1925, after which Ludington, with architect Lockwood de Forest added landscaping, cottages, garages, an undulating wall, and a Spanish fountain around 1926.
It was deemed significant as a "product of the opulent age in Montecito, California, from 1900-1920 when the rural town became noted for its substantial winter homes based on European residential models, commissioned by wealthy easterners and midwesterners from well-known national and regional architects.
"[2] This article about a property in Santa Barbara County, California on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.