Sade's
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![]() Sade's in the Court of the Golden Bough | |
Location | Ocean Avenue & Lincoln Street, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California |
Coordinates | 36°33′17″N 121°55′26″W / 36.55472°N 121.92389°WCoordinates: 36°33′17″N 121°55′26″W / 36.55472°N 121.92389°W |
Built | 1925 |
Built by | Lee Gottfried |
Built for | Harry Leon Wilson |
Original use | Flower shop |
Current use | Retail stores |
Architect | Lee Gottfried |
Architectural style(s) | Tudor Revival |
Website | Porta Bella |
Sade's is a one-and-one-half-story, commercial building in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It was built in 1925, for novelist and dramatist Harry Leon Wilson and his wife. In the 1930s, Sade (Sade Carr-Latham) was a former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, made the restaurant and bar nationally renowned. The building was designated as a significant commercial building in the city's Downtown Historic District Property Survey, and was recorded with the Department of Parks and Recreation on January 28, 2002.[1] The first floor of the building is now occupied by the Porta Bella Mediterranean restaurant and bar. The second floor is occupied by Kids by the Sea.
History
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Sade's is a one-and-one-half-story, wood-framed Tudor Revival style commercial building in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The exterior walls are textured cement stucco. It has two steep pitched side-gabled roofs, and two chimneys. There is a main entry in the front of the Carmel stone courtyard with a round wood planked door with a window and an outside staircase that leads to the second floor. The building is in a courtyard with other small “old world” shops. Behind the courtyard was the entrance to the Theatre of the Golden Bough. Because of this, the courtyard has been named the Courtyard of the Golden Bough.[1] The shops in the courtyard include Sade's (now Porta Bella’s with patio dining), Seven Arts Shop (now Body Frenzy) and the Carmel Weavers Studio (now Cottage of Sweets).[2][1]
The building qualifies for inclusion in the Downtown Historic District Property Survey because it contributes to the overall design of the historic Court of the Golden Bough, and it is a good example of Tudor Revival design by Carmel builder Lee E. Gottfried.[1]
Sade's was built in May 1925, two years after Edward G. Kuster and Gottfried completed the first European shop, the Carmel Weavers Studio, in an area that would become the Court of the Golden Bough, at Monte Verde and Ocean Avenue. Writer and editor Harry Leon Wilson commission Lee Gottfried to build the "Bloomin Basement," a flower shop, for his wife, Helen Wilson. The shop was built for $8,000 (equivalent to $123,613 in 2021.[3][1][4][5]
Sade's became a popular meeting place for the many Bohemian actors, artists, and writers associated with Kuster's Golden Bough Theater, including George Sterling, Mary Austin, and Jack London. For fifty years Sade's was one of the most popular social spots in the village.[1][3]
Carmel writer Daisy Bostick noted in an April 4, 1924 article for the Carmel Pine Cone that, "In Carmel-by-the-Sea, on Ocean avenue, there is a group of little shops that might well be transferred to an artist's canvas and labeled, A Bit of Old Europe."[6] Perry Newberry wrote in the Carmel Pine Cone in 1924, "as the one man responsible for the building of unique and different shops in Carmel."[7]
In 1926, lawyer and author Tirey L. Ford wrote a book about Monterey and talked about "A Bit Of Carmel," where he described Carmel's "Main Street," as:
A flavor of Italy is twisted into the wrought-iron sign swinging from the front of the Court of the Golden Bough, about which cluster some of the most interesting and lovely of the Carmel shops...The proprietor of The Seven Arts was a professional actor and stage director...The owner of the shops and theater which form the Court of the Golden Bough was a professional cellist, and formerly business manager of one of the largest symphony orchestras in the West.[8]
On December 28, 1951, Paul Swanson became the owner of Sade's. He was manager of the restaurant since 1934.[3][9] Swanson purchased the restaurant and cocktail lounge from Margaret and Bertram Dienelt, owner of the Mission Ranch since early 1941.[10] Sade Carr-Latham herself, a former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, made the restaurant and bar nationally renowned. Sade died of a heart attack at her home in Carmel Woods on November 11, 1940.[11] Joel Thomas changed the name to El Matador. The building changed hands many times, with the name changing back to Sade's, until its last opening day on February 26, 1994.[3]
Lee Gottfried
La Von "Lee" E. Gottfried (1896-1968), was a native of Hicksville, Ohio. He came west working for the Pacific Telephone Company. In 1917, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served in France during World War I.[12] When he returned to California he came to Carmel and worked in the contracting business in 1920.[1]
He first worked for Edward G. Kuster when he designed and built his stone house on Carmel Point. He designed and built his own home in 1921. He continued to work for Kuster, building the Carmel Weavers Studio for Ruth Kuster in 1922 and Sadie's in 1925.[13][14][1] He also was the contractor and builder for two houses in Carmel Woods near Serra Circle.[15] He died, at age 72, in Monterey, California on January 15, 1968.[16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kent L. Seavey (January 28, 2002). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ Bostick, Daisy F.; Castelhun, Dorothea (1977). Carmel at Work and Play. Seven arts. p. 68. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ a b c d Scott Bearton (September 9, 1994). "A look back at Sade's colorful past". Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ Dramov, Alissandra (2019). Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. pp. 62, 77. ISBN 9781467103039. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "The Bloomin Basement Court of the Golden Bough". Carmel Pine Cone. June 21, 1924. p. 7. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ Daisy F. Bostick (April 4, 1924). "Carmel Boasts of America's Best Equipped Studio Theater". Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ Seavey, Kent (2007). Carmel, A History in Architecture. Arcadia Pub. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. p. 74. ISBN 9780738547053. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ Ford, Tirey L. (1926). Dawn and the Dons; the Romance of Monterey. The Bruce Brouch Press. pp. 204–206. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "Paul Swanson Now Owner Of Sade's". Carmel Pine Cone. 4 January 1952. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ Neal Hotelling (31 December 2021). "Hobby-horse races and pinball machines at Mission Ranch" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. p. 23. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ "Sade Taken Suddenly Away". Carmel Pine Cone. 22 Nov 1940. p. 1. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ "Three Gottfried Boys Served In France". Statesman Journal. 24 May 1919. p. 57. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ "Ocean Avenue to Have Another New Building". Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American. Monterey, California. 13 Sep 1922. p. 1. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ Hale, Sharon Lee (1980). A Tribute to Yesterday: the History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Valley Publishers. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. p. 65. ISBN 9780913548738. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Latest New From Carmel By The Sea". Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American. Monterey, California. 22 Jul 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Lavon Estell Gottfried". FamilySearch. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
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