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The quiet permanence of the courtyard at La Casa Nueva, with its dignified colonnades and calming fountain, provides an ironic contrast to the wildly fluctuating fortunes of its master, Walter P . Temple. Born into one of Southern California’s wealthiest families in 1869, Temple was left in near poverty when the his father’s bank failed in the financial bust of 1876. His luck changed once again in 1914, when oil was discovered on a small parcel of land he had bought. By 1926, the property had a total of of sixteen producing wells, and the resulting wealth allowed Temple and his wife to begin planning a palatial new home. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style by the well-known Los Angeles firm of Walker and Eisen, La Casa Nueva had just begun construction when Temple’s wife Laura died. After some months cessation, construction resumed and carried on until 1927, when the home’s interior was completed under the direction of architect Roy Seldon Price. By that time, Temple had embarked upon a career as a developer in Los Angeles’s booming real estate climate, but thanks to host of overextended investments, he was already back in financial trouble by the time La Casa Nueva was completed. In 1932, the California Bank foreclosed on the property. Today La Casa Nueva, located in what is now City of Industry, is part of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum.

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