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In
1917, Walter P. Temple and his wife Laura used their wealth from an oil discovery
to repurchase seventy-five acres of the family's original rancho. The Temples soon commissioned well-known Los Angeles architects Walker and
Eisen and later Roy Seldon Price to construct La Casa Nueva or "the
new house." Built between 1922 and 1927, this 11,000-square foot Spanish
Colonial Revival mansion is noted for its fine architectural crafts, especially
stained glass, ceramic
tile, wrought iron, and carved wood. By 1930, the Temple family had lost
the house and it became a boys' military school and a convalescent hospital
before it was acquired by the City of Industry in the 1970s.
Restored
and completely furnished to its appearance in 1928, La Casa Nueva is open for
free guided tours that interpret the history of southern California from 1830
to 1930.
La Casa Nueva is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its landscaping has won regional and state awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects.