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| name =Shadow Ranch | image = Shadow Ranch, West Hills.jpg | caption = Shadow Ranch House, September 2008 | location= 22633 Vanowen Street, West Hills, Los Angeles, California | coordinates = {{coord|34.1945|-118.6199|type:landmark_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Los Angeles | area = | built =1869-1872 | architect= | architecture= | designation1 = Los Angeles | designation1_date = November 2, 1962[1] | designation1_number = 9 | governing_body = City of Los Angeles Dept. of Recreation & Parks }} Shadow Ranch is a historic ranch house, built from 1869-1872 using adobe and redwood lumber, on the original Workman Ranch in the western San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. For much of the 20th century it was in Canoga Park, but it is now within the boundaries of the West Hills community. History
The ranch began as a dry-land wheat farm owned by the San Fernando Homestead Association led by Isaac Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys. Albert Workman, an Australian immigrant, began as the superintendent of Van Nuys' Los Angeles Farm and Milling Company. After 1869 Workman purchased the {{convert|9000|acre|km2|sing=on}} ranch, and cultivated it with another {{convert|4000|acre|km2}} nearby. The ranch also had a thousand head of cattle at one time.[2] Workman imported Australian Blue Gum eucalyptus tree seeds from his homeland and planted them on the ranch. Some claim the numerous eucalyptus trees in California of that species, Eucalyptus globulus, originate from the Workman Ranch groves.
The site has multiple Hollywood connections. In the 1930s the Workman Ranch was acquired by Colin Clements and Florence Ryerson, a couple who were screenwriters for the film studio. Ryerson co-wrote the screenplay for the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' while living there. She renamed the estate Shadow Ranch for the amount of shade provided by the numerous large eucalyptus trees, originally planted during the Workman era. It was acquired in 1948 by another screenwriter, Ranald MacDougall, whose credits include "Mildred Pierce" and "Cleopatra." In 1961 movie director William Wyler used the ranch house as a filming location for 'The Children’s Hour', based on the play by Lillian Hellman.[3][4] City parkToday, the historic Shadow Ranch residence stands on a {{convert|13|acre|m2}} parcel, the remaining undeveloped land of the original ranch that is L.A. city park. The structure is used as a recreational facility and events venue. When the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission was formed in 1962, Shadow Ranch was one of the first ten properties to be designated as a city Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #9). See also
References1. ^{{Cite journal | last = Los Angeles Department of City Planning | date = September 7, 2007 | title = Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments | place = | publisher = City of Los Angeles | edition = | url =http://www.cityprojectca.org/ourwork/documents/HCMDatabase090707.pdf |format=PDF| accessdate = 2008-05-29 | postscript = }} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Shadow Ranch - William Workman Residence|publisher=City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks|url=http://www.lacity.org/RAP/dos/historic/shadow.htm}} 3. ^ 4. ^http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-9-shadow-ranch.html External links
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