| 词条 | Willits J. Hole |
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|name = Willits J. Hole |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = October 9, 1858 |birth_place = Madison, Indiana |death_date = 1936 |death_place = |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = Evergreen Cemetery |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = |years_active = |home_town = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |boards = |religion = |spouse = Mary Hole |partner = |children = |parents = |relations = |callsign = |awards = |signature = |website = |footnotes = |box_width = }} Willits J. Hole (October 9, 1858 – 1936) (often spelled Willitts J. Hole) was an American businessman and real estate developer of Southern California, during the early part of the twentieth century. He was known as the "father" of the city of La Habra, California. Early lifeHole was born in Madison, Indiana, the son of William and Matilda (Hasley) Hole, and the family moved to Louisville, Kentucky. Hole became the owner of a chair factory in North Vernon in 1889. In time he became a contractor and builder, and, studying architecture, designed his own buildings. In 1893, the health of his wife brought him to Southern California. Southern CaliforniaAfter spending the first three months at Santa Barbara, Hole went to Whittier and soon afterward began buying land in the La Habra Valley. He bought {{convert|3500|acre|km2|0}} of Rancho La Habra from the Sansinena heirs, and laid out and sold a tract of land that would become La Habra, and as a consequence he is known as the "Father of La Habra."[1][2] In 1897, Hole became resident agent at Los Angeles for the Stearns Rancho Company of San Francisco which owned over {{convert|180000|acre|km2|0}}, which Hole gradually sold off. The Stearns Rancho Company property included Rancho La Sierra that stretched from Corona to Arlington in Riverside. In 1910, after its owner was unable to repay the debt, Hole foreclosed on it, and it became the Hole Ranch, and he built a mansion on the property.[3][4][5] He also owned a winter home in Palm Springs, California.[6] In the early 1920s, Hole took up boating. Naval architect, Leslie Edward Geary designed, and N. J. Blanchard built in 1923, the 115-foot motor yacht Samona for Hole. In 1931, the Craig Shipbuilding Company built the 147-foot, a steel-hulled long-range cruiser Samona II, which was bought by the US Navy in 1940, and commissioned as the USS Amethyst (PYc-3).[7] Willits J. Hole is interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside.[8][9] Hole Lake is named for Hole, who had the dam built that forms the reservoir. Family lifeHole married Mary B. Weeks (1865–1938) in 1887.[10] Their daughter, Agnes Marion Hole, married Samuel Knight Rindge (1888–1968), son of Frederick H. Rindge, owner of Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit. In 1938, Agnes Hole Rindge donated the Willits J. Hole art collection to the University of California, Los Angeles. Notes1. ^John Steven McGroarty, 1921, Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea, Volume 2, pp. 164–165, American Historical Society, New York {{DEFAULTSORT:Hole, Willits J.}}2. ^W.J. Hole Ranch (La Habra) and Agnes Hole, ca. 1890s 3. ^Hole Mansion Landmarks of the City of Riverside 4. ^Pruett, C.J., 1973, History of the Hole Ranch, Riverside, California, Hobart Press, Corona, CA 5. ^Transfer of Property to City of Riverside 6. ^{{cite book | last = Klotz | first = Esther H. |author2=Hall, Joan H. | title = Adobes, Bungalows, and Mansions of Riverside, California | publisher = Riverside Museum Press | edition =1st | year =1985 | location =Riverside, CA | page = 206 | isbn =0-935661-11-5 }} 7. ^Leslie Edward Geary 8. ^"Willits Hole Rancher, Dies", Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1936, pg. A1. 9. ^{{Find a Grave|7958199|Willits J. Hole}} 10. ^{{Find a Grave|7958200|Mary B. Hole}} 8 : American city founders|Businesspeople from California|La Habra, California|1858 births|1936 deaths|Businesspeople from Louisville, Kentucky|People from Madison, Indiana|Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Riverside, California) |
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