{"id":14241,"date":"2011-03-05T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=14241"},"modified":"2018-04-28T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T21:57:17","slug":"mcnallys-egyptian-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=14241","title":{"rendered":"McNally’s Egyptian Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning’s LA Times<\/strong> had a piece by Sam Watters via his Lost LA<\/em> column<\/a> on the neo-Egyptian den mapmaker magnate Andrew McNally had added to his Altadena mansion after being wowed by Egypt’s display in Chicago’s 1893 World Fair. <\/p>\n

(I had to check if World Fairs still exist, and they do. Start saving your pennies now for the next World Fair, Expo 2012<\/a>, to be held in Yeosu, South Korea, themed “The Living Ocean and Coast.”) <\/p>\n

Photo from Archives of Pasadena Museum of History<\/small>
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As I sleepily scan through Mr. Watters’ short piece, that name snags me. McNally. Drumming fingers on desk…McNally, McNally…oh, that McNally! <\/p>\n

Last August MB Maher and I stumbled onto this fabled property and had a brief outdoor tour. A brief and odd<\/em> outdoor tour. (Post here<\/a><\/strong>.) At the time, McNally was just a name on a map to me. The Egyptian Revival parlor referenced in the article was contained in a 25X25 foot addition. Perhaps the wing containing the octogon-shaped fantasy room is off to the right in the photo below, not captured by MB Maher’s photo.* Mr. Watters says the Neo-Egyptian furnishings no longer survive, a shame to dismantle such single-minded whimsy. I wonder if this man famous for maps traveled anywhere outside the U.S. other than the passage to get here from Ireland to become a printing shop apprentice for $9 a week. <\/p>\n

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The porch.<\/p>\n

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Not an Egyptian Revival urn.<\/p>\n

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The now birdless aviary.<\/p>\n

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I wish I’d had one of Mr. McNally’s Road Atlases with me yesterday. The GPS was worthless.<\/p>\n

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(*Edited: From the Wikipedia entry: “In 1894 the one and a half story Smoking Room was added to the southeast corner<\/strong> of the house.” My emphasis.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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