ID: 700089911 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089911	Record Type: Built Work

Will Rogers Historic State Park (parks (public recreation areas); Will Rogers; constructed 1920s; destroyed 2...; Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Uni...)

Note: Park and grounds owned and developed by Hollywood actor and "cowboy philosopher" Will Rogers, who during the 1920s, bought 359 acres overlooking in Pacific Palisades, where he developed a ranch. The estate consisted of 31-room ranch house with neighboring guest housing, a stable, corrals, riding ring, roping arena, polo field, golf course, and riding trails. After his death in a plane crash in 1935, his widow, Betty, donated the ranch to California State Parks and it became a state historic park in 1944. In January of 2025, the ranch house and other buildings were destroyed in the Palisade Fire.

Titles:

Will Rogers Historic State Park (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

parks (public recreation areas) [300008187] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>)

state park [300008192]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, parks (public recreation areas), <parks by ownership or administration>)

estate (residential complex) [300404837]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, housing complexes, <housing complexes by ownership>)

destroyed work [300404029]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by state>)

Classifications:

landscaping / gardening (preferred)

architecture

Creation Date: constructed 1920s; destroyed 2025

Creator Display:

Will Rogers [preferred]

patron Term Not Found [500782750]

Locations:

Current: Pacific Palisades [7014328] (Geographic)

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

destruction: Pacific Palisades [7014328] ()

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Greater Los Angeles Fires 2025 [901002630]
	.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures

Sources and Contributors:
Will Rogers Historic State Park	........ [VP]
	........ Chertoff, et. al., LA Fires, USA Today (2025-) "Will Rogers Historic State Park," accessed 23 January 2025

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Chertoff, et. al., LA Fires, USA Today (2025-) "Will Rogers Historic State Park," accessed 23 January 2025