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Maison de Ferdinand Pinney Earle

Ascain, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Maison (cad. AE 20 ) : inscription par arrêté du 13 janvier 2000
Protection dates
2000/01/13 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1930
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Lieu-dit
Muga
Commune
Ascain
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.35088, -1.62173
Mérimée reference
PA64000037

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1856 map "Dept. Des Bses. Pyrenees." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Décorateur de cinéma, Ferdinand Pinney Earle (1878-1951) devint célèbre à Hollywood dans les années 1910 à 1920. En 1930, il vient s'installer à Ascain et construit une maison dont l'aspect rappelle les maisons en adobe bâties aux alentours de Santa-Fe vers 1920. Le plan en revolver est une originalité. Les élévations et le décor incorporent de nombreux éléments de style pueblo. Earle y reçut de nombreuses personnalités du spectacle et des arts.

English translation

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Film decorator, Ferdinand Pinney Earle (1878-1951) became famous in Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s. In 1930, he came to settle in Ascain and built a house whose appearance recalls adobe houses built around Santa Fe around 1920. The revolver plan is an originality. The elevations and the decoration incorporate numerous elements of pueblo style. Earle received many personalities from entertainment and the arts there.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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