Capture California-YOLT: Adventure: 003, Site 088-Nitt Witt Ridge

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Adventure: 003, Site 088-Nitt Witt Ridge

Sherri at Nitt Witt Ridge

Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 088-Nitt Witt Ridge
California Landmark Number: 939

Team: YOLT
Date: September 28, 2013
Location:
Coordinates: 35° 34.066′ N 121° 5.848′ W
Address: 881 Hillcrest Drive, Cambria, Ca

Description:
Date Built: 1928, onward
Architect: Arthur Harold Beal, aka Der Tinkerpaw, aka Capt Nitt Witt

Last year we heard about this place and just had to visit it then. It was close to dusk then, so the house did not show its true form. But even then, it was one of those places which left you in awe of the person who had the gumption to build it.

Assorted Stuff

This year, we arrived in enough time to enjoy looking at the house, behind a chain link fence. Now we could see some of the features and take a clean picture of it. From the porcelain toilets to the tower of hubs, you think a couple of thoughts. The first, this man had a genius for recycling. The second is close by with we are glad he was not our neighbor. After seeing the house, we continued on the road, which circled above the house. It was interesting seeing the upper-middle class homes of his back neighbors, just the contrasts of styles.

Tower of Hubs

NO. 939 Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments (Thematic) -NITT WITT RIDGE - Nitt Witt Ridge, one of California's remarkable Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments, is the creation of Arthur Harold Beal (der Tinkerpaw or Capt. Nitt Witt), a Cambria Pines pioneer, who sculpted the land using hand tools and indigenous materials, remarkable inventiveness, and self-taught skills. A blend of native materials and contemporary elements, impressive in its sheer mass and meticulous placement, it is a revealing memorial to Art's unique cosmic humor and zest for life.
Location: Nitt Witt Ridge, 881 Hillcrest Dr, Cambria Pines

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