Editing Arcadia, California (section)

====Anoakia====
[[Image:BaldwinMansion-Arcadia-1915.jpg|thumb|Anita Baldwin's "Anoakia" mansion and gardens in 1915]]

In 1913 Anita Baldwin, Lucky's daughter, built a 50-room mansion on {{convert|19|acre|m2}} of the Baldwin Ranch she inherited from him, and named it "Anoakia" (a [[portmanteau]] of Anita and oak).<ref name=arcadian>Rochlin, Michael Jacob; "Arcadian L.A."; {{ISBN|0-9648304-8-5}}; published by Unreinforced Masonry Studio; 2003. pp.38–111; photographs, house and estate plans, history.</ref> The {{convert|17,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} residence was in the Italian [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival style]], with murals by [[Maynard Dixon]].<ref name=arcadian/><ref name=latimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-21-me-46205-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|title=Arcadia Council to Decide Future of Founding Family's Historic Mansion|date=December 21, 1999|author-last1=Winton|author-first1=Richard}}</ref><ref name=timesplans>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-28-ga-953-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|title=Plans for Development Force School From Idyllic Campus|date=June 28, 1990|author-first1=Siok-Hian|author-last1=Tay Kelley}}</ref> The estate had a significant [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival-style]] [[colonnade]]d "Parthenon" bathhouse/gymnasium beside a large pool, an apiary and aviaries, kennels and stables, tennis courts and pergolas, and preserved the native [[California oak woodland|oak woodland]]s.<ref name=arcadian/>

After her death in 1939 the estate became the Anoakia School for Girls, which became the coeducational Anoakia School in 1967, then moved to Duarte in 1990 as the Anita Oaks School.<ref name=timesplans/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/california/duarte/anita-oaks-school/|title=Anita Oaks School|work=education.com|access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref> The school owner's efforts to develop the property into a village of homes with the old mansion as its centerpiece were rejected by the city.<ref name=latimes/> After an extended debate, with local citizens and regional [[Historic preservation|preservationist]]s efforts to preserve the historic main house, the city council voted to approve demolition for a real estate development by new owners in 1999.<ref name=latimes/> The "Anoakia" mansion, all other significant estate structures and outbuildings, garden features, and numerous [[Platanus racemosa|California sycamore]] and [[Quercus agrifolia|Coast live oak tree]]s were demolished for 31 luxury home sites in 2000.<ref name=arcadian/> Some of the mansion's architectural elements were salvaged and removed. The gatehouse, on the estate's former southeast corner at Foothill and Baldwin, and the perimeter walls remain after the "Anoakia Estates" development was built.<ref name=arcadian/> The bas-relief fountain was moved to just inside the new gated entrance.