NEW YORK AND LONDON “STUD BARNS” The survey done during Oxnard times (presumed prior to 1926) shows three stud barns on the road running south of the current greenhouse complex. The same buildings occur on the 1930 plat done under Ross and Grayson. A photo provided by Leslie Grayson/Blue Ridge Farm, believed to be shot around 1930, shows the three barns from the south. In the 1939 property ledger under Mellon the New York house is listed as “Electrician’s House” and had had a chimney added. It’s unclear if the conversion to human use was done under Ross and Grayson or Mellon.
CA. 1947 PHOTO OF THE STUD BARNS. At this time the New York and London houses had been converted from stud barns to tenant homes.
Nevertheless, the London house was converted sometime after 1939. The ledger indicates in that year the larger portion of the building was a horse stable, and the lower portion was a beagle kennel and cookhouse. Later the building functioned as a slaughterhouse. It appears in the 1947 photo that the building had not yet been converted.
STUD BARNS AT ROKEBY CA. 1930. This photo is taken from the south and the first building is the New York House, with London House next. It is believed at this time both functioned as horse barns. The New York House was converted before 1939. Photo courtesy of Leslie Grayson/Blue Ridge Farm.
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