Animal collection, Santa Barbara, California (1924–1930)
Feather Hill Ranch Zoo
Feather Hill Poultry Ranch, Santa Barbara, California (Los Angeles Times, 1925)
Date opened
1924
Date closed
1930
Location
East Valley Road, Montecito, California
Owner
Chris Holmes
The Feather Hill Zoo or Feather Hill Ranch Zoo was a U.S. private animal collection in Montecito, California owned by Christian R. Holmes from 1924 to 1930. Featherhill Ranch was located on East Valley Road "astride Romero Creek."[1] Originally a poultry operation, the ranch rapidly established a large collection of birds and animals to attract customers to the site.
^Myrick, David F. (1989). Montecito and Santa Barbara: From Farms to Estates, Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Glendale, Calif.: Trans-Anglo Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-87046-083-8 – via Internet Archive.
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