Purple Diary

[10/24/2011]

THE REMAINS OF THE WATERFALL HOUSE, BIG SUR

Helen Hooper Brown was an east coast heiress. Orphaned at 15, she inherited $10,000,000. In 1911, Helen married Lathrop Brown, a close friend Delano Roosevelt.The young rich and influential couple were drown to this rugged and remote place. In 1924, they purchased the land in front of the Waterfall and constructed a beautiful stone house. […]

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