Upper East

Las Tapias "The Garden Walls" - a 1922 George Washington Smith designed home in the Spanish colonial revival idiom - was extensively remodeled in 2006. The period charm has been carefully protected and revitalized. It consists of 3,770 sq. ft. comprised of 4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths, spacious kitchen, living, dining rooms, library / media room behind the secret door, and fireplaces in the living room, master bedroom, and on the patio, plus a separate guest suite also with a fireplace. Twenty plus fruit trees and berry vines dot the property including apricot, pear, pomegranate, kaffir lime, mandarin, bearss & mexican limes, apple, nectarine, grapefruit, 3 varieties of oranges and 3 fig trees as well as blackberry and boyesenberry vines. There are five specimens of the original Mission olive grove estimated to be 200 years old. Las Tapias has been designated a City Landmark.