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AKA: Collins Castle, Balboa Island, Newport Beach, CA; Arbuckle, Roscoe, Fatty, House, Balboa Island, Newport Beach, CA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: Dennis and Farwell, Architects (firm); Oliver Perry Dennis (architect); Lyman Farwell (architect)
Dates: [unspecified]
Designed for the transplanted Indianan, William Steppe Collins (1863-1952), who made a fortune in oranges, oil, and real estate; he developed Balboa Island, originally called "Collins Island" in the 1900s-1930s; wealthy Southern Californians built second "getaway" houses at Balboa after 1907; his so-called "Collins Castle" was rented by the ill-fated comedian c. 1921;
The Collins House was torn down in 1953; Collins had died the year before; in its stead, eight new houses were erected;
PCAD id: 4035
