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George Owen Knapp (January 21, 1855 – July 21, 1945) was a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist. He was the President of Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company in Chicago , by 1893. In 1894 he was a founder of the Union Calcium Carbide Company which he reformulated as Union Carbide in 1904.
George Owen Knapp built the 160-acre home in 1915. Born in 1855 in Massachusetts, Knapp was a businessman and civil engineer by trade. He helped found Union Carbide Corporation and served as company president for 22 years. Knapp was a successful entrepreneur whom owned numerous homes, including 9 different properties in Santa Barbara alone.
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Mar 25, 2020 · Listen • 1:59. In 1929, George O. Knapp, a wealthy entrepreneur, announced plans to build a hospital at Crescent City, Calif. He already had been instrumental in transforming the Santa Barbara ...
George Owen Knapp, founder of Union Carbide, built Knapp's Castle shortly after purchasing the 160-acre (0.65 km 2) parcel in 1916. The location was so secluded that a new road had to be built to reach it. In 1940, Frances Holden bought the property and invited her friend, world-famous opera singer Lotte Lehmann, to move in. The mansion was ...
George Owen Knapp Industrialist and philanthropist George Owen Knapp purchased Montecito’s original Arcady estate from Ralph Radcliffe and Jane McCall Whitehead in 1912. One of the wealthiest and most influential men of his era, Knapp co-founded the industrial chemical and polymer company, Urban Carbide.
Aug 8, 2011 · Mr. Knapp (c) Benjamin R. Taylor. Perched on a promontory along a ridge on the north slope of the Santa Ynez Mountains, overlooking the Santa Ynez River Valley, the sandstone ruins known as Knapp’s Castle are the remnants of a remote mountain retreat built by George Owen Knapp. He purchased the property in 1916 and named it Laurel Springs Ranch.
The Knapp Hospital, renamed Seaside Hospital served this community for almost 60 years, thanks to the generous nature of this incredible man, a philanthropist in every sense of the word. This hardcover book is full of photos and stories of George Owen Knapp, his life and his accomplishments.
