Exterior view of the Gilmore Adobe on Rancho La Brea, [s.d.]

Photograph of the exterior of the Gilmore Adobe on Rancho La Brea, [s.d.]. The adobe building has a terra cotta tile roof with two chimneys protruding from it. There are three rectangular windows with heavy wooden shutters visible along the wall. To the left of the middle window, there is a wooden butter churn and a wooden bucket; to the right of the left window are two sacks of flour and another wooden bucket. There is a vine growing up the side of the house near the window on the right. There is a tree in the background. Rancho La Brea adobe built by James [John?] Thompson in 1852 and expanded and renovated by Arthur Gilmore around 1900. Marked on June 28, 1930 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West Parlor #247.; "From humble origins it became the seat of a gas and oil empire whose idiosyncratic promotional images dotted the Western landscape. But while the kingdom has been downsized, the Gilmore Adobe endures in modest anonymity, an idyllic vestige of another time. Nestled between Farmers Market and CBS studios, shielded from public view by a fortress of foliage, the Gilmore Adobe dates back to 1852. Originally called the Rancho La Brea Adobe, it eventually became the home of rancher-turned-oilman Arthur F. Gilmore, whose brilliantly eccentric son Earl turned the Gilmore Oil Company into a legendary part of America's burgeoning car culture. Today [2002], the adobe--which now serves as headquarters for the A.F. Gilmore Company, owner and operator of Farmers Market (as well as the adjacent Gilmore Bank)--stands as a bucolic island of tranquility in the heart of the city. The building is an elegant hybrid of California Mission and Spanish Colonial, reflecting a series of renovations over the past century. While modern amenities have been added, original features such as the wood-and-clay-brick ceiling have been preserved. Earl Gilmore's bedroom--remarkably small for a titan of modern capitalism--remains frozen in time, complete with his extensive pipe collection and elaborately designed horse saddle. Outside, terracotta tiles adorn a courtyard where Rudolph Valentino once preened for the camera in Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Chickens roam the northern side of the property, while on the eastern edge a pair of towering Mexican fan palms keep watch over the adobe (which is closed to the general public). From inside the grounds, one can almost envision 19th century Los Angeles--a city without cars or freeways or smog, awaiting men like Earl Gilmore and the onslaught of the future." -- Danny Feingold.

此为拉布雷亚牧场（Rancho La Brea）吉尔摩土坯房（Gilmore Adobe）的外景照片，拍摄日期不详。这座土坯建筑拥有陶土瓦屋顶，屋顶上矗立着两座烟囱。墙面设有三扇带有厚重木质百叶窗的长方形窗户：中窗左侧摆放着一台木质奶油搅拌器与一只木质水桶；左窗右侧则堆放着两袋面粉与另一只木质水桶。右侧窗边的房屋外墙攀附着一株藤蔓，背景中可见一棵树。拉布雷亚牧场土坯房由詹姆斯（约翰？）·汤普森于1852年建造，约1900年由亚瑟·吉尔摩扩建翻新。1930年6月28日，加利福尼亚金西女儿会第247分会（Native Daughters of the Golden West Parlor #247）为其设立纪念标识。
“从平凡起步，它最终成为一座油气帝国的总部，其别具一格的宣传形象遍布西部大地。尽管这个商业王国已缩减规模，吉尔摩土坯房仍低调留存至今，成为一段逝去时光的田园遗韵。它依偎在农夫市场与哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）演播室之间，被茂密的植被屏障遮蔽，免于公众视线侵扰。这座吉尔摩土坯房始建于1852年，最初名为拉布雷亚牧场土坯房，后来成为牧场主转型石油商亚瑟·F·吉尔摩的宅邸。他那位极具奇思妙想的儿子厄尔将吉尔摩石油公司打造为美国新兴汽车文化中极具传奇色彩的一部分。2002年时，这座土坯房如今作为A.F.吉尔摩公司（A.F. Gilmore Company）的总部——该公司拥有并运营着农夫市场以及相邻的吉尔摩银行——宛如一座静谧的田园孤岛，坐落于城市中心。建筑融合了优雅的加州传教士风格与西班牙殖民风格，见证了过去一个世纪以来的多次翻新。尽管增添了现代设施，木质与黏土砖天花板等原始特征仍得以保留。厄尔·吉尔摩的卧室——对于这位现代资本主义巨头而言格外狭小——至今仍保持着当年的模样，陈列着他大量的烟斗藏品与精心设计的马鞍。屋外的庭院铺有陶土砖，鲁道夫·瓦伦蒂诺（Rudolph Valentino）曾在此为电影《启示录四骑士》（Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse）摆姿取景。庭院北侧有鸡群漫步，东侧则矗立着一对高耸的墨西哥扇叶棕榈（Mexican fan palms），守护着这座不对普通公众开放的土坯房。置身庭院之中，人们几乎可以想象出19世纪的洛杉矶——一个没有汽车、高速公路与雾霾的城市，正等待着厄尔·吉尔摩这样的人物与未来的洪流到来。”——丹尼·范戈尔德（Danny Feingold）