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MENTRY HOUSE. Mr. Mentry built this thirteen-room house in the 1800's. It
was heated and lighted by gas, and also boasted the first lighted croquet court
(gas, naturally), and a tennis court.
Pico Canyon is now owned by the Standard Oil Company and is fenced off from
the public. Employee Frenchy Lagasse, with his wife Carol and family, requested,
and were granted, permission to restore the house on their own. This they have
lovingly and beautifully done, furnishing it with antiques. Each of the five
bedrooms upstairs is furnished in a different period. There is an original gas
heater and a gas light; also, original fireplaces with gas stoves incorporated.
There are no wood-burning fireplaces in the house, but a little tin shed nearby did
contain a wood-burning stove where the family gathered to get warm when it was
cold enough to freeze the gas in the pipes!