
The Palms Subdivision
Joseph Curtis (1839-1920), Edward Healey Sweetser (1844-1916) and Cornelius Gooding Harrison (1829-1904) purchased 500 acres of Rancho La Ballona for $80 an acre and subdivided it as “The Palms.” E. T. Wright, County Surveyor, laid out the site in November and the plat was recorded on December 24, 1886.




