Devoto Vila Calles Edificios Plazas [1900s-1960s]

Description: Villa Devoto is an Argentine neighbourhood in the province and city of Buenos Aires. It caters to a middle class population with many garden and sometimes impressive residential homes that give Villa Devoto the name of The Garde. Devoto started to develop with the arrival of the railways in 1888 and thanks to the patronage of Count Antonio Deovoto who belonged to Buenos Aires high class. In Villa Devoto, the English and the American community had established themselves founding the well-known Garden Club. Extent and format of original material: This envelope contains the following subjects: Villas (towns), calles (streets), edificios (buildings), and plazas (squares). The material contained is: Blueprint of the neighbourhood with the lands to be sold, a typewritten letter to the Director of the company.