# Three Arch Bay

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California}}
thumb|Aerial overview of homes in Three Arch Bay community
'''Three Arch Bay''' is a {{convert|29|acre|ha|adj=on}} private [gated community](/source/gated_community) located in the South Laguna neighborhood of [Laguna Beach, California](/source/Laguna_Beach%2C_California).<ref name="NHS">{{cite web | url=https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/CA_Orange_Griffith%20Edward%20and%20America%20Residence_DRAFT.pdf| website=ohp.parks.ca.gov | title=Edward and America Griffith Residence NR Draft | date=March 30, 2022 | publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Coastline Pilot | url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2007-08-30-cpt-threearchbay31-story.html| first=Babara | last=Diamond | title=Three Arch Bay pays for privacy | date=August 30, 2007|accessdate = March 21, 2022}}</ref> It is named for a formation of three natural arches in the rocky cliffs along the ocean.<ref>{{cite book | page=366 | title=Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs | date=1941 | publisher=Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors | editor=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | first=J.S. | last=Thurston | title=Laguna Beach of Early Days | date=2017 | publisher=The History Press}}</ref> The community features some oceanfront homes with swimming pools built into the intertidal rocks which are replenished by the incoming tides.

==History==
According to a letter of Dana Point developer Sidney Woodruff, the entire {{convert|29|acre|ha}} site was purchased in 1926 for $135,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.light-headed.com/asite/laguna/laguna_history/three_arch_bay.php | work=Three Arch Bay California | publisher=light-headed.com | title=What did Three Arch Bay sell for?|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}</ref>

The first rock pool was created in 1929 by film producer [Edward H. Griffith](/source/Edward_H._Griffith). Griffith built his property, which included a lighthouse, for use as a backdrop in feature films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://luxatic.com/little-piece-hollywood-history-edward-h-griffiths-three-arch-bay-estate/| title=A Little Piece of Hollywood History – Edward H. Griffith's Three Arch Bay Estate | publisher=Luxatic | date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> Early movies filmed in Three Arch Bay included Warner Bros.' ''[Captain Blood](/source/Captain_Blood_(1935_film))'' (1935) starring [Errol Flynn](/source/Errol_Flynn) and [Olivia de Havilland](/source/Olivia_de_Havilland),  and Paramount Pictures' ''[Give Us This Night](/source/Give_Us_This_Night)'' (1936).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brennan|first=Nick|date=November 2003|title=Three Arch Bay|journal=Orange County Home|pages=126–7|url=http://www.light-headed.com/asite/laguna/laguna_history/living_in_TAB_large.php}}</ref>

By 1939 lots in the area were sold for $100 down on a $3,000 lot. The original sales promotional advertisements warned of "Rattlesnakes Galore."

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